Troubled Romances

A random result will be collated from each column

How Did They Meet?
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What Sparked the Romance?
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What Problem Does One or Both Have?
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Past Length of the Relationship
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What’s the Current Issue They Face?
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Quirks or Traits of the Relationship
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d6	How Did They Meet?
1	They were opposed in a recent conflict
2	They’re childhood acquaintances
3	Their families put them in contact
4	One needed something the other had
5	Employment or service of one to the other
6	Some unlikely random chance

d8	What Sparked the Romance?
1	Tremendous physical attraction
2	Very complementary personalities
3	Social obligation that turned to real love
4	A shared secret that brought them close
5	A desperate emotional need of one or both
6	Mutual understanding not found elsewhere
7	A shared hardship they weathered together
8	Rivalry that transformed to mutual love

d10	What Problem Does One or Both Have?
1	The pairing is totally socially unacceptable
2	Profound insecurity about their worthiness
3	Abusive ways of expressing anger or worry
4	A serious addiction or compulsive flaw
5	They’re already tied in an existing relationship
6	A deep lack of trust, perhaps from past history
7	They love a false image they have of the other
8	Expectation the other will or won’t change
9	Self-centered or thoughtless behavior
10	Self-destructive degree of sacrifice

d4	Past Length of the Relationship
1	Those involved are just now aware of it
2	It’s new but established between them
3	Long enough to change their lives somehow
4	Long enough to have consequent effects

d12	Result
1	Recent infidelity or suspicion thereof
2	A rival moving in on one of them
3	One made a mistake that threatens the other
4	One takes a dire risk for the sake of the other
5	A sense of lack, that something’s missing
6	A recent furious argument over something
7	One is being asked to sacrifice a dear thing
8	They cannot agree on a future path
9	One made a mistake that shamed the other
10	A relative is interfering with the two
11	They’re being separated by circumstances
12	A shared dream is being threatened

d20	Quirks or Traits of the Relationship
1	Inability to candidly admit their feelings
2	They can’t keep their hands off each other
3	They wear tokens the other gave or made
4	One is smitten with a physical trait of the other
5	They’ve established a secret meeting-place
6	Feelings are expressed in ways only they see
7	One side thinks the other really hates them
8	They prefer to communicate by letter or note
9	They only show affection when alone
10	One is burying their feelings in work
11	One or both are cheerfully unfaithful
12	One feels intense pressure to provide a thing
13	They’re currently upset and not talking
14	They have very different future hopes
15	One is convinced the relationship will die
16	They share an addiction or vice
17	Their friends disapprove of the relationship
18	They’re shockingly innocent about love
19	One is plotting a grand deed for the other
20	They operate largely through a go-between