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My Imperfect Life
My Imperfect Life
Danielle Valente

The 'Barbenheimer' effect is taking over the dating scene—here's why relationship experts are for it

Margot Robbie in Barbie and Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer

On Friday, July 21, some of us will be heading to the cinema in bright-pink ensembles. Others will be in subdued '40s-era frocks. Then we have the brave souls who will be doing an outfit change smack in the middle of their Barbie/Oppenheimer double feature.

Unsurprisingly, some people are taking things a step further and bringing this opposites-attract mentality into their dating lives, and it's not necessarily a bad thing, according to professionals. Enter "Barbenheimer"—two polar opposites coming together as one. (Not like the Barbie/Ken relationship.) 

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