Long Relationships

Last week I put up The Meme of Us with my relationship details and invited you to send me your answers to the meme to post here as part of my “Our Story” section of the site.

The lovely Jenera responded! You can find her site here and her answers below. Thank you Jenera!

If you fill out this meme and send it to me with a link to your blog/site, I’ll put it up on a future Monday for the ‘Our Story’ section of this site! Email me your responses to sylver451(at)tpg(dot)com(dot)au

You don’t have to have a website to participate! Just email me your answers and the name you would like posted with your answers and I’ll put it up.

How long have you been together? Oh, I think the official amount of time is about 3 1/2 years. We were married on August 16, 2004 but I think we could actually count from August 7, 2004 as when we actually ‘got together’.

How long did you date? This is a hard for me to actually say. Again, technically, only about 9 days before we got hitched. But we met in February 2004 and communicated by email, then phone, then letters, then phone again before meeting in person in August 2004. I think somewhere along the line we knew in some way we were meant to be but I just am not too sure.

How old is he? He is 29 years old.

Who eats more? He does. But he is a big burly man and can eat more than me. He is almost pure solid muscle so it takes more food to maintain.

Who said ‘I love you’ first? My sweet man, he said it first, the day after we met in person while standing on the bank of a little creek where we were camping. It completely shocked me at first-it was the first time I had ever heard it from a man.

Who is taller? Definitely him, I’m a shorty..

Who is smarter? This one is tough-we are both very smart but in completely different ways. He has some serious street smarts. I’m more book smart. But he also knows so much more than I do on such a variety of topics. I think of him as my evil genius.

Who does the laundry? Me. He does do his own while out on the road or when I’m not home (like now, while I’m visiting my mom).

Who does the dishes? Typically me. When he is home, the dishes don’t get done because we like to avoid household stuff and spend time with each other. But if I ask him to wash the silverware and cups (I HATE doing them) he will with no complaints.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do now. It used to be home but it seems like every time we move, we switch sides that we sleep on.

Who pays the bills? I pay the bills with the money he makes. I think if it was left up to him, it wouldn’t happen. I pay almost everything online and he wouldn’t know where to begin. Even with the ones I write checks for, I always have the checkbook-he only has a debit card.

Who mows the lawn? We haven’t had to mow in awhile but we both do. Sometimes I get a wild hair up my butt and will mow it or he will when he’s home.

Who cooks dinner? Almost always me. Usually because he is too tired to cook when he is home and plus having something ready to eat when he gets home is something he loves. He digs my cooking after being on the road forever. I even cook big ‘ol meals when he plans to have friends over, :o)

Who is more stubborn? Man, this is a toughie. We both are but I think he might just win a little bit.

Who kissed who first? He made the first move, in front of a Denny’s when he first arrived in Oregon. But I kissed him back.

Who asked who out? Oh, I don’t even know. Considering how our whole relationship began, it’s hard to say. It might have been me though because I asked him to come to Oregon for my birthday party.

Who proposed? He first brought up the idea of marriage but I never had a real proposal-not that I’m complaining! It was more like a mutual proposal of marriage.

Who is more sensitive? We both are very sensitive but in very different ways. I think I’m overly emotional at times but he can really surprise on some things with his compassion for things.

Who has more friends? I’d say him because since we’re back in Idaho, he has his friends and family. I have some friends through him. Though I do have a considerable amount of online friends.