Via frogblog. I'm putting this after the jump, because it's pretty sickly sweet. It's a couples meme, for god's sake.
1. How long have you been together? Almost six years. Six years in June.
2. Who pursued who? Ha. It was delicate and...subversive? But I was definitely pursuing. Sort of. It's a long story.
3. Do you wear any type of wedding/commitment ring? No, though I do wear two rings that have been gifts from Sam.
4. What was the hardest thing about learning to live together? The cleaning, no doubt about it. Sam's just not clean/neat enough for my standards, and cleaning alone really sucks. So it was a constant fight for the first year or so that we lived together. But things have mellowed some on my part, and he's just been incredible with it.
5. Who takes longer to get ready in the morning? I'm not sure. We take about the same amount of time, save the camera. The camera makes him take a few minutes longer.
6. Do you usually eat breakfast together? Never. Unless we go out.
7. Do you ever share clothes? Er, no. I don't think he's interested in my wardrobe.
8. Who does most of the cooking? Me. If a complicated meal is being made. Sam can basically handle a few meals, but he's not big on the cooking.
9. Who usually takes out the trash? He does. Trash is one of those chores I hate.
10. If you have pets who usually does litter box or poop patrol? No pets.
11. Which one of you is more likely to answer the phone when it rings? Whoever is closest, though sometimes if the phone # is known to be one of his family or friends, I'll just hand it to him to answer.
12. Who's in charge of the remote if you're watching TV together? Me, always. Always always.
13. Who usually drives when you go out together? Me. Almost 100% of the time. Since we sold his car, and he takes the bus, he hates driving even more than he did before. I don't mind. He drives if I'm too tired to drive, or if I'm sick, or if I make him.
14. Which one of you takes care of spiders and bugs that get into the house? Him. Creepy crawlies creep me out.
15. Facing the bed, who sleeps on which side? I sleep on the left, and he sleeps on the right. I've always slept on the left side of my bed. Always. I've had a queen bed since about...7th grade, and I was never a middle sleeper when I slept alone. I've always slept on the left, ever since I can remember.
16. Who usually checks the (postal) mailbox? Me, because I get home earlier. If he beats me home, he'll get it.
17. If something breaks or goes wrong in the house, which one of you is more likely to either fix it or call someone to fix it? We....bumble a bit on this. Neither one of us likes calling our landlord, or dealing with the building's manager, so we just...haggle over it. In general.
18. Who is generally the neater of you? Me. No doubt. We're not neat, not really, not since that first year when I exhausted myself neatening and cleaning. But I'm definitely more meticulous than him about it.
19. Who handles the checkbook/pays the bills? Well, Sam does the major bill paying. But rent gets handled by either of us.
20. What was your last fight/disagreement about? Argh. It was ugly. It was about....going on a small getaway before July 1st, when my vacation runs out. It wasn't pretty, as I had suggested Minneapolis (we can afford it, and it's a pretty hip city), and he shat on that idea. And seeing as how he's leaving for CA without me in three days, I thought that was pretty unfair. It spiraled from there.
21. When you slow dance together, who leads? Pshaw. Slow dance. On the off chance that we do end up slow dancing at an event, there isn't so much leading as there is swaying.
22. What do you love the most about your other half? I love how gentle he is, and I love how incredibly observant and perceptive he is about me, about our people, and in terms of the camera. He's a revelation.
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