Meme about us

Since we're about to celebrate our anniversary, I thought it would be fun to do a couple's meme.  Plus, if Dooce AND Sundry can do this meme, it can't be too lame right?

What are your middle names?
Mine is Lee, and his is LeRoy. Yep, with the capitol "R" and everything. Incedentally, we have the same initials:  JLD

How long have you been together?
We've been together seven and a half years, married for six in March.

How long did you know each other before you started dating?
We didn't.  We started out dating.  We met online, so I suppose we wrote back and forth for a few days, but we decided pretty quickly that we wanted to meet each other, and once we did, that was it, we were dating.

Who asked whom out?
It was a mutual decision to meet up at a coffee shop.  I guess he asked to meet me first if you want to get technical.

How old are each of you?
 We're both 31.

Whose siblings do you see the most?
His.  We never see either of my sisters who live in California.  He's REALLY close to his siblings.  It's just lucky that I love them too I guess.

Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
Parenting.  Different ideas on what to discipline and how.  We don't really share the work of parenting equally either since I'm a stay at home mom, John tends to view everything that isn't fun as optional for him, for example, he's never once given either kid a bath.  He's gotten much better about helping me out on the weekends though.

Did you go to the same school?
 No, I went to a technical school and he went to the University of Utah.

Are you from the same home town?
No, but close.  I grew up pretty much where we live now.  He lived in Cedar City and Murray during his formative years.

Who is smarter?
When I asked him this he says "You".  When I asked him if he was saying that only because he wanted to have sex again someday, he said yes.  The truth is, we're both fairly intelligent.  John is "show-offy" smart. He loves Trivia games and sprinkling big words throughout his vocabulary.  But there is no way he'd have married me if I wasn't at least as smart as he was.  John has an incredible memory.  He can read or hear something once and he stores it in his brain forever, ready to pull the knowledge out when needed.  Me, I can barely remember my phone number.  I am much more analytical and logical than he is.  I can find a solution to any problem and I'm also an excellent multi-tasker, and these are not strengths of his.  He's great at Math, I can't calculate a tip.  I can pinpoint the serial killer in movies and TV shows LONG before he even suspects them.  So, I guess we're equally smart, but in different ways.

Who is the most sensitive?
Oh, me for sure.

Where do you eat out most as a couple?
John's favorite place to eat is Wingers, a little diner with a great Buffalo Wing sauce.  I'm not too picky, and it makes him so happy to go there, so that's where we usually end up.

Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
Two years ago we spent a month in Panama.  Separately I've been to Denmark and he spent two years in Costa Rica.

Who has the craziest exes?
Me.  But not stalker crazy, just wierd guys.  I suppose the fact that I have more exes than he has stacked the deck in my favor for this question.

Who has the worst temper?
I think we both have equally bad tempers.  Mine's a bit quicker to go off than his but then I also calm down faster than he does.

Who does the cooking?
Well, you'd have to use the word "cooking" very loosely here, but that would be me.  John's idea of cooking is fixing a bowl of cold cereal or microwaving leftovers.

Who is the neat-freak?
I think it would surprise his family to know this, but I am.  Pre-married John was a total neat freak, but when he moved in with me and my four pets (2 cats and 2 dogs at the time) he stopped caring all that much.  Now, he's kind of a slob at least in "my" areas of our house.  He never picks up after himself, he drops his dirty clothes on the floor inches away from the hamper, he leaves dirty dishes all over the kitchen, and I find little piles of his fingernail clippings on the side tables WAY too often.  He has never, since we've been married, done any housework in any area of our home except his mancave (basement).  His mancave, however, is spotless and gets dusted and vacuumed regularly.

Who is more stubborn?
John. Absolutely, without question, John.  He gives new and enhanced meaning to the word stubborn sometimes.

Who hogs the bed?
 John

Who wakes up earlier?
I do

Where was your first date?
A little coffee shop that no longer exists.  We then went back to his place to watch a movie, which also no longer exists.

Who is more jealous?
Neither of us are jealous types.  I suppose I sometimes get jealous when he gets to go out of town for the weekend and I'm stuck alone with the kids. 

How long did it take to get serious?
About six months (if you do the math, that is one month AFTER we moved in together)

Who eats more?
John does.  Unless I'm pregnant, and then me.  Definately me.

Who does the laundry?
John doesn't do laundry. Ever.

Who's better with the computer?
John is, and that's strange because I'm the one who worked in IT for 10 years.

Who drives when you are together?
John does, but only because I hate to drive.