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From: wall@fortune.UUCP (Jim Wall)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: marriage
Message-ID: <4970@fortune.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 11:56:03 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  6 11:56:03 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 7-Feb-85 04:14:07 EST
Reply-To: wall@fortune.UUCP (Jim wall)
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   When my wife and I got married 3 years ago, we encountered
something totally unexpected: the Pastor required us to take a
compatibility test through a local Physchiatrist.

   The test was 200 multiple choice questions involving various
situations and occurances, asking what would you do in that 
situation. We had to answer it once for ourselves, and then once
again answering how our we think our mate would answer it. All of
this was done without cheating by asking the other person, or looking
at their answers. 

   We mailed the answers in to the psychiatrist, and then went in to 
see him the week after. He had these fascinating charts that showed
each persons character traits, such as aggressiveness, openness, etc.
There were four of these charts, one each for how my wife and I saw
ourselves, and one each for what we thought the other person was
like.

   The goal was not to determine the sanity or stability of either of
us, but rather did we really 'know' each other. I'm happy to say that
the way that I thought she was and the way she though she was were
virtually identical, and my view of myself and her view of myself
were also identical.   Really interesting and kind of fun actually.

   I wonder what would of happened if we failed.....

					-Jim Wall
				     ...amd!fortune!wall