But I also believe in giving them a lot of credit if they have the right steps

I also think they should get the right answer. If they got a number wrong, they got a number wrong. Initially, I set it up so they lose very little for clicking hints. I also gave them up to 10 different times to submit an answer. They are able to work through a problem on their own rather than being worried that asking for hints would get them a zero.
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Mertie:
We were hanging out with other people but him and I were talking separately a little.
(15 August 2016)

Mertie:
We met and started talking at one of my friends family parties.
(15 August 2016)

Lieselotte:
I have a friend that is actually my ex boyfriend after we broke up we started messing around?
(15 August 2016)

Lieselotte:
Only reason I know it's true cause his sister told his other sister (my best friend) that she has been trying to get him with her friends and he won't do it.
(15 August 2016)

Lieselotte:
Or why would he push other girls away if he has that chance.
(15 August 2016)

Lieselotte:
Why would he lie about being with someone else?
(15 August 2016)

Lieselotte:
But then tells me the truth that he hasn't.
(15 August 2016)

Lieselotte:
Even lied to me a few months ago that he went to go see another girl.
(15 August 2016)

Lieselotte:
What does it mean cause he has had chances to be with other girls.
(15 August 2016)

Lieselotte:
It has been 9 months since we have had sex and 2 days ago he told me that he wanted to be with me and that he hasn't been with anyone else since me.
(15 August 2016)