Ask me anything!

ball.and.chain · October 2013

I assume 2Mamaz isn't posting a GTKY today but I thought we could use some entertainment this Friday. This board did a round of these a year or so ago and it was fun. So go ahead - ask me anything and I'll answer!

newmompeanut · October 2013

OOO!!! So much fun

I wasn't here a year ago, so do we all post a "ask me anything" post or is it just one person each day?

How'd you meet your wife?

healz413 · October 2013

What are your favorite pizza toppings?

wishiwaspreggo · October 2013

I love would you rather questions!

Would you rather: be able to run at 100 mph or be able to fly at 10 mph?

only1leia · October 2013

Lots of questions, no answers! Since I can't come up with a question ...

@newmompeanut - We met at a city wide dance in high school, then reconnected years later.

@wallace323 - I came up with this name years and years ago (as in, middle school) because I loved Star Wars. I keep it now because I can remember it.

@healz413 - Favorite toppings ... I usually get pepperoni, but if we're talking about favorite pizza there is a restaurant here that has a mashed potato pizza which is a-MAZE-ing. Instead of red sauce, it's dough, baby red mashed potatoes, feta cheese, tomato, and green onion (we get it without onion). Easy to make at home, too!

@wishiwaspreggo - I'd rather fly at 10mph.

ball.and.chain · October 2013

@newmompeanut -- in the past we would do one person a day. Kept the threads a little easier to follow, and that way if you had specific questions for specific people, you could ask them.

I met my wife online. We chatted a bit over email and then met up at a coffee shop. I wasn't convinced I was interested at first but as she likes to say, she grew on me.

ball.and.chain · October 2013

@wallace323 -- I set up this account on The Knot when I was planning our wedding in 2006-2007. I used to occasionally refer to myself as the "old ball and chain" when we got engaged, partly because it was just funny but especially because it usually connotes someone who is restrictive or holds you back and I am totally the opposite. I'm very independent, like spending time alone (though of course I also like spending time with my wife), and encourage her to do things that she enjoys even when I don't want to go (play poker with her guy friends, go to baseball games, take golf lessons etc). She claims I am "the best wife in the world" for "letting" her do that stuff, but I think it would be crazy not to.

ball.and.chain · October 2013

@healz413 -- I love pizzas with fried eggplant on them. Not so healthy, but what are you gonna do. Also sliced meatballs (not WITH the eggplant, although I don't think that would necessarily be bad), ricotta cheese, and hot peppers.

ball.and.chain · October 2013

@wishiwaspreggo -- Fly at ANY speed, I think.

@themommymonster -- I haven't actually watched the video -- and I've never seen a real fox in person, much less heard if he/she "says" anything. But I do think foxes are pretty cute...I think my cat looks a little like a gray fox.

ball.and.chain · October 2013

Aaauuuughhh, Junie! She's so effing cute. OK. So June was a TERRIBLE month for us. We had to put our old cat (of 13 years) to sleep on June 3rd. I took her to the emergency vet alone because my wife couldn't get off work, and bawled the entire time. I was 7w5d pregnant at the time and my MIL and boss both said to me, "She knew she could leave you because you are having a baby now." Then on June 18th I had an ultrasound that showed the baby had no heartbeat and had stopped growing at 7w5d...same day I put the cat down. We had said we weren't getting another cat until after the baby, but post-miscarriage it was really hard dealing with both losses and I told my wife I wanted a new cat. We went and picked out June (whose shelter name was Fiona -- it didn't fit) and had a hard time coming up with a name until I thought of June. It seemed like a way to remember our old cat and the baby and at the same time to reclaim the month as a time when something had started rather than stopped -- a new chapter with a new kitty. My wife wasn't sold on just "June," but she liked Juniper because she is a big fan of gin.

So we settled on Juniper as her real name, June as a nickname (though usually it's Junie or Kitty, also Junie-Bear and Junebug). We brought her home on June 30th.

ball.and.chain · October 2013

@KLeigh1 -- good question! I told her recently that the things that are best about her are not actually the things I would have known I wanted or needed before I met her. On paper, we are not super compatible -- very different interests and personalities. I am VERY introverted -- not as in shy, although I used to be and still can be in certain situations -- but just in the sense that I am very much turned inward in the way I process things. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but sometimes it's good to be drawn out a bit, and my wife is good at doing that. I would just chew on a feeling for weeks without saying anything, but she will get it out of me and get me to talk about it, and it's usually helpful. She is kind-hearted, generous and hard-working, has a LOT of integrity, and makes me laugh. She also graduated from culinary school and worked as a professional chef for a while, so she is an awesome cook.

2MamazInSeattle · October 2013

Thanks lady! My laptop was dead all morning, so I'll save my GTKY for next week.

Meanwhile...tell us more about your family being here since the 1600s!!

ball.and.chain · October 2013

@2MamazinSeattle, you remember everything! J

My mom was really into genealogy, so she did a lot of research on both sides of our family before she passed away. My heritage is about 50% British (the other 50% is a mix of other western European nationalities), and she traced the earliest immigrant from England to a boat that arrived in Massachusetts in 1632 (that’s 12 years after the Pilgrims). We also learned we are descended from some prominent figures in 17 th -19 th Century Massachusetts, including several people that local roads are named for and someone who was burned as a witch in Salem.

ball.and.chain · October 2013

We chose an ID Release donor from a sperm bank, so he is not known to us now, but our potential children will have the option of trying to contact him through the bank when they are 18, if they choose to do so. We had various issues with using a known donor (legal issues, my wife worried that the donor would have a stronger link to our children than she would, and we simply didn’t have a good candidate in mind). However, it was important to us to give our children the option to learn his identity when they are adults. I’ve read studies indicating that the vast majority of children who have been adopted feel a strong desire to meet/know/track down their biological family, so I just didn’t feel right denying my children the right to try. If they choose not to, that’s up to them, but at least we won’t have made the decision for them.

ball.and.chain · October 2013

This was fun! Others should feel free to post a similar thread whenever they like (or feel like the board needs a little action).

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