This is in response to Dooce's marriage questions... I won't bore you with introductions because it's a long post.
What are your middle names?
Mine is Marie, though I tried to drop it when I got married and then my mother about had an aneurysm, so I kept it and added McMullen, my maiden name, so now I am like some crazy foreign person: Breanne Marie McMullen Boyle. And my name takes up two lines on my driver's license. Ugh.Oh yeah, and Jason's is Gabriel.
How long have you been together?
This October we will be married 5 years. We have known each other since we were both 18, so basically 10 years. However I did not really like him until circa 2002.
How long did you know each other before you started dating?
Crap, it's just like school. I didn't look at the next question before answering above. We knew each other - well, actually that's an interesting question. We had our first date in the first year we knew each other and roughly once a year every year after that, though we never "dated" (read: I didn't like him or think he was cootie-less) until Senior year of college. So whatever the hell that all means.
Who asked whom out?
He won me at a date auction for our first date. I was not pleased. He swears to this day he spent like a million dollars to win me but really it was $20. And then we lived happily ever after... after I broke it off a few times and then finally couldn't be away from his newly formed muscles senior year.
How old are each of you?
I'm going to be 28 in June and he will be 29 in September.I LOVE that he will be 30 almost an entire year before I will. I will have all that time to talk about how he and I aren't even in the same DECADE if ages.
Whose siblings do you see the most?
Jason has none, so mine. I have one brother.
Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
That's an interesting question because I would say in general that we don't really have issues (GAG). We've never really disagreed. Well, if you don't count how he was IN LOVE with me for YEARS and I thought he was sort of a dweeb. But other than that, I guess if I think hard on it... I'd say that he isn't totally open with me on how he feels? But then again, I think he is just That amiable about Everything, so maybe it's not a problem at all? He would probably say that I am messy, and I am. And that we should have sex more.
Did you go to the same school?
Nope. He went to University of Crap Cincinnati and I went to Miami University of Ohio (the better school. I mean he doesn't even frame his diploma, while mine is on the wall in a humongous frame. Chalk it up to say we had different experiences.)
Are you from the same home town?
Nope. He is from Cincinnati and I was born in Long Beach, loved in Whittier until the age of 7, when we moved to Upland. All of those places are in California.
Who is smarter?
Jason. Hands down. It's incredibly hot. When I watch him code, I get super horny. No joke.
Who is the most sensitive?
Definitely, unequivocally me. Read the one about what our issues are up above. I think I made up an issue.
Where do you eat out most as a couple?
We eat out a lot because I don't like to waste time cooking, unless it has chocolate in it. And Jason is fine with that. So when we eat out our favorite place is House of Shabu Shabu in Irvine (our picture is on the wall - we are totally those people), and Miguel's Mexican in Lake Forest. We also love Olive Garden (it was where our first date - where he BOUGHT me - was as well).
Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
Mexico. For our honeymoon. I will get that boy out of the country some day. (I don't consider Mexico enough travel to consider one a world traveler or an international).
Who has the craziest exes?
I have more exes. A lot more. So by statistics, I would guess me? Wait. Hold that thought. I am friends with like 90% of my exes... and he does have one sort of weird ex-girlfriend that I won't detail here. So never mind, he wins.
Who has the worst temper?
Hmmm. Well, I have the McMullen temper, which flashes quickly and hotly and goes from like 1 to 10 very very quickly, though I can exercise more patience than most of the McMullen clan. Jason gets fired up about political things, human rights issues, absurdities, and stupid people. SO HOT.
Who does the cooking?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Once, when we were dating, and it was Valentine's Day, Jason made homemade lasagna. And it was amazing. And then, never again. And then, a year later, we were engaged. What was wrong with me? So when there is cooking happening, it is me. When I make something new, I always ask these questions:
Do you like it?
Should I make it again?
Because, inevitably he will answer yes or mumble some sort of positive response to the first one, which doesn't mean that the answer to the second one is Yes. So the second question must be asked.
Who is the neat-freak?
Please. Him. All the way. But mostly because I have insanely more crap than he does. And shoes. I have a lot of those and I leave them everywhere.
Who is more stubborn?
Haha! Me.
Who hogs the bed?
I don't think either of us do. We used to spoon a lot more and now we basically sleep on our sides. We're both small enough people that we don't hog much. He does however MESS UP THE BLANKETS NIGHTLY AND IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME ONE BIT.
I like straight sheets.
Who wakes up earlier?
Please. Me of course. If Jason wakes before noon I think his ears fall off or something.
Where was your first date?
Olive Garden and a Shakespeare play in Cincinnati. I think Midsummer Night's Dream... mostly I think that because that is the most overdone W.S. play and so it's likely. That was the date where he BOUGHT me. Our first real, I think I might be in love with you date? Funny, but I don't remember it. I remember when I first saw him senior year of college after not talking for about a year, and I remember a date where we went bowling and I noticed that he had the cutest butt EVER and that I was holy shite, falling in love with him.
Who is more jealous?
Probably me.
How long did it take to get serious?
Oh sheesh. Read above. I didn't like him for years. He was always the best person I ever knew and somehow I knew I should love him and then one day I went holy crap why didn't I realize this before? I think it was around Jan/Feb of 2003.
Who eats more?
I'm a snacker. Jason eats bigger portions than I do though.
Who does the laundry?
I used to and then I had a laundry mental breakdown a few years ago and now we are just responsible for own clothes getting cleaned. It's a great setup.
Who's better with the computer?
Jason. He can code. Sexy!
Who drives when you are together?
Usually he does. But he only wants to drive his car. My car apparently has a crappy clutch (where was that "who is the most sensitive one?" question?). He drives much slower than I do and I have come to be (slightly) patient with it.
