. ▁ ▁Pl atin um ▁Rule ▁ ▁The ▁eight ▁steps ▁of ▁the ▁process ▁▁ ▁Att raction ▁( Mar sh all ▁and ▁L ily ▁meet ▁their ▁neighbor ing ▁couple , ▁Michael ▁and ▁Laura , ▁who , ▁like ▁them , ▁lov es ▁e ating ▁br unch ; ▁Curt , ▁an ▁ex ▁hockey ▁player , ▁introdu ces ▁himself ▁to ▁Robin ; ▁Bar ney ▁real izes ▁how ▁easy ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁to ▁sleep ▁with ▁Wend y ) ▁ ▁B arg aining ▁( Mar sh all ▁and ▁L ily ▁plan ▁on ▁inv iting ▁Mich al ▁and ▁Laura ▁for ▁dinner ; ▁Robin ▁real izing ▁she ▁has ▁a ▁cr ush ▁on ▁Curt ; ▁Bar ney ▁dec ides ▁to ▁s edu ce ▁Wend y ▁and ▁announ ces ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁group , ▁who ▁thinks ▁he ' ll ▁ru in ▁the ▁bar ▁if ▁he ▁dec ides ▁to ▁sleep ▁with ▁her ) ▁ ▁Sub mission ▁( Mar sh all ▁and ▁L ily ▁inv ites ▁Michael ▁and ▁Laura ▁to ▁dinner ; ▁Curt ▁inv ites ▁Robin ▁to ▁a ▁hockey ▁game ; ▁Bar ney ▁finally ▁sle eps ▁with ▁Wend y ) ▁ ▁Per ks ▁( Mar sh all ▁and ▁L ily ▁explains ▁that ▁it ' s ▁conv ient ▁to ▁have ▁friends ▁who ▁live ▁across ▁the ▁hall ▁( they ▁can ▁go ▁on ▁double ▁dates ▁and ▁have ▁game ▁night s ▁together ); ▁Robin ▁tells ▁the ▁group ▁that ▁Curt ▁and ▁her ▁could ▁split ▁a ▁cab ▁together , ▁they ▁have ▁the ▁same ▁l unch ▁and ▁how ▁Curt ▁got ▁Robin ▁to ▁meet ▁V ancouver ▁Can uck s ▁player ▁Mason ▁Raymond ;