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Below are excerpts about how guys can score points (or lose them)
from their gals from "The Game of Romance: How to Keep Score" from Men's
Health Magazine, November, 1996, p 110-115, along with some things
that are just expected of guys, therefore having a score of zero:
Simple Duties
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You go out to buy her spring-fresh extra-light panty liners
But retur
You check out a suspicious n
You check out a suspicious noise and
You check out a suspicious noise and it
You pummel it with
It's her father: -10
So
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You stay by her side the
You stay by her side for a while, then leave to chat with a college dri
Na
Tiffany
Tiffany has implants: -8
Sat
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You visit
You visit her parents and actually make
You visit her parents and stare vacantly at th
And the televi
You spend the afternoon watching college football in yo
And you didn't even go
And it's not really your underwear: -15
Her Birthday
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You take her
You take her out to dinner and it's not
Okay, it is a
And it's all-you-ca
It's a sports bar, it's all-you-can-eat night, and your face is painted the colors of your fa
You giv
You give her a gift, and it's a smal
You give her a gift, and it's not a sma
You give her a gift, and it isn
You give her a gift that you'll be paying off
You wait until the last minute and buy her a gi
With her
And whatever you bought is two sizes too big: -40
Thoughtfulness
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You forget to pick her up at the
Which is in Newark,
And the pouring rain dissolves her leg cast: -50
A Night Ou
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You have
For every beer after
And miss curfew b
You get home
You get home at 3 a.m. smelling of booze and c
And not wearing
Is that a tattoo? -200
A Night Out, Jus
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You go
He's crude
You laugh: -5
You laug
She's n
You laugh harder: -25
Driving
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You lose the direction
You lose the directions and end up g
You end up getting lost in a bad p
You get lost in a bad part of town & meet the locals up clos
She finds out you lied about having a black belt: -60
Communication
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When she wants to talk about a problem, you listen, displaying what looks like a concern
When she wants to talk, you listen, for ove
You listen for more than 30 minutes, without looking at the television or picking up
She realizes this is because you've fallen asleep: -10
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