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When you go to the beach, lake, or pool, are you more likely to lower yourself gradually into cold water or to take a determined plunge and get it over with?   I’m a gradual girl.   I like to know what I’m getting into before I find myself in the deep end. 

How is this like (or unlike) your approach to other tasks or ordeals? I guess it’s similar to how I approach tasks.   Slowly and cautiously.  I do alot of research before I make big decisions and/or purchases, etc.    I’m not a big fan of surprises, so I feel being over-educated is a much more secure position than to be “flying by the seat of your pants” or “winging it”.   This is probably why I can’t cook without a recipe. 

When someone gives you flowers, are you more likely to let them turn completely brown and gross before throwing them out, or to discard them the moment they take on that sick-flower look?  Oh I keep those things until they are so dried and brittle a stiff breeze would turn them into dust.   As a matter of fact, I still have several flowers that the Engineer gave me when we first started dating and  1/2 of my wedding bouquet is dried, sitting in a vase, in my bedroom (it’s the only place where I can keep the cats from eating it) .

How is this like (or unlike) your approach to other gifts, purchases, or relationships?  I do keep alot of stuff for a long time (sometimes much longer than the typical ‘use by’ date).   I’m not one for throwing good/useful things away.   This goes for gifts as well as relationships.    It’s hard to create of life of good things, so I feel that if you are blessed enough to be gifted/receive good things, you should do everything you can to keep them safe. 

Think of your favorite movie (or a movie you really like, if you can’t think of a favorite). Some people say that the reasons you love your favorite movie are related to what you value in romantic relationships. How is this true or untrue in your case?   Wow… I guess it’s pretty true.   I’m a sucker for a good romantic comedy (and really regular comedies too!  I’d see a comedy over any other movie any day).  Humor was/is in the top 2 of my ‘must haves’ from any relationship, espeically a romantic one.   One of the many great qualities in my relationship with the Engineer is how much we laugh.   We laugh often and alot and most of the time over the some of the oddest things.    Without humor, romance is empty.   Viva la haha!