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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: living alone
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Date: Wed, 28-Aug-85 18:39:58 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 28 18:39:58 1985
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In article <480@lasspvax.UUCP> chu@lasspvax.UUCP (Clare Chu) writes:
>	Could anyone explain why guys like to take poor unsuspecting girls
>	(er female-types) to horror movies?  Quite a few guys didn't get
>	to go out with me because they kept asking me to see Alien.  My
>	present boyfriend got lucky because he asked me to choose a movie
>	on our first date and I chose Tootsie.  
>                      Clare

I was never a fan of horror movies.  As a child I even got nightmares from
Bugs Bunny cartoons (Remember the little guy from outer space who tried
to take Bugs back with him as a specimin?  And those big bird-like aliens
that got Daffy Duck?).  Even today, anything more intense than Twilight Zone
is too much for me.

I think I know why guys try to take dates to horror movies.  The adrenaline
rush of fear (especially when you know it's safe and make-believe) sometimes
can intensify other emotions (eg. love, passion).  The caffein in chocalate
has a similar effect, which is why chocolate candy is such a traditional
courting gift (eg. for Valentine's Day).

Maybe this has something to do with why some women are attracted to brutal,
violent men.  A man who frightens you can never be dull and boring.

	Frank Silbermann