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THE ESQUIRE EDITORIAL BOARD ENDORSES Second Dinners

look across the table to your date and run through the possibilities. It’s time to choose what you’re eating tonight—a little game we play every 24 hours. Leaving this situation with all parties satisfied is one of the greatest skills a person can acquire. It’s a difficult dance, even when it’s just normal dinner. But you are not here for normal dinner. You are hiding

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