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Just Like the Picture

Dating...Dating never changes

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Perry F. Bruns
Apr 29, 2024
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Violet scanned the photo. She couldn't believe anyone would put a picture like that on their dating profile. It looked perfect--not because the subject looked particularly handsome; in fact, he had a pretty bland look, like the World's Handsomest Actuary. But she couldn't find any evidence of photo editing--no pixels shifted, no unusual color transition…

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