"I just can't find anyone here."
"Where are you supposed to meet someone, Loker?"
"She said she'd love to go out, but she has three response papers and a problem set tonight."
Complaints about the Harvard dating scene are as perennial as Valentine's Day itself. The list of grievances is long and familiar: nowhere to meet, no time to date, no one to choose from--except for other overworked, type-A Harvard students.
Everyone complains, it seems. But some lucky students have found an alternative. Their relationships stretch beyond the boundaries of Harvard.
Students who date off campus range from those with high school sweethearts at other colleges to those who've actually moved off campus with their significant others. The drawbacks can be significant: dividing time between two places and feeling withdrawn from your own college can be a danger.
But those with off-campus boyfriends and girlfriends say their relationships make it all worthwhile.
"I have definitely never met
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