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Baby, I've Got E-Crush on You

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September/October 2000
By Tamara Straus, Alternet (www.alternet.org) 
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The setup they are most proud of is a garbageman who sent an e-mail explaining he was infatuated with a woman he spotted while collecting trash. "She was so beautiful and successful. One of those career women. Every once in a while we would strike up a conversation, but, boy, I would just never have the guts to ask her out," says DeMars, paraphrasing the e-mail. After being urged to "e-crush" this unattainable woman, the garbageman's wish came true. She e-crushed him back, and "the last time we heard," says DeMars, "they were still dating."

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Stories from their site are not all in the fairy-tale mode. DeMars recently got an e-mail from a person who was pregnant with the baby of someone whose affections were confirmed through the site. "It was the first ECrush baby!" exclaims DeMars. But there was a glitch: The mother is just 14 years old. Though this pregnant teen reports that she is happy, DeMars is uncomfortable about having made the match.

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From AlterNet (Jan. 28, 2000).

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