She said she was surprised when a friend told her: “I have nothing to fear [over population] but only worry that my son will be able to find a girlfriend.

早前，国内一位朋友向我忆述她与友伴闲谈关于中国人口的议题。 其中一人突然间说：「我现在甚么都不担心，最担心的是我该为儿子找一个女朋友！」

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He reveals: "This one time I had a girlfriend that was out of the country a lot." So I gave her a watch and set it to 'my time' so wherever we were, we'd always be on the same time.

他坦言：“有一次我那时的女朋友要经常出国，我就给了她一块表设定到‘我的时间’，这样我们就一直保持在同一个时区了。”

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Today, my girlfriend of almost a year, and to whom I intended to propose on Thanksgiving, dumped me because her husband will be returning from Iraq soon.

今天是感恩节，我打算邀请我交往快一年的女朋友来家玩，结果换来的是她和我说“拜拜”。

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