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From WBEZ Chicago, it's this American life.

I'm Tobin Lowe sitting in for IRA Glass.

There's a story in my family that I love.

It's actually a story about love.

And it's one that I both fully enjoy and is also the source of many years of romantic

frustration.

It starts with my mom as a teenager growing up in San Francisco, Chinatown.

A woman at the church she went to comes up to her one day and says,

I have a nephew who's just perfect for you.

And I'm going to set up this date.

I mean, you're just made for each other.

You have to meet each other and she was determined to make that happen.

Maybe you can see where this is going.

This is, in fact, my very own How I Met Your Father Story.

Anyway, my parents were both invited to a party where they could see each other for the

first time.

So there's a room full of people and I don't know which one he's going to be.

And so I'm sort of scanning the room and I look at some people and think, oh, well,

maybe that one has a really good personality.

So you're saying there were some real outgones in the room?

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