15 Years

Mmmm...I started this post back in January and just realized I didn't finish it. So...it's almost two months late because life has been SO STINKING BUSY lately. But better late than never, right?

January 25, 2015 marked the 15 year anniversary of my first date with this guy:

And recently, on Facebook, I came across the following survey, which I did back when surveys were cool on Facebook. It was back before we had kids (which feels a lifetime ago...), so in honor of year 15, I am posting it. If the answers have changed, they are in boldface next to it. I definitely had fun reading it, though I don't know if you will!

♥ How long have you been together?
Together? Just over 9 years. Married? It will be 5 years in June. 15 years together, 11 married

♥ How long did you know each other before you started dating?
We probably met in the nursery at church when we were two, but we became hang-out-with-each-other friends in early high school and started dating when we were sophomores.

♥ Who asked who out?
(I'd just like to point out that this question is grammatically incorrect...in place of the second who, there should be a "whom" because we are referring to the object of the sentence, not the subject. The subject of the sentence is the first "who" which is, in fact, correct. And if he's reading this, I just put my husband to sleep.) Well he emailed me to say he was interested, but I was the one who finally brought it up in conversation. He did take that opportunity to actually ask me out, though, so I suppose credit must be given to him.

♥ How old are each of you?
He's 25 and I will be 25 in April 31/30

♥ Whose family do you see the most?
Um...probably his side My side

♥ Do you have any children together?
Not yet Two

♥ What about pets? Names?
No, no

♥ Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
Currently? Having only one income

♥ Did you go to the same school?
Different elementary schools, but same middle and high school, and same college for a few years.

♥ Are you from the same home town?
Yes

♥ Who is the smartest?
Well, I used to think me by virtue of the fact that I scored one point higher on my ACT. I have since come to the somewhat difficult realization that he is more intelligent by leaps and bounds, though he never makes me feel that way.

♥ Who is the most sensitive?
Depends on what we're talking about...but generally me. Me 9 times out of 10.

♥ Where is your shared favorite restaurant:
Encore, probably Blind Tiger, but only because we don't live in Lawrence anymore

♥ Who has the craziest exes?
We started dating when we were 15, so we really don't have exes.

♥ Who has the worst temper?
Neither of us have tempers, but I guess I would say me. Rick has been angry exactly 6 times in the 9 years we've been together. 7 times

♥ Who does the cooking?
We both do. Me

♥ Who is more social?
Who talks more? Me. Who wants to go out and be with people more? Rick. Preach.

♥ Who is the neat-freak?
Used to be me, but it's gotten pretty equal. He's more of a neat-freak than me.

♥ Who is the more stubborn?
I win, hands down True dat.

♥ Who hogs the bed?
Neither

♥ Who wakes up earlier?
That's funny... He does now!

♥ Where was your first date?
Chili's on his 16th birthday. It was pretty sweet...he came and picked me up, since he could drive without an adult in the car. I ate chicken fingers with ketchup, as always, and Rick told me it was weird, which he has repeated every time I've eaten chicken and ketchup together in his presence since that day.

♥ Who has the bigger family?
Um...me.

♥ Do you get flowers often?
No, but not getting them often makes getting them much more special.

♥ How do you spend the holidays?
We usually try to split up time between his family and mine.

♥ Who is more jealous?
Jealous? Of what??

♥ Who eats more?
This is a weird question. I think we eat about the same, though I have a tendency to eat more frequently than he.

♥ Who does the laundry?
I would say me, but that would be a lie. I always start a load and forget about it...so he's pretty much taken over the laundry. I hang it up and stuff, though... I only do it if I have to. Laundry is his thing.

♥ Who’s better with the computer?
He's better with hardware stuff, you know like cords and printers and stuff, but I'm better with software programs, like Excel and PowerPoint. He is way better at both.

♥ Who drives when you are together?
Until about a year ago, I drove my car and he drove his car, I think because that's the way we did it when we were dating. A year ago, we purchased our first vehicle together, and now he usually drives. He always drives. He has a complex.

What? No question about how awesome my spouse is? Okay...I'll just add it in. He is my hero. He's the fuel that keeps me going, and knowing that he is happy makes me happy, even (and perhaps especially) in moments of unhappiness. He is the best there is. Pretty much.