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Susie Lau

DARK SECRETS: Susie lau is eavesdropping this valentine s day - The Real Truth

The joys of listening in on dates, by Susie Lau

(Picture: Kit Lee / Susie Lau)

Guilty as charged. I’m an avid date voyeur.

It’s not as creepy as it reads. We all have surreptitiously done it at some point. You’ll be in a restaurant or a bar, either alone or waiting for a friend like a social sponge, soaking up what’s going on around you (even more so post pandemic when merely eating out feels like an ‘experience’) and you can’t help but clock the couples in the room.

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