Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Another tagging game, eh?

Jodi tagged me, so here are my clever responses:

1. Who is your man? Benjamin Steve Dangerfield :)
2. How long have you been together? Married almost 5 1/2 years, 6 years since we met
3. How long dated? 3 months dated, 3 months engaged... we were pretty speedy!
4. How old is your man? 27
5. Who eats more? usually Ben, but I pack away the sweets... I find and eat all treats in the house in record time, and when they are all gone, I go find the bag of chocolate chips. ;)
6. Who said "I love you" first? He did and then I immediately returned the favor.
7. Who is taller? He is 6' and I am like 5'4" I think
8. Who sings better? We are about the same - he's great at singing tenor! We especially enjoy singing hymns together at FHE
9. Who is smarter? He is, with most stuff... and I definitely wouldn't be able to succeed as well with med school like he has.
10. Who's temper is worse? We are both pretty mild mannered individuals... I don't think there's ever been any real yelling in our house.... although we sometimes really raise our voices to Emma because she is crazy. ;)
11. Who does the laundry? I do most of the time, but there are many times where I'll run loads during the day and he'll put the clothes away in the evening.
12..Who does the dishes? I do
13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I have for the longest time, but I recently requested a switch because I wanted something new. So now, he is on the right side.
14. Who pays the bills? I do
15. Who is better with the computer? He is, but I'm better at blogging!
16. Who mows the lawn? We have no lawn! But I imagine when we do someday that he will do the mowing.
17. Who cooks dinner? I usually do. He tries to cook once a week though. He often picks out new and interesting recipes and turns into an awesome chef. He is even great at setting a pretty table.
18. Who drives when you are together? Usually him
19. Who pays when you go out? He always pulls out his card first
20. Who is most stubborn? Me... and honestly I never realized I was a stubborn person until I got married.
21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? He is
22. Whose parents do you see the most? His, because they live in Gilbert. I wish we could see mine more, though. I miss my cute family.
23. Who kissed who first? He tried to kiss me on like our 4th date... in fact, he asked if he could before doing so, which I appreciated and found to be rather cute. Anyway, I said "no". (I was afraid that I wouldn't like kissing him, because the last time, and only other time I had kissed someone, I hated it!... I really liked Ben and was scared to death that I wouldn't like kissing him and that would be the worst!) Anyway, about a week later I announced I was ready to kiss him and we did. It was wonderful! :)
24. Who asked who out? He did... he was quite the romancer throughout our dating time.. buying me flowers often, taking me out to fancy restaurants, and just spoiling me rotten. He still spoils me like crazy! What a lucky girl I am!
25. Who proposed? He did and it's a funny story, so I guess I'll tell it - Our engagement was rather backwards actually. We already had our reception center picked out and temple date chosen before he actually proposed. Anyway, my family and I drove down to AZ to meet his parents just shortly after Christmas. We had dinner all together over at Ben's family's house one evening. Before dinner started, Ben's mom and sister pulled me aside and told me that Ben was planning on popping the question sometime during the meal. They had purchased a thrift store wedding dress that I was to try on while Ben excused himself "to use the restroom". Well, during dinner Ben did in fact excuse himself. He was actually putting on a suit and grabbing a ring and roses from another room. While he was doing that, I sneakily went off and put on the wedding dress (my family was unaware of the little trick that was going on... so this was rather odd to them). Well, I came back to the table and sat back in my chair wearing the dress. Ben soon returned in his handsome attire and a dozen roses and was shocked and confused as to why I was dressed as I was. It was so funny! He continued on as he had planned and proposed in front of both of our families... I cried like a baby and later had a good laugh about the stunt that was pulled. :)
26. Who is more sensitive? Me... definitely me
27. Who has more friends? I do I think, but Ben is actually more social than me.
28. Who has more siblings? We have the same. We both have one brother and one sister. I am the oldest sibling and he is the middle.
29. Who wears the pants in the family? Good question... probably him. But we're definitely a joint companionship. :)

Now I will tag: Mom, Jess, and Nicole!

6 comments:

  1. It was interesting to read your account of Ben's proposal at his parents house. I had forgotten some of the details.
    Oh, and I'm 5'4; you're shorter than I am, unless you grew recently. I've always thought you were about 5'2.
    I also want to say that I'm thinner now, than I was in that family picture!

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  2. Okay mom... you're comment about me possibly being 5'2" motivated me to pull out the tape measure. Ben measured me and I'm definitely 5'4". You must be taller than that, so have Sarah pull out the tape measure... I'm curious to know. ;)

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  3. You have grown if you're 5'4. To be more precise about my height; I am 5'4 1/4. I haven't grown in almost 35 years. I've only expanded.
    In my memory, you've always been an inch or two shorter than me. You've had a growth spurt.
    Lately, it's quite noticeable that Sarah has passed me up in height. She tells me "wow mom, you used to seem so tall".

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  4. That is so funny about how he proposed....hands down the funniest story I have ever heard!!

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  5. Susan,
    I loved reading this about you. You are so cute. I also would agree that you are good at the blogging thing..talk about talent!
    Melissa

    p.s I hope that you are okay that we used the name Emma for our little girl to.

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  6. This was a fun post to read. I learned quite a bit about you. I can't believe I had never heard the engagement story before--that was great!

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