Does She Like Me?

During the day on Tuesday, a link to this article popped up on msn.com and it caught my eye as a good experiment for my blog:

http://msn.chemistry.com/msnarticles/IsYourDateIntoYou?trackingid=508259&bannerid=2002322&GT1=10185

Since our kids were all spending the night with various friends, Leah and I were going to have dinner and see a movie, and I thought that it would be fun to use the hints from this article to find out if my date was into me. So, I studied up on the things I was supposed to be looking for and headed out on our date.

1. Your date says your name more than usual. I didn't really notice this at all, but that might not be a bad thing. After all this time in a marriage, hearing my name is not necessarily a good thing. I rather prefer when she calls me "Honey" or "Sweetie" than we she says "Michael Wayne, I need you to help me with this now!"
   
2. Your date squints at you. I got a distinct squint while we were standing in line to buy movie tickets. Leah says that it was the setting sun behind me that was giving her trouble determining if I had a zit or a piece of my dinner on my forehead, but either way, she was definitely squinting.
   
3. Your date asks the "why" and "how" questions. As it turned out, our evening was started with a trip to the NTB. Leah's van had died during the day on Monday and the NTB mechanics supposedly tested the battery and alternator. They determined that the battery was no good and we got a new one, but they also assured us that the alternator was in good health. Tuesday evening, we discovered that they were incorrect, and I had a not so nice conversation with the manager at the NTB after Aunt Sis assisted us in delivering the vehicle to them. Throughout this whole part of our evening, I got plenty of "How are we going to pay for this?" and "Why didn't they fix this yesterday?" That must have been a good thing according to this article.
   
4. Your date gets quiet midway through your time together. Well, we did got to a movie after dinner, but I'm still going to mark this as a positive. She was definitely quiet.
   
5. You hear "you're" a lot. Well, I don't know that I heard "You're awesome" or "You're funny" like the article promised, but as we walked around the mall waiting on the movie to start, I got plenty of "You're going to love this store" and "You're crazy if you think we need a life size Batman in the TV room" (we were in Sharper Image at the time).
   
6. Your date give you a token of the evening. Right after we entered the theater, Leah turned to me and said, "Here, you keep this." She handed me her torn movie ticket stub. I think she just didn't want to have to fiddle with it or have trash in her purse, but after reading this article, I know that it was really a sign that she's in love with me.
   

Obviously, the author of this article knows a little about this subject, and apparently, Leah and I still have chemistry since we went six for six on a simple date to the movies. I wonder if you would score as high on your next date with your spouse.