{"id":2117,"date":"2010-11-04T06:28:39","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T06:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/2010\/11\/saturn-in-libra-romance-and-be.html"},"modified":"2010-11-04T06:28:39","modified_gmt":"2010-11-04T06:28:39","slug":"saturn-in-libra-romance-and-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2010\/11\/saturn-in-libra-romance-and-be.html","title":{"rendered":"Saturn in Libra: Romance and bedbugs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I couldn’t help but laugh at the synchronicity of this article in light of Saturn (challenges) in the sign of Libra (love and romance) at the moment:<\/p>\n

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[Bedbugs]<\/p>\n

have become a sort of anti-Cupid for city singles, in some cases slowing the progress of budding relationships and in others bringing romance to a dead stop.<\/p>\n

“Condoms don’t protect against bedbugs,” observed Cameron Macay, a 29-year-old student who lives in Williamsburg. Macay, who is single, admits to panic whenever he stays over at a woman’s apartment and feels even a little itchy at night.<\/p>\n

It’s still easier to get herpes than bedbugs (one in five Americans<\/a>has herpes; about one in ten New Yorkers<\/a> has bedbugs), and sexually-transmitted diseases are a far more serious risk for amorous New Yorkers. But many city dwellers have an outsized fear of contracting the tiny pests in the course of a one-night stand or a burgeoning relationship.<\/p>\n

A bedbug infestation, like a torrid romance, briefly and suddenly consumes the lives of the afflicted — only the insects stick their victims with weeks of cleaning and vacuuming, thousands of dollars in expenses and continuous stress. Simply put, it’s a lot easier to break up with a human than a bedbug.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

read the whole article here…<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I couldn’t help but laugh at the synchronicity of this article in light of Saturn (challenges) in the sign of Libra (love and romance) at the moment: [Bedbugs] have become a sort of anti-Cupid for city singles, in some cases slowing the progress of budding relationships and in others bringing romance to a dead stop.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astrology"],"yoast_head":"\nSaturn in Libra: Romance and bedbugs - Astrological Musings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2010\/11\/saturn-in-libra-romance-and-be.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saturn in Libra: Romance and bedbugs - 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