Couples Meme
Wed., April 8, 02:58 AM
This “couples meme” has been turning up around the net. So far, I have seen it completed only by women who have been married for a significant amount of time.
- What are your middle names?
Neither of us was given one at birth. I have been using my maiden name, just because we have such a “vanilla” last name. - How long have you been together?
The official papers say it was forty years last September. - How long did you know each other before you started dating?
We didn’t. It was a blind date. - Who asked whom out?
My sister had given him my number, and he called me. - How old are each of you?
I’m sure I’ve written that he’s now eighty-one. I will be sixty-nine in about two months. - Whose siblings do/did you see the most?
He is an orphan without siblings. Even if I see my sister only once a year, it’s the most. - Do you have any children together
Yes, three: the U.D. (eldest daughter); the M.D. (married daughter); and Son, father of my granddaughter. - What about pets?
He really doesn’t understand pet ownership, but was very fond of our cats, Missy and Ricky. He had only a passing interest in our feral cats. As far as U.D.’s Hey-Boy, neither of us really cares. - Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
As a couple? In the past, one of us always stepped up when the other needed assistance. Right now, the issue is an old man with the beginnings of Alzheimer’s. He’s a stranger. - Did you go to the same school?
Not at all. - Are you from the same home town?
Not really. Except that I have now lived here, where he grew up, longer than I ever lived anywhere else. - Who is smarter?
He will tell you I am. Certainly I had more formal education, but I never know when Mr. Idunno is just too lazy to think. He’s quite good at conning someone else — even the kids — to think for him. - Who is more sensitive?
There was a time when I would have said it was even, but now I am — because part of the “sickness” is self-centeredness. - Where do you eat out most as a couple?
I doubt that we’ll ever do that again. Last time, he went into a coughing spell, during which we didn’t know whether he would hurl all over the table or just drop. At least now people know I wasn’t making it up. - Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
Around fifteen years ago we went to a family wedding in Oregon. He didn’t enjoy it because the food wasn’t traditional. He really doesn’t enjoy traveling. - Who has the craziest exes?
I guess he does, because I have none at all. But we never see or hear from her. - Who has the worse temper?
I would have said I had, although I often held it in. But these elderly patients — I just try to stay out of his way. - Who does the cooking?
You don’t want someone like him in your kitchen — ever. U.D. often cooks for me, but he won’t eat that vegetarian stuff. So I prepare something or other for him. - Who is more social?
That has to be me, because he is not social at all. He used to spend a couple of hours at a party without saying two words. At home he would tell me everything he had heard while he was there. - Who is the neat-freak?
Nobody. I shall simply die of frustration. - Who is more stubborn?
I usually give in, or try to figure out a way around his problems. It’s not neat, but it’s the lesser evil. - Who hogs the bed?
I suppose you could say he does, only because I decided years ago that I can no longer share a room with him. Since he broke his hip, no one can. - Who wakes up earlier?
I always have. If sleeping were an Olympic sport, he would have a gold medal. - Where was your first date?
He took me out to dinner that first time, but he was lost (no sense of direction) and we never could find that place again. - Who has the bigger family?
Although he is an orphan, he does have cousins. However, my mother was one of six and my dad one of four; I have siblings and cousins, even if we don’t see them very often. - Do you get flowers often?
Never from him. I feel like saying the last was my wedding bouquet. - How do you spend the holidays?
When we actually observed them, it was first at my parents’ and later at our house. I can’t invite anyone here now, and I can’t leave him alone nor can I take him with me. No more holidays. - How long did it take to get serious?
It took him one date. He called me every evening after that. It took me a little longer, maybe a month. - Who eats more?
Given the chance, he would. At day care, he would even eat what other people don’t want. - Who does/did the laundry?
Actually, it’s usually U.D. When it gets a little warmer in the basement, I shall do some of it. He would rather not change clothes than get involved in cleaning them. - Who’s better with the computer?
Ha! Here I am writing html, and there he is, not even willing to look at the screen when I have a picture of the baby. How can you ask? - Who drives when you are together?
Once I had my own car, I usually did. We took away his license years ago. Nowadays, U.D. drives, because it takes two of us to care for him.University of Connecticut
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