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Summary

Alt.romance describes itself as a newsgroup "about the romantic side of love". Posters to this Usenet group discuss various aspects of romance, love, and relationships and can find a supportive environment to share personal stories, ask questions, and offer advice to others seeking answers to relationship and romance situations. Threads in the alt.romance newsgroup cover topics such as interracial dating, advice for shy daters, suggestions of places to meet singles, opinions of various dating websites, questions about relationship problems, opinions about the meaning of love, and other such romance related discussions. Guidelines for the newsgroup request that users not post personal ads in the group, offering more appropriate newsgroups for the topic, and they also ask that you not seek penpals through alt.romance. For those new to the alt.romance group, the FAQ offers translations for commonly used abbreviations such as BF (boyfriend), ILY (I love you), and LJBF (let's just be friends). Also available on the website, http://people.freenet.de/hek/alt.romance/faq.html, are transcriptions of previous threads related to the themes of the newsgroup.