22 ~- Sunday, January 30, 1994 ~ North Shore News

Ke Yordes | Couples should be aware of
their partners’ privacy needs

ETERNALLY BEAUTIFUL.
TRUST OUR SANITONE DRYCLEANING,
TN As you Certified
Less Master Drycleaner,
ew we cart help preserve

TE your wedding dress
by using our unique Sanitone
drycleaning process. Sanitone gently
cleans even the most intricate dresses,
We also carefully package your dress
in a special box to ensure lasting beau-
ty. So put your trust in us. Because
only your Certified Master Drycleaner
has Sanitone. The others don’t.

CAROUSEL CLEANERS
Park Roya! North 922-4911
Dollarton Shopping Centre 929-4890

‘Nationally Accredited Wedding
Photographer (MPA)

BRIDAL PACKAGE trom $240.00
VAN DYKE STUDIO

AMERICAS
SOCUETY

Park Royal South 922-1327

oe

SOME PEOPLE find it easy to
give their partners emotional
privacy, While others tend to
stick a lite too close for com-
fort.

By Susan Goodman
Contributing Writer

To find out how you rate on
efbow room, take the following test.
Choose one answer to each of the

‘following questions.

1. In an intimate relationship, you
think withholding some of your
thoughts and teclings:
a. Proves you're not really close.
b. Matiers only when that infor-
mation affects the relationship.
c. Is natural,
2. When your lover goes to a

pekence

business convention, you: '

a. Try to adjust your schedule ta
go along.

b. See the lime apart as a chanee
to catch up on work er go out with
friends.

ce. Try to Bo if i's in an interest-

ing city or if te specifically asks
you.
3. Your partner slams the front
door, buries himself behind the
newspaper and mumbles into the
sports page when you ask what's
wrong. You §

a. Nothing, and let him work ‘ it
through.

b. "Come on, you know you'll
tec! better if you talk about it.”

c. “Well, Pm available to talk
about it ifand when you want to.”
4. A co-worker tells you she and
her husband are taking separate
vacations. You:

Photo submitted

COUPLES WHO are planning a wedding may not be thinking about
their partner's privacy needs, but respecting their needs is one of
the keys to a long and happy relationship.

pe ll make your special day

blossom:

a. Wonder if they're having mar-
ital problems.

b. Think it's a good thing for
couples to do occasionally.

c. Start thinking about going by
yourself to a place that doesn't
interest your partner.

5. Your partner comes back from
an evening with his or her par-
ents, You:

a. Ask if your name was men-
tioned or if anything interesting
cime up. .

b. Wait to read-his mood and
find out what he’s willing to share.

¢. Want a blow-by-blow descrip-
tion of the evening.

6. Your partner’s lawyer calls to
cancel an appointment you never
knew existed. You:

a, Write down the message
where he or she will be sure to see
it,

b. Feel betrayed.

c. Ask him or her about it when »
he or she gets home.

7. The phone rings. Your partner
answers it then takes it into the
bedroom to talk. You: _

a, Suppress your curiosity. —
because occasionally you do the .
same thing.

b. Turn down the TV and try to
catch the conversation. :

c. Ask who it was when he/she

returns.
8. Your partner unexpectedly.
inherits $3,000 from his or her
great uncie’s estate. Your first:
response is:

a. “Great, it will help with our
bills and leave enough for a vaca-
tion.”

b. “Why don’t you buy that new
stereo you've been eyeing and save
the rest?”

c. “What are you going te do°
with this windfall?”

9, When your partner mentions a
past lover for the first time, you:

a’ Wait for them ‘to tell you:
about him or her.

b. Ask them how the romance “=

affected them and Ict them take it.
from there.

c. Feel anxious and press for al
the details. :
10. Your partner walks to ‘the.’
door one evening, saying, “I think ;.
PH go for a walk.” You: s> ~ :

_ a Wonder if he or she is irying Bo

to get away from you.’ :

b. Look up from your. book and
say, “Have a nice time.!...”

c. Ask him/her to pick” up ‘some;
soda from the deli before it closes.”

To see how you rate on the Pri
vacy scale, see the scoring system .
and analysis on the next page.”

’ 2 we .
Bouguel of acgucaele, fragrant blossoms

x at
&

* fas yur wedding (Y celebration. § oust the fe vofesstanats
for the seectal CUCHUS CM yor hfe.

WEST: VAN- FLORIST
1821 Marine Drive, West Vancouver Tel: (604) 922-4171 +

922-3968

and th taautiful, cud. cervangements add natured becwuls (yy

Fax: (604) 922-9735