A fellow blogger Emily invited people to steal this and fill it out...so that's what I'm doing! I thought it was a good time, since we're down to just a month before the big day.
Q&A on Bryan and Tia
How long have you been together? Dating 2 years and 2 months, engaged for 5 months, to be married in a month (!)
How long did you date? A year and 8 months or so before we got engaged. I guess he figured that this time he'd better really think about it before he gave a girl a ring to make sure I was truly "the one."
How old is he? 31 (although if you asked him he'd say 29, I think he's only gotten more comfortable in his own skin and more handsome in the 2 years I've known him, so I'm telling the truth :)
How old is she? 26, and there will be the 5 year gap when we officially tie the knot.
Who eats more? Definitely Bryan, although I eat more often than he does.
Who said “I love you” first? He did, although I can guarantee you he doesn't remember it. I remember him kissing me and saying "things are about to get really complicated." I thought he was talking about me moving across the country, but then he followed it up with "because I love you." Aww.
Who is taller? He is, by about 6 inches...just perfect.
Who sings better? I really have no idea, since all we ever sing to is the radio, and neither one of us is that good at it.
Who is smarter? Hmm, I'd say him, but I'm curious to know if he'd say me. Okay, I asked him and he said he'd probably best me on the SAT's (he did), but I've made much smarter life decisions and I've been very successful my career. I do know that Bryan totally blows me out of the water when it comes to math...he is awesome at math, and I frequently refer to him as my walking calculator.
Who does the laundry? We both do, depending on who has more free time. But neither one of us irons, ever.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? (Looking at the bed, from the foot of it) I do.
Who pays the bills? Right now we pay our own bills, and I pay all of the mutual bills like rent and electricity (oh, but he pays for food). We're still trying to figure out the best way to do it when we get married. I do most of the shopping, but he's the one who manages his checkbook to the penny. Me...I'm feeling really good if I'm within $100 of what I think I have in my account.
Who cooks dinner? We both do. I definitely am more adventurous, but I can count on him for spaghetti, tacos, or anything fairly easy to make. I for sure am the baker of the two of us. I love to bake.
Who is more stubborn? Me, definitely me. But he’s no picnic. (ditto to Emily)
Who kissed who first? He kissed me, although I have given him grief since the day it happened because he doesn't remember it. It was his birthday, and I had promised him he'd get his first kiss on the day we had planned together (yep, I'm a bit of a prude and made him wait a bit for a kiss). We went hiking (where he says it happened...it didn't!), then to dinner, and while we were standing in line at the movies (Walk the Line), he said "thanks for dinner, it was wonderful" and as I turned to acknowledge him he kissed me. It was just a peck, but there was a better one at the end of the night ;)
Who asked who out? In the modern society of today, you could debate who asked who. I posted the ad on Craigslist, and he responded. We emailed back and forth for a few weeks due to busy schedules, then met up one Saturday for an all-afternoon date. It was SO much fun and I was hooked right then. He says had we been in Portland, the proposal would have re-created that first date (meeting at Powell's books, lunch at a vegetarian Chinese place, old school video games at Ground Kontrol, and cupcakes at Saint Cupcake). How cute!
Who proposed? He did. It was a moment that was totally unexpected, although the proposal itself wasn't. I'd really been expecting it a few weeks earlier on a trip to Toronto, but he says there wasn't ever a right time (and I agree). My parents were visiting, and we went to dinner at a friend's house. Bryan stayed behind because he "had to study." Turns out, what he had to do was drive to the store, buy a pumpkin, drive to 3 stores to find a carving kit (and come up empty handed), carve the pumpkin with a steak knife, and clean everything up before I got home. I got home, ran to the bathroom with a horribly upset stomach, slightly ruining his romantic plan! When I came out of the bathroom I thought it was weird that I couldn't find him, and when I opened our bedroom door there he was, on one knee, in the dark, with the lit pumpkin behind him. I think he said "will you marry me." Now, in hindsight, I wish I would have turned on the light so I could actually see him! He says I waited a bit to say yes, which made him nervous (I was too busy admiring the pumpkin, which was such a cute idea).
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Who has more friends? Both of us aren't the type of people who collect friends everywhere we go. We have plenty of acquaintances, and we both have a few very close friends that we would do anything for.
Who has more siblings? Well, I had 2, but since my brother passed away I have one sister. He has one sister too, so I guess we're even.
Who wears the pants in the relationship? I am the only income earner, so right now I have a bit more control, but as the researcher, Bryan controls a lot of what we end up buying. I'm sure it will be even once we both have jobs.
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