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Dear Breakup Girl,

I was the Predicament of the Week a while back, wondering if "everyone really thinks my boyfriend looks like a big, green, hairy monster and I just don't know it?" Well, I'm on the verge of having another boyfriend. I have one simple question. If you meet someone through the 'net, is it so wrong to say that you met at school or work or something, just because you're kind of embarrassed by the fact that you met him on the 'net?

-- Anonymous Net Girl

Dear ANG,

Women on the verge of a 'net boyfriend! Listen carefully. Men too. I've said it before, I'll say it again: if you meet someone spiffy online and then worry about what others will think, well, what they will think is, "Gotta try that!" The more you don't disclose, the more you don't contribute to deleting the still-attached stigma...for others and yourself! Plus, you'll get busted anyway. Be proud of your find on the e-boy auction, and who knows, maybe one day I'll start getting letters asking, "Is it so wrong to say you met on the Internet, just because you're kind of embarrassed that you met in real life?"

Love,
Breakup Girl

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