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Jen
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Washington DC based housing nerd, romance reader, and social media lurker. She/her

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This little lady knows “look” - because she’s stopped believing me when I say I have a treat, so I have to tell her to look at my hand to prove it. Lol
Photo shows a smalll brown dog on a gray blanket
October 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is:
A view from above, showing a wide courtyard with concrete circles holding grass, and white shapes above them that look like flattened donuts, intended to provide shade.
August 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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I picked these up for mine the other day, he proclaimed them “fire”
Package of Old Bay seasoned bagel chips
July 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Oh, Reddit. How do I cancel?! 😅
Image shows a pop-up box with the question, “Cancel and delete scheduled post? Once cancelled, this post can’t be recovered” Under the question are two buttons - one is gray and reads “Cancel.” The other is red and reads “Yes, Cancel.”
June 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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I recently got one of the flexi-cubes and it is the BEST desk fidget- it looks like an innocent pad of post-its but can take so many forms, like a crashing wave about to overcome my lil ducky 🌊
Left photo shows a rainbow flexi-cube fidget with a purple top, sitting on a desk next to other fidgets appearing like a stack of post-its at first glance. Right photo shows the same flexi-cube with the green side up, extended and curved over a small rubber ducky
June 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Date night at my fav place. The Dude Abides
Photo shows a table with a small bag of popcorn, two white russian beverages and tickets to The Big Lebowski
March 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Saw Patrick Page’s show All The Devils Are Here last night and holy wow, I’m even more of a fan. He did a talkback afterwards and the way he can rattle off Shakespeare is mind-blowing!
Patrick Page, a white man with white hair wearing all black, sits on a chair on a red stage with a wall of spotlights visible in the background
December 8, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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At an absolutely bonkers used bookstore and their romance section is lacking, but bringing home this from 1943. Written by a man, what could go wrong?
An old book called The Bride Saw Red by Robert Carson. Under the title, it reads “and the groom saw stars in this sparkling swift-paced romance” The cover image shows a blond white woman with shoulder length hair and flowers on her head, looking surprised and holding up her hand in a red glove as if to point. A white man is behind her, looking mildly concerned.
November 16, 2024 at 7:44 PM
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On my way home from a conference where I was one of just a couple women, and Lily from The Earl Who Isn’t by Courtney Milan is giving me life
"I notice," Kai said dryly. "Good for you!" Lily waved a hand. "I'll print you a man-ticket." "A.. man-ticket?" Kai looked around. "I'm not familiar with that term." "Neither am I," Andrew confessed. "But now that I know they exist, I want two." "It's a little ticket, sized like a calling card. On the front, it says." Lily pondered. "This man-ticket entitles the bearer to our deepest and most heartfelt congratulations.'" "Oh, dear," Andrew said. "And on the back?" Jeremy asked. "In small print, it says: 'for he is a man, and yet despite this grievous shortcoming, he is aware that those who are not men are also people." "Lily," Andrew said with a smile, "are you being sarcastic?" "No. If men need a man-ticket to take women seriously, I will print them by the bushel.
November 15, 2024 at 1:52 AM
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The Sound of Music, but make it gay 🏳️‍🌈 💖
Book cover of It Takes Two to Tumble by Cat Sebastian, two white men in dark suits stand outside, very close with heads tilted towards each other like they’re contemplating a kiss
November 10, 2024 at 6:22 PM
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Finished the r/RomanceBooks Autumn reading challenge and I want to run around my house celebrating 🥳 I love it when a challenge pulls me out of a slump! #romancelandia
November 18, 2023 at 6:31 PM
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Stepback haul! Oh how I love a clinch #romancelandia
Image shows four stepbacks/covers - Touch of Enchantment by Theresa Medeiros shows a man with long brown hair in a chain mail shirt, embracing a blonde woman in a short black dress in front of a cityscape. A Pirate of Her Own by Kinley MacGregor shows a dark haired woman in an emerald dress embracing a man from behind on the deck of a ship. The man wears a white shirt open to show his chest. The Devil who Tamed Her by Joanna Lindsey has a blonde woman in a lacy white undergarment on top of a shirtless blonde man. They are reclining on a blue striped sofa, about to kiss. Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas has an auburn haired woman in an off-white gown embracing a shirtless brunette man in black pants.
September 16, 2023 at 6:42 PM
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Hey #romancelandia! r/RomanceBooks has an AMA with Maya Rodale today, in collaboration with Read for Pixels. Join us here reddit.com/r/RomanceBoo...
August 30, 2023 at 2:33 PM