I just replied to Ces above. :-) Basically, the three requests are there to give your author some options if you want to request specific scenarios, and also to make it easier for us to match people by giving some variety. I'd say the pairings you're talking about would be different pairings, but you can ask for the same pairing three times if you like. The only thing we ask is that you don't request the exact same thing three times, because see above - variety is the point. Does that help?