and I'm glad I said yes! (Corny...I know!)
Happy Valentine's day y'all!!!
1. How long have you & your significant other been together?
Since October 10, 2002
2. How did you meet? {What's your love story?}
My friend was dating his friend. B just arrived home from being stationed in Japan and wanted a "FRIEND" to hang out with during the month he was home on leave. Well, my friend asked me to call B. I did. We talked FOREVER. We met and literally hit it off from the start. What ever happened to just wanting a friend to hang out with, I'm not sure! ha!!
We've survived: long distances 2x's (CA -TN, & Memphis- Nashville), war, illness, and a ton of other crazy things!
3. If married, how long have you been married?
3 years 10 months (April 12 it will be 4 years)
4. If you are married, where did you get married? Big or small wedding?
Holy Rosary Catholic Church; 150ish people
-the same church my parents were married in 30+ years ago!
5. Do you have any nick-names that you call one another?
I call him B, B Bop, Ba, Benjamin Franklin and really whatever pops in my head!! He pretty much answers to anything...ha!
He calls me Babe or Ba mostly.
(He accidentally typed Ba instead of Babe in an email when we were dating, so it just stuck)
6. Name 3 things you love most about your honey.
1. He's a wonderful man and I'm beyond the moon excited to have a son with him! I know he's going to be an amazing father. I just hope our son is half as great.
2. He is hard-working and sacrifices a lot for our family. I doubt most men established in their career would start from scratch again, in order to "allow" (for lack of better term) their wife to pursue a great opportunity.
3. He makes me laugh like nobody else. We have so many inside jokes and we totally have a blast together.
7. Tell us how he proposed?
July 5, 2007:
We went for a walk (me, B and our Dixie). Half way through the walk, he stopped (I kept going) and said "Hey babe..." I figured he was just waiting on Dix to do her thing, so imagine my surprise when I turned around and he was on one knee (Dix proudly sitting next to him)!! He said "Emily Katherine.....sweeeet things.....will you marry me?" I of course said YES!! I loved how he included our dog too!
He had asked my parents for their permission the week prior!
8. Is he a flowers and teddy bear kind of guy for v-day or strawberries, champagne, & rose petals?
He'll bring flowers for no reason! We don't normally do a lot for Valentine's (he shocked me last year with roses), and I'm okay with that!
9. Are you a sunset dinner on the beach kind of girl, or pop in a movie and relax on the couch?
Relaxing on the couch, low key type gal!
10. Tell us one thing you'd like to do with your significant other one day. If you could do anything or go anywhere?
Travel to Europe!
11. Tell us what you plan on doing this Valentine's Day.
work and talk to each other on the phone!
(being 200 miles away puts a damper on plans!)
12. Are you asking for anything this Valentine's Day?
I specifically asked him NOT to get me anything. We have so much coming up and I did not want him to spend $70 on some flowers that are just going to die. I'm way to practical in my old age...ha!
13. Give us one piece of advice for keeping a relationship strong & full of love.
Don't take yourself too seriously....laugh.
14. Show us a picture of what love means to you...
making me laugh...love him!
