Marriage Meme

1. Where/How did you meet? we met online in an IRC chatroom titled #17-25 back in November of 1996. We met in person for the first time after chatting daily, emails, phonecalls etc February 1997.

2. How long have you known each other?: over 10 yrs now

3. How long after you met did you start dating?: i think by christmas of 96' we would have been considered dating, of course our dating was unconvential since we lived in different countries

4. How long did you date before you were engaged?: we were engaged 7 months after we first talked online

5. How long was your engagement?: 1 yr and 14 days

6. How long have you been married?: it will be 9 yrs this july

7. What is your anniversary?: july 24th

8. How many people came to your wedding reception: about 50

9. What kind of cake did you serve?: white chocolate mousse cake i believe.

10. Where was your wedding?: outside down by a little creek

11. What did you serve for your meal?: beef tenderloin i think, with potatos and veggies....my maid of honor and i had chicken lol

12. How many people were in your bridal party?: 2, my bestfriend and hubby's brother

13. Are you still friends with them all?: Absolutely

14. Did your spouse cry during the ceremony?: i don't think so

15. Most special moment of your wedding day?: walking down the aisle with my father, being pronounced husband and wife and walking back up the aisle with hubby...i was overjoyed by that point and crying on the walk back up

16. Any funny moments?: during the ceremony not really, but at the reception at one table we had hubby's parents and 3 sets of close family friends, one of which was a reverend. That table was the loudest and most raucous...the preacher spent the evening telling dirty jokes.

17. Any big disasters?: depends on the definiton of big diasters. The photographer didn't take any pictures of me and my dad other then one where he is walking me down the aisle, looking back at the pictures and seeing that breaks my heart. Also we did pictures with the wedding cake before the ceremony and that was the last time i saw it whole....next time i saw it, it was already sliced and being served...i never got to cut my own wedding cake :(

18. Where did you go on your honeymoon?: we didn't have one, we got married on a friday evening and hubby had school on the monday. We went to Ottawa for the weekend a bit later, but i wouldn't call that a honeymoon

19. How long were you gone? n/a

20. If you were to do your wedding over, what would you change? made sure i got a picture with my dad, got to cut my cake, had better transportation to and from rather then being driven in my FIL's van by BIL.

21. What side of the bed do you sleep on?: standing at the foot of the bed and looking at it, the left

22. What size is your bed?: King, i love my space.

23. Greatest strength as a couple?: we are good friends and have respect for each other. We balance each other out well.

24. Greatest challenge as a couple?: we are both extremely stubborn and like to have our own way

25. Who literally pays the bills?: hubby.

26. What is your song? we don't have one

27. What did you dance your first dance to?: there was no music at our reception

28. Describe your wedding dress: white with an empire waist, beading all along the bodice. Had a little bow on each of the sleeves and a big bow at the back, fairly long train

29. What kind of flowers did you have at your wedding?: white roses, pink roses

30. Are your wedding bands engraved? What do they say? yes, they say "love always and forever"

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