11.21.2008

True Love Game

This past weekend, as I was sitting in church with Plautzes and trying to pass the time until Eric gave his farewell talk, I started playing the true love game. The true love game is fun and informative and very scientific, and I thought everyone knew about it already, but the Plautzes didn't, so maybe I should explain it to the world at large. (Yes, the world at large reads my blog. Deal with it, those of you with smaller blog audiences.)

To start, write your full name and the full name of your significant other (or hopeful significant other, or possible significant other, or just someone you're curious about). If you're a married woman, use your maiden name. Also, write in all caps; it works better that way. Next, write the words "TRUE LOVE" beneath your names, but write vertically, like this:

MARY ELLEN CUNNINGHAM
CHRISTIAN MICHAEL PLAUTZ

T L
R O
U V
E E

Now comes the scientific part. For each letter in the words "TRUE LOVE," count how many times that letter appears in both of your names, and write the number next to the letter. When each letter has a number next to it, add the numbers the way you would a column of two-decimal numbers. For example,

MARY ELLEN CUNNINGHAM
CHRISTIAN MICHAEL PLAUTZ

T 2 L 4
R 2 O 0
U 2 V 0
E 3 E 3

97

The final sum indicates the percentage of true love the two of you can have together. Christian and I have 97% true love together. See? Percentages. That means science.


There's one final step. If you're a married couple, and you already have kids together, then you can add two extra percentage points to your final score for each child. (But just children, not pets.) This makes sense because having kids with someone increases your true love. That's science also.

1 comment:

  1. I love this test! I just did this and, although we didn't score as high with just our names (79), the eight kids we had really boosted our score to 95! Still not as high as you and Christian. You had an amazing True Love score. But, even without the test, anyone can see that you both have found true love.

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