Nick HornbyA while back, when Dick and Barry and I agreed that what really matters is what you like, not what you are like, Barry proposed the idea of a questionnaire for prospective partners.
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The questionnaire is very interesting, but to understand its full meaning, we should go back in time. "Once upon a time", Dick and Barry and I were close friends. We shared our life together until one day Dick told me that he was tired of friendship and wanted to get married. As I did not share his feelings, I tried to convince him that marriage is not the only solution for a successful relationship. And here came the questionnaire:
Source: High Fidelity
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