Not About Urine or Magician Sex

This one is all about Tom and me.

What are your middle names?
Legally, I don’t have one.  When I married, I took my maiden-name as my middle name.  When I divorced, I just dropped the married-last-name and didn’t put the middle back.  The Social Security office screwed that up and took my middle name from my birth certificate, so I still have to write it on everything since I’m too lazy to get the card fixed.  Oh, and it is/was Sue.  I must not tell you Tom’s.  He hates it.

How long have you been together?
We met in early summer 1998 in Texas and were living together in Missouri by August of 1998.

How long did you know each other before you started dating?
Um, we didn’t so much date.  We met for ice cream one day and went out for ribs very early on, but we had already sort of surpassed the dating point in our relationship.

Who asked whom out?
He asked me and a few of my friends over for dinner.  It was not asking ME out specifically, but it ended up as if he did.

How old are each of you?
I just turned 36 and he just turned 37.

Whose siblings do you see the most?
Well, I don’t have any siblings, so we see his more by default.  I do have step-siblings who live in other states.  The two in Texas, I almost never see.  My mom married their dad long after I had moved out of the house.  The other two I see more frequently.  I have known them all my life and it is complicated besides.  The short answer is still Tom’s siblings.  None of them live more than an hour and change away (except for the oldest two, it is also complicated).

Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
Money, money, money and just stupid money.  With money, BAD I am.

Did you go to the same school?
We have both taken classes at Columbia College and Mizzou, but never attended at the same time.  We grew up in different states, so there was no overlap there, either.

Are you from the same home town?
Nope, but we both spent our youth in very rural small towns, his even smaller than mine.

Who is smarter?
Our brains work so differently, it would be a hard call.  I have a lot more trivial knowledge, he has a lot more academic (but, really, equally trivial to most of us) knowledge.  I can visualize solutions more quickly than he can, but his eventual solutions may be more practical.  I want instant gratification, where he is willing to mull things over forever, so that puts me at a disadvantage in some cases.  I do have patience for things like long novels and crossword puzzles, so my vocabulary is probably larger, but he can kick my ass at Scrabble, which pisses me off.

Who is the most sensitive?
I think he is, but neither of us have particularly thin skin.  We also react differently to things.  My actions hurt him where his words hurt me.

Where do you eat out most as a couple?
Half-price appetizers at B-12, where the beer is cheap and the Silver Strike Bowling is, um, available.

Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
The Southern coast of Spain.  I am determined to go back someday.

Who has the craziest exes?
I win.  Just…I win.

Who has the worst temper?
I am angry more frequently, but Tom can get angrier I think.

Who does the cooking?
I usually do because I’m always hungry first.  Tom has some signature dishes that are fantastic and improvises with great results, but doesn’t feel the need to eat as urgently as I do.  I’m home first and hungry, so I cook.

Who is the neat-freak?
Neither of us.  Tom is a lot more particular about where certain things go, but we both put up with a fair amount of clutter.

Who is more stubborn?
Oh, man, we are both so stubborn.  Another draw, I’m afraid.

Who hogs the bed?
The dogs hog the bed.  I tend to scoot over to his side and force him close to the edge, but I blame that on the dogs, too.

Who wakes up earlier?
Tom has to be at work earlier and has a longer drive, so it is always him.

Who is more jealous?
We are both terrible flirts and spend a lot of time with friends of both sexes, so neither of us can afford jealousy.

How long did it take to get serious?
It happened really fast, but I don’t regret rushing into this one bit.

Who eats more?
I eat a lot more often, but Tom can finish a larger portion than I can in one sitting.

Who does the laundry?
We tend to share the laundry duty on Sunday.  One of us will start a load, the other will move it to the dryer and we’ll both fold.  Sometimes it is more one-sided than that, but we share more often than not.

Who’s better with the computer?
He is a network architect and all around computer-type-guy, so it is him, no question.

Who drives when you are together?
He drives more often, but it kind of depends which car we’re in, who drove it last, where we’re going, etc.

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