Couples meme, stolen from Dooce.
What are your middle names? Mine is Leslie. His, I’m not sharing because the idea of having his entire name out there creeps me out. (I’m only comfortable sharing my middle name ’cause y’all don’t know my maiden name!)
How long have you been together? March 10th will mark 13 years since the first time we met online; Memorial Day weekend will mark 13 years since we met in person, and August 13th marks 13 years since we’ve lived together. And last Halloween marked our 10th anniversary!
How long did you know each other before you started dating? We didn’t really date. Why pussyfoot around?
Who asked whom out? No one ever really asked anyone out. Fred asked if we could meet for Memorial Day, does that count?
How old are each of you? We’re both 41; he’ll be 42 in May.
Whose siblings do you see the most? His sister, I’d say – we always see her on Thanksgiving and at Christmas. Although now that I think about it, I didn’t see her at Thanksgiving OR Christmas this year but I did see my sister, so maybe it’s a draw.
Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple? The situation where I’d like to occasionally go away overnight and he’s terrified at the idea of leaving the chicken coop unlocked after dark. Even though we have two DOGS to protect the chickens. I guess you could say he’s a homebody and I’m a free spirit. ::snicker::
Did you go to the same school? Nope.
Are you from the same home town? Nope – he’s from Alabama, I’m from Maine.
Who is smarter? He thinks he is. He’s smarter at knowing how things work; I’m smarter at knowing how people are, most of the time.
Who is the most sensitive? Probably me. I’m a special, sensitive snowflake.
Where do you eat out most as a couple? We don’t really eat out much; when we do, it tends to be at a chain restaurant.
Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple? I guess the trip we took several years ago to Maryland/ Washington, DC.
Who has the craziest exes? He does. Well, just the one whackjob.
Who has the worst temper? I do, but at least when I’m pissed you can tell I’m pissed. And for the most part I get over it pretty quickly.
Who does the cooking? I do, because I love it so.
Who is the neat-freak? Neither of us. I’m more the clean freak than he is, though, and I’m not all THAT clean. A few weeks ago we were going somewhere and we took his car because the gas tank didn’t need to be filled, and when I saw the state of his car, I immediately made him swear that if I die first he’ll hire someone to come in and clean the house twice a month, because the idea of my house looking as bad as the inside of his car made me sad.
Who is more stubborn? Probably me; depends on the situation. If I feel someone’s playing games or attempting to manipulate or bully me, I’d probably set myself on fire before I’d give in to their bullshit.
Who hogs the bed? The cats. (My bed, at least. Cats aren’t allowed in HIS bed because he’s a PRINCESS who sleeps LIGHTLY and cannot have little cat feet tromping all over him at night.)
Who wakes up earlier? He does, by several hours. I know he’s up by at least 5 on the weekends, if not earlier.
Where was your first date? In a motel in Pennsylvania, I guess.
Who is more jealous? I don’t think either of us is particularly jealous, though we each have our flashes of jealousy.
How long did it take to get serious? It was serious pretty much immediately.
Who eats more? He can eat more in one sitting than I can; I could probably put away more in a day if I really tried.
Who does the laundry? It defaults to me, since I don’t have a job.
Who’s better with the computer? He is; I usually fuck mine up and then bitch at him ’til he fixes it.
Who drives when you are together? He does. I drive too slowly for his tastes. Ask me who got stopped for speeding most recently. (Hint: NOT ME.)
Every evening when we go out to put the chickens up (ie, lock the coop) and hang out with the dogs, I stop at the pecan tree to see if this bird is in her nest. If she’s not sitting there looking down at me, I jiggle the branch a little, and she pops her head out. I kind of love her.
Sassy (our true free-range chicken who leaves the chicken yard every day to venture to her old childhood (chickhood?) coop to lay her egg, decided too do cleanup duty under the bird feeders. (Please note all the damn gumballs on the driveway behind her. I hate those freakin’ things.)
Gracie pulled a gumball out of her fur and spat it out; I snapped the picture right before she spat it.
George loves the belly rubs.
Hello, gorgeous.
Buff rooster looks for a hen to defile.
“If I don’t look at those annoying chickens, they’re not there.”
Michelle, appalled. (Or mid-crow. Whatever.)
“You tawkin’ to ME?”
“Where my food, lady?”
The kittens are starting to venture further and further into the house during the day. This afternoon I walked into the kitchen to find Rumba sitting in front of the big bowl of (adult) cat food, eating like I’d been starving her. She had a look on her face like “Oh, so THIS is where they keep the good stuff!” She also went into the laundry room to check out the litter boxes (“They get the GOOD litter boxes!”).
Both girls spend most of their time during the day hanging out in my room – it’s kind of funny how all foster cats seem to really like hanging out in my room even though it doesn’t get half the sun that the foster room gets. This afternoon they were snuggled up in a cat bed on the recliner. When I sat down on my bed and spoke to them, Rumba actually came over to the bed to be petted. Samba was less interested in me, but I think that’s because she spotted a toy on the floor and had to show it who the boss was. (Hint: The toy is NOT the boss!)
So sweet, these girls. I probably haven’t mentioned that before, have I?
Poor Samba – she’s the bigger kitten, but Rumba always gets the best of her when it comes to kitten fightin’.
More kitten pics over at Love & Hisses.
It’s a Spanky Pizza.
Previously
2008: “And the next, you and Franklin are being chased across the back forty by a really pissed-off injured pig who has slop in her mouth and murder in her heart.”
2007: We’ll be spending all day at the house.
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.
2004: Bet I was a cold splash of water in HIS night.
2003: Poor Miz Poo.
2002: Give me a guy with a great smile any day.
2001: Yeah, I know, it’s goofy.
2000: No entry.