>>Or ... dare I say ... a formset, with the shadowy one clinging to the other. Not really had much truck with them (for the usual reasons) so don't know if this would make a difference.
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>OK, here we are.
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>It would make a difference between what exactly and what exactly?

{groan} Difference doesn't have to be BETWEEN things. You can make a difference TO something (from how it used to be - understood), FOR someone/thing, AT somewhere, etc.

So "...don't know if this would make a difference": - "to your endeavours", "in the way you go about it", "in the complexity of the soln.", "to your love life - having made it easier, giving more time for wooing" WHAT EV - ER!