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Desperate measures Jeremy Clarke Uven when you are

Desperate measures Jeremy Clarke Uven when you are in love, it's always a i good policy to have some other potential love interest simmering away on the back-burner in case of emergencies. Sharon taught me this — though she had at least half a dozen love interests going on the backburner, scores more under clingfilm in the larder, as well as her main oven going at full blast always. I've nothing at all on the backburner, so about three weeks ago I joined an online dating agency.