{"id":506,"date":"2011-11-10T05:49:17","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T10:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aguidetoselfsabotage.com\/?p=506"},"modified":"2013-05-24T18:55:47","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T23:55:47","slug":"you-and-youre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aguidetoselfsabotage.com\/2011\/11\/10\/you-and-youre\/","title":{"rendered":"You and you&#8217;re"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a deep\u00a0obsession\u00a0among a large percentage of women that insist that their potential suitors have a grasp of 3rd grade grammar. A least 83% of the profiles we&#8217;ve surveyed contain something similar to:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Must know the difference between your and you&#8217;re.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The staff at OK Stupid know the difference. 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