Random questionnaire about The Marriage.
What are your middle names?
Curtis and Skovalia. She dropped her birth middle name when we married and switched it out with her maiden name.
How long have you been together?
Married almost 4 years, together almost 8.
How long did you know each other before you started dating?
Met in October 1992, so that would be more than 8 and a half years.
Who asked whom out?
Neither. we’re not date people.
How old are each of you?
I just turned 35, and she’ll be 41 in June.
Whose siblings do you see the most?
She has no siblings and my two brothers have had no contact with me in more than a decade.
Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
Money and the litter box. Also, our individual clinical depression.
Did you go to the same school?
We both went to Tallahassee Community College, but she’s the only one with a degree.
Are you from the same home town?
No. She’s basically from Tallahassee and I’m from New Jersey.
Who is smarter?
She’d say me, and I’d say her (although we outdo each other depending on the sitch).
Who is the most sensitive?
Oh, me, easily. What do you mean by that?
Where do you eat out most as a couple?
Waffle House.
Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
We’ve driven to Milwaukee.
Who has the craziest exes?
Me. She has no exes and my ex-wife is a loon.
Who has the worst temper?
Me. No question, no doubt, no hesistation.
Who does the cooking?
Well, it really depends. The plan is that I cook the main course and she does the sides, but most of the time, we fend for ourselves.
Who is the neat-freak?
She’s not a neat-freak, but she’s closer to one than I am.
Who is more stubborn?
Oh, that’s easy: it’s a tie.
Who hogs the bed?
She does. I once made a joke about how she manages to invade my side of the bed every night like it’s the Sudetenland. “Ve need sleepensraum!”
Who wakes up earlier?
I do. She’s incapable of it.
Where was your first date?
Never had a “date”.
Who is more jealous?
Neither of us is particularly jealous, but sometimes she makes these little remarks about how other women see me a s cute. WHICH IS PROOF SHE’S SLEEPING WITH OTHER MEN. (Note: not actual proof.)
How long did it take to get serious?
Fairly quickly. We had been friends so long and found we had so much common ground, it didn’t take long at all.
Who eats more?
Me, but we’re both big fatties, so we’re usually peckish at almost any time of day.
Who does the laundry?
We split our share. Towels are a bitch as a result.
Who’s better with the computer?
Heh. Silly question.
Who drives when you are together?
She does more than I do, but that’s because I let her.