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Of how mushy TV soaps have set the standard for love and romance

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I never openly admit it but today I’ll let the cat out of the bag: I have a soft spot for soap operas (psst, don’t tell anyone).

In fact at one point in my life I was quite the soap opera addict, and so anything that was called a soap opera was my cup of tea.

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