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One of the defining moments of my 'courtship' of my wife was when I convinced myself that it was time that I give blood - but that, a bit reticent to have a needle jabbed up my elbow, figured I wanted to get reassurance from someone who had gone through it. Of all my friends, she was the one I was most confident had given blood. My confidence was well grounded: her visit count was already into double-digits. It's become something of a date... albeit one that I'll attend with more than a bit of reluctance, and one that she'll anticipate, chirping that 'It's in you to give!'.
The Centre is *for*, is in favour of, Canadian crosswords. It is a creative space where the default assumption is Canadian, from the references to the spelling.