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...While he may not have been popular, he had a small but close group of friends. They hung out a few times a week at one another's houses, talking and watching TV. "The people saying he didn't have any friends are just talking to each other," says Jen Stately, 16, who wears Vans skateboarding sneakers and a metal stud in her lip. "They never talked to him. He was the nicest guy you'd ever want to meet." Among the girls in the group, Weise was known as the rare boy who could talk about his feelings...
...five of the Crimson’s players—including co-captain and seventh seed Lindsay Wilkins, freshmen Jen Blumberg and Supriya Balsekar, Duboc, and second seed Grigg—advanced to the round of 16. Because of the draw and their first-round success, four of the five Harvard players had to play the round of 16 against their own teammates...
...watching Jen apologetically admit that none of the men on the show were right for her was strangely liberating. She reminded me that as much as the legions of single women like me want to find a mate, you can't force it. In a way, Jen did us a favor by demonstrating that single gals aren't all a bunch of Bridget Joneses, desperate for love. By showing us that Mr. Wrongs are a dime a dozen, reality TV for once felt real...
...that very often because there's a whole industry devoted to exploiting the anxiety of single women. We are constantly deluged with messages that we really should get it together and find a man--and the sooner, the better. Why else would so many angry viewers be predicting that Jen will wind up an old maid? How else to explain the 25 bridal magazines at my local bookstore, including one that boasts "over 900 wedding gowns" on its cover and another that is 810 pages long? Why else would there be dozens of dating books with titles like...
With so many guys falling for Jen, I doubt she'll be single for long. And with a bit of luck, neither will I. But one thing I'm promising myself is never to follow someone else's script. This is reality, after...