We have a credit score that indicates how good or otherwise we are with our money.  We may also have a Klout score that indicates our influence in social media.  It made me think:  What if we had a score that indicated how good we were in our personal relationships?  More importantly, how good we are in our romantic relationships!

Think about it!  It may be a little out there, attempting to quantify our dating performance, but why the hell not? 

Let's walk through this and see where things end up.

I go on a date with someone.  He pays for dinner. +1 point.  He pays for dinner while I'm in the bathroom thus avoiding the awkward reach-for-the-wallet scenario. +1 point.  He opens the door for me. +1 point.  He takes me home and before saying goodbye, asks me out for the next date. +1 point.  The next morning, he texts me to say he had a great night and wishes me a great day.  +1 point.  He then takes a whole week to get in contact again.  -3 points.

Granted, what may seem like a +1 to me, maybe a 0 or a -1 to someone else.  Each person could set up their own rating system and then there would be a collective score based on normalisation of these gestures and associated points.

And each person would have a normalised romantic score that you could check out before dating them.

Now, I know what you're thinking.  It all seems rather calculated and clinical.  But what if this was a way for us to actually become better humans, and better partners?