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Chat Rooms

Category: Culture
Posted on: September 21, 2007 12:18 PM, by Jonah Lehrer

Context is everything:

Sana Klaric and husband Adnan, who used the names "Sweetie" and "Prince of Joy" in an online chatroom, spent hours telling each other about their marriage troubles, Metro.co.uk reported.

The truth emerged when the two turned up for a date. Now the pair, from Zenica in central Bosnia, are divorcing after accusing each other of being unfaithful.

"I was suddenly in love. It was amazing. We seemed to be stuck in the same kind of miserable marriage. How right that turned out to be," Sana, 27, said.

Someone should teach these people about the fundamental attribution error. It might save their marriage.

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Comments (5)

1

...or introduce them to pina coladas.

are you sure this isn't a hoax?

Posted by: Drugmonkey | September 21, 2007 1:40 PM

2

omgomg I'm trying to get onto links on skool network and they block! I did an moderate hack and it still deneys me. anyone know how to unblock certain computer controls??

Posted by: izzy | September 21, 2007 2:54 PM

3

Bwa Ha Ha - I hope this is real!

Posted by: J-Dog | September 21, 2007 2:56 PM

4

Dang, someone beat me to the pina colada reference.

Posted by: amybuilds | September 24, 2007 1:36 PM

5

Agreed, very well written and can't wait for the second half.

Posted by: Shelia | December 28, 2010 10:38 PM

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