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The successful student will not only agree to a second date, she will look forward to it more than she has looked forward to anything for a long time.

Appendix G: Supplemental Material for ROM 002: Overcoming Terrible First Dates

Excerpts from text exchange between Sterling James, Danica Henderson, and Katherine Thomas

Danica:You up?

Danica:I’m back from my date

Danica:Lord have mercy but it was bad

Danica:B A D

Danica:Never met anyone so full of themselves before

Danica:He just talk talk talked at me. It was like being in a hurricane

Danica:Top 5 worst dates of my life

Danica:Top 2

Sterling:I think you’re trying to text someone other than me, ie the person you had the “B A D” date with

7 seconds later

Danica:Oh shit

Danica:Shit shit shit shit

Katherine:I would like to know the reason my one and only niece feels the need to swear at me at this late hour

Danica:I thought I was texting with you but I was texting with him

Katherine:Who is him?

Danica:My date! Sterling! I said not good things about him and our date

Katherine:I know you just pulling my leg. I know there’s no way you would make a mistake like that

Danica:THERE IS A WAY

5 minutes later

Danica:I’m so sorry

Danica:I can’t believe I did that

Sterling:I can’t believe you did it either

30 minutes later

Sterling:Who did you think you were texting?

Danica:My aunt back in Jamaica

Danica:I’m so sorry

Sterling:Yeah you said

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