The Past Returns, and Wanted Another Chance

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Bonnie Altucher, The Past Returns, and Wanted Another Chance; Agreeing to see him again would require a minor miracle. That's exactly what happened. New York Times, Feb 16, 2-2- )in the cp;umn Modern Love).
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/ ... fe-became-best.html

Excerpt in the window of print: Anyone who had been that off-putting on a first date wasn't getting a second.

Note:
(a) online title: How My Worst Date Ever Became My Best.
(b) "When I described being raised by my long-suffering immigrant grandparents, he said, 'I had those same adorable Jewish grandparents. They got me through my crappy childhood.' "

Another person with the same last name,
James Altucher
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Altucher
, is Jewish.
(c) "Friends urged me to consider the back pages of The New York Press, known for its lively personals section catering to singles who saw themselves as hip or a little nonstandard."

New York Press
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Press
(1988-2011; was a free alternative weekly in New York City; table: Format  tabloid)