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“剩男”杰弗里单身故事 　　 James Geoffrey watched his parents divorce when he was nine, but it didn’t put him off marriage. It made him think that most people don’t know how to work at it. And he was sure that he would. 　　A couple of buddies married right after high school. A few more 1)got hitched in college. His younger brother married his first love and quickly had four children. Geoffrey moved from Michigan to Washington and got a job on 2)Capitol Hill. 　　The 3)ratio of men to women was in his favor there, and Geoffrey dated a lot. But it often seemed that the women he was attracted to weren’t interested in him, and those who did express interest weren’t his type. He wanted someone smart, but not 4)overbearing. A woman with a sense of humor who could put up with his 5)quirks. 　　 　　詹姆斯·杰弗里九岁时遭遇父母离异，但这并没有令他对婚姻产生抗拒，只是让他觉得大多数人都不懂得如何经营婚姻，而他则深信自己深谙此道。 　　他的一些好友高中一毕业就结婚了，更多的则是在念大学期间结的婚。他的弟弟娶了初恋情人且很快就有了四个孩子。杰弗里从密歇根搬到华盛顿，并且在美国国会山找了份工作。 　　男少女多的工作环境对杰弗里来说十分有利，而他也频频约会。但问题似乎总是他看上的女性就对他没兴趣，而向他示好的女子又并非他所爱。他希望找个聪明而不专横，幽默又能容忍自己古怪性格的女人。 　　But he found he couldn’t 6)put up with theirs.“As I’ve gotten older, my waist has gotten wider, my hair has gotten thinner and my tolerance has gone down,” says Geoffrey, now 48. 　　I n t h e m a s t e r bedroom of his 7)Falls Church apartment hangs a world map with 38 push pins, each representing a country Geoffrey has visited. He keeps the place perfectly neat, with a floral couch, a leather recliner and an end table lined up with remote controls. 　　 With the exception of a college girlfriend, no relationship lasted more than a few months. Dates often felt like job interviews, but he continued to accept offers of set-ups, certain his turn would come. 　　 But four years ago, he realized it might not. And, more importantly, he wasn’t sure he wanted it to. “I decided, ‘No, it’s not right for me,’” he says. “There are a lot of nice girls out there, but I’m not the right guy for them.” 　　It became clear to Geoffrey that he liked his life as it was. T