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A couple of weeks ago, we had the low blood sugar episode of a very special episode

of Savage Lovecast warning listeners about the dangers of low blood sugar syndrome

and humanizing it with our very special guest, our Nancy Reagan.

And today we're going to have the insomnia, very special episode

of Savage Love, because I am doing this on no sleep. Here we go. Hi, Dan. I have a situation

where my ex-girlfriend recently contacted to get back together with me. And we tried to work out a day

to see each other. She suggested

a day, and it didn't quite work for me because I already had a date. It was only a second

date with the girl who I had just met. Since it had been two months that I'd soon seen

my ex-girlfriend, and this other girl and I had solidified a date, I decided to say no to my ex-girlpin

for that day and instead go on the date. As I was leaving the restaurant with my date, I ran into my

ex-girlfriend and happened to be going to that restaurant that night. The look on her face

was one of great hurt and I felt awful for hurting

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