NBR: Who is the Yin to your Yang (or vice versa)

Jazibel · October 2014

Up late again and I realize we talk babies and making babies so much that I miss hearing about everyone's family. Anyway if you have time and want to share - feel free to play along ;-)

- How did you and your SO meet?

- What do you love about your SO?

- What frustrates you to no end?

- Any cute routines, or inside jokes/habits/rituals?

- How do you sleep (Spooning? Twin beds? Head to Toe?)

- Paint us a picture of a "day in the life" of you and your SO when you're 80

- If you're currently single tell us about your dream SO (and the one negative trait that you'll let slide) ;-)

2MamazInSeattle · October 2014

- How did you and your SO meet?
Match.com technically, but we ran into each other at an event before we went on a date so when we did go out, it was way less awkward! We've bern together 8 years.
- What do you love about your SO?
She's level-headed, loyal, kind, empathetic and very loving.
- What frustrates you to no end?
Stubborn Aries!!!
- Any cute routines, or inside jokes/habits/rituals?
She tries to get away with things that she knows will get her in trouble by acting like they didn't happen like if she breaks a glass I loved or something...but I always bust her!!
- How do you sleep (Spooning? Twin beds? Head to Toe?)
Right now with a baby in between us in her little cosleeper. Normally though we aren't the hugest cuddlers, bit we always have something touching each other be it our feet or just an arm or hand on the other.
- Paint us a picture of a "day in the life" of you and your SO when you're 80
Well if we both have the future equivalent of mobile phones, I imagine we'll tool around on those way too much. But honestly I don't know...hopefully we ate both still alive and healthy, going on walks, doing art/crafts, and Simone hangs out with us a little at least.

2brides · October 2014

- How did you and your SO meet? We originally met when I was in college and she was in charge of freshman housing. We had mutual friends, but didn't hang out. We re-met 8y later when one of those mutual friends ran into her at the mall and invited her to go see a movie and go to dinner with us. We've been together 14y.

- What do you love about your SO? She is extremely smart and sets the bar crazy high for herself in all things - work, home, etc.

- What frustrates you to no end? The same things I love about her, drive me crazy.

- Any cute routines, or inside jokes/habits/rituals? Not really.

- How do you sleep (Spooning? Twin beds? Head to Toe?) Always on our own side of the bed. L had a million pillows due to a back injury.

- Paint us a picture of a "day in the life" of you and your SO when you're 80 When I'm 80, she'll be 92. And when She's 80, I'll be 68. So, who knows. I would like to be able to enjoy some retirement years together!

bfonz619 · October 2014

- How did you and your SO meet?
Through a website where people meet up with others for fitness related activities. DW and I met up for hiking and trail running.

- What do you love about your SO?
Her determination and dedication to be the best person she can. She is so kind hearted and caring towards others and will go out of her way, even if it means halting whatever else she has going on, to help someone.

- What frustrates you to no end?
I know this sounds lame but, there isn't anything specific that absolutely drives me bonkers. The closest thing I can think of is that DW loves to organize, and reorganize, which sometimes means something that was once in one specific place may move without notice.

- Any cute routines, or inside jokes/habits/rituals?
Okay, it doesn't get more corny than this, but I wake up DW every morning with kisses. I tend to be super grumpy unless I wake up on my own so, I keep that in mind and wake her up the most peaceful way I can think of.

- How do you sleep (Spooning? Twin beds? Head to Toe?)
We always start off spooning, either she is the spooner or I am and then tend to venture off on our own through out the night. Then, at someone point (usually when I wake up to temp) we end up spooning until we wake up for the day.

- Paint us a picture of a "day in the life" of you and your SO when you're 80
I am not really good at this sort of thing, but would like to imagine we will still be running around with grand kids or great grand kids at that point. We are huge explorers and love road trips so, I also hope we are still out and about discovering new things together.

Edit: There is a winking smiley in my post that I didn't put there and it is no where in my post to delete. Edit 2: I'm a goober, it was in the original post.

mallory4284 · October 2014

- How did you and your SO meet?
Through the same sex dating website eharmony redirected me to when it saw that I was "F looking for F".... I don't remember what the website is called. Compatibility-something-or-other??

- What do you love about your SO?
Her dedication to her job and family. She will do anything for anyone with no questions asked and she goes above and beyond at work despite getting no recognition for everything she puts in each week

- What frustrates you to no end?
Agree with 2brides. The above is sometimes what frustrates me the most, too.... Because of her crazy work ethic, I barely see her during the week because she works such long hours. And there are times when she'll want to buy something for someone or pick up a tab or loan money.... And I'm just like "we're not made of money!! We're broke, too!" (But I'm also a Scrooge about money and would rather save it than waste it)

- Any cute routines, or inside jokes/habits/rituals?
Actually we do the "I love you most" bit, too lol. Glad to hear we're not the only ones!

- How do you sleep (Spooning? Twin beds? Head to Toe?)
Usually start off spooning or cuddling face to face, but neither of us can fall asleep like that, so we end up back to back to fall asleep.... But in the midst of rolling around while sleeping, she usually ends up spooned next to me

- Paint us a picture of a "day in the life" of you and your SO when you're 80
Lol probably not much different than now! Sometimes I feel like we're an "old married couple".... Even though we're neither married nor old!

ATXmommas · October 2014

How we met - Z and I met 7 years ago this November. A good friend of mine had started dating a woman from Dallas and invited me to meet her one weekend when she was in town. When I showed up for lunch, Z was also there! Turns out that my friend's new GF dated Z briefly in the past and they had remained friends. It was a total setup, but I had no idea what I was walking into (Z did). The friends who set us up are now married too and are really close friends of ours.

What I love - Z is adorably goofy and fun. She is incredibly kind, thoughtful, and loyal. She works hard to improve herself personally, professionally, and athletically. She faces obstacles like a champ. And girl is resourceful! Can make almost anything happen!

What frustrates me - she's terrible at washing dishes and she's a terrible speller.

Habits/rituals - When I blow her a kiss, which is really me just kissing the air (like if we're in the car or something), she "catches" it in her hand and eats it. Okay, when I write that down, it sounds super weird, but it's actually really sweet and adorable.

Sleep - usually with out backs towards each other. We're both side sleepers who want our own space.

When we're 80 - we joke around about living our old age in one of those retirement communities. Z will probably be making inappropriate jokes to the nurses while I give her disapproving glances. Seriously, I don't know. I just hope we can spend our old age together and enjoy each other, our kids, and our grand kids.

herbunmyoven · October 2014

- How did you and your SO meet?

We met at a ridiculous gay bar in St. Paul...on dollar bottle night. I was playing snake on my flip phone and A (who is usually super shy) walked right up to me and said, "you want my number in there." That was 8 years ago.

- What do you love about your SO?

My wife is so smart and so funny. She keeps me in line and keeps the family running. I would be even more of a hot mess with out her. I love her eyes and her smile and her totally sassy sense of humor.

- What frustrates you to no end?

I am pretty laid back and she is kind of a perfectionist. I get frustrated when I feel like she gets so focused on making sure the house is clean than she forgets to have fun...especially with a toddler. The toys will never all be put away at the same time!

- Any cute routines, or inside jokes/habits/rituals?

We call each other "Boss"

We dance around in grocery stores

We make up songs

We have a ton of children's books memorized and will take turns reciting lines

- How do you sleep (Spooning? Twin beds? Head to Toe?)

We pretty much sleep on separate edges of the bed. I rub A's back until she falls asleep then I flip over an sleep on my stomach. We will usually snuggle again in the morning.

- Paint us a picture of a "day in the life" of you and your SO when you're 80

I hope to go out in a crazy ball of flames before I turn 80. If we make it that long I hope we are still traveling all over.

redrockmama · October 2014

- How did you and your SO meet?

6 six years ago we first met at a white party event at the local lesbian bar during pride weekend through a mutual friend. We were both dating other people at the time. I thought she was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen and she thought I was a hard ass that was too good for everyone there.

We "met" again a few weeks later when the same mutual friend and I were going to hang out, J asked if she could tag along. We were then both recently single and then became..gasp...myspace friends. We started talking and then both asked the mutual friend for the other's number at the same time. We started dating a month or so later.

- What do you love about your SO?

She has a BIG heart, she really care about everyone. When we first met she was getting ready to join the Peace Corps and I was doing AmeriCorps. That was one of the first things I loved about her. She's is goofy and fun and really confident. She loves adventure.

- What frustrates you to no end?

Hmm....she's a very black and white thinker and I am soooooo grey.

- Any cute routines, or inside jokes/habits/rituals?

Probably, but I can't think of any right now. We used to do a lot more cute little ritual things, but not lately. Having a baby is hard work

- How do you sleep (Spooning? Twin beds? Head to Toe?)

Usually with M between us. We used to do a lot of spooning and snuggling, but J has back problems so usually snugglings happens before sleep and in the morning.

- Paint us a picture of a "day in the life" of you and your SO when you're 80

We talk about being together as old ladies sitting on the front porch in our rocking chairs hahah. We will hopefully have a nice little garden that we will spend a lot of time in. I hope we'll spend a lot of time with our kids and grandkids and we'll probably laugh a lot.

JGY · October 2014

I'm in love with this thread and I've found myself nodding me head a lot while reading other peoples' entries.

- How did you and your SO meet?

We first met when S came to do some work with the rugby team I was on, and I was smitten! I don't think we even spoke to each other, and she was seriously dating someone at the time. A few years later she decided she wanted to play rugby as well, and joined our team. I married my ex-husband a few months later. Eventually we divorced, S and I started dating, and have been together ever since. It's been a long road. We've been officially together for 10 years now, married for 4.

- What do you love about your SO?

She's hilarious. A seriously quick wit. She's also a number of things that I am not; incredibly disciplined, fearless about taking on challenges, impulsive. She's tremendously giving and rarely, if ever, turns down an opportunity to help another person.

- What frustrates you to no end?

Some of the same things (especially this impulsivity sometimes, but mostly because it pulls me out of my comfort zone). Also, she's an introvert and since her job requires a lot of interpersonal interaction, she's typically just done when she gets home. I like to go places and do things, so we clash about that sometimes.

- Any cute routines, or inside jokes/habits/rituals?

I know we have them, but I can't come up with any right now. We do have entire conversations from the point of view of the cat and dog, complete with specific voices. And we make up songs for them.

ETA - WTF, Bump? Continued below...

KH826 · October 2014

- How did you and your SO meet?

J and I met in college. My Sophomore year, her Junior year. We were in a sociology class together. We stared at each other across the room for an entire semester and then parted ways for the Summer. We didn't start dating until the following Fall.

- What do you love about your SO?

She is smart, silly, creative and compassionate. She is also an outstanding mother. She also "gets me" like no one else on the planet.

- What frustrates you to no end?

She procrastinates terribly. She snores like a truck driver. She doesn't always communicate her feelings well in real time -- she will wait until something feels extreme to her/makes her want to explode!

- Any cute routines, or inside jokes/habits/rituals?

We have ridiculous little nicknames for each other that have changed/become abbreviated over time. Her name is Jennifer and one of the first things she told me was that she HATES being called Jenny. So jokingly, I said "What about Niffy?" ... her response was that no one had ever called her that before, but that she didn't particularly like it. HAHA... Welllll, since then I have pretty much exclusively called her Niffy or Nif. Our families know that is my name for her because I forget and just call her that in public all the time. She called me Sugar once back in the very beginning of our relationship, and I told her I hated it. So then she started calling me "shug" (pronounced shoog) after that. Overtime it has morphed into "shugita" and now she calls me "Geet" most often. So I call her Nif and she calls me Geet and most people probably think that is super duper strange, but 10 years later it feels totally normal to me.

- How do you sleep (Spooning? Twin beds? Head to Toe?)

Usually back-to-back. We are also both side sleepers, and we need our own space to sleep. I am always cold and she is always hot, so we need our own blanket situations as well. It's terribly romantic, I know!

- Paint us a picture of a "day in the life" of you and your SO when you're 80

She will be puttering on craft projects, perhaps she will have mastered knitting or quilting by then... I will be working on crossword puzzles... She will want to spoil our grandkids like crazy, and I will be fretting over everyone's health and well-being. We will probably go out to dinner at 3:30pm a lot. I hope there is a porch with rocking chairs involved. Hopefully we will both have our mental faculties about us. I picture us always having at least one small dog in our lives. I suspect she will be the old lady that keeps tissues everywhere (in her pockets, under placemats, etc.), and I will be the old lady that reuses tea bags and saves old milk jugs to water our plants.

Officerofthelaw · October 2014

- How did you and your SO meet?
When I first moved to Texas almost 8 years ago, I tried meeting new friends on Facebook. I ended up meeting some people on there and started hanging out with them. Then I met Kris through them and it was an immediate attraction. She would flirt with me via Facebook and things so we started dating and have been together ever since...almost 8 years. We got married in California in 2008.
- What do you love about your SO?
Kris has such passion for people in general. She makes me feel loved and cared for more than anyone ever has. Kris has loved me unconditionally through everything and that to me is the best quality in someone. Kris also is good at researching things so she can fix them. If the toilet needs fixed, instead of paying a plumber, she will do it herself.
- What frustrates you to no end?
To piggy back off of Kris researching ways to fix things, the frustrating part is that she always breaks something while trying to fix it. For example, she installed new sink fixtures and accidentally left the water on and went to bed. So when we woke up, we were in an inch or so of water. Therefore we had to replace our bedroom carpet which costs us $1000, hence we could have paid someone to put the sink fixtures in for cheaper than replacing the carpet.
- Any cute routines, or inside jokes/habits/rituals?
We have several but my favorite is the fact that Kris is dyslexic and reads things wrong all the time, so we have a lot of inside jokes from words that she read wrong. It would tell you them but it's only funny if you were in that moment.
- How do you sleep (Spooning? Twin beds? Head to Toe?)
I hate being touched when I sleep. So I always cuddle her because she likes cuddling. But about 5 minutes in, I'm over it and want to roll over to my fan in my face.
- Paint us a picture of a "day in the life" of you and your SO when you're 80.
When I am 80 she will be 85 and I'm sure I'll be taking care of her. I could see us eating breakfast together on our porch and talking about places we still want to travel. Holding hands and enjoying retirement together.

JGY · October 2014

... continued

- How do you sleep (Spooning? Twin beds? Head to Toe?)

Sleep? What's that? Just kidding. We definitely like our own space, but to be honest most of our sleep positioning depends on our dog. More often than not, one of us ends up downstairs on the couch with him.

- Paint us a picture of a "day in the life" of you and your SO when you're 80

- If you're currently single tell us about your dream SO (and the one negative trait that you'll let slide)

Well, I would just hope that we are no longer working when we're 80 (though my Dad is 82 and goes to work every day), so we'd be able to spend more than 2-3 hours a day together. If we're successful in building up our retirement, I think we'd travel a bunch. Most importantly, we'd wake up when we wanted to wake up and not because we had to be somewhere. My wife has spent 20 years having to go in to work at 5am, and we're both over it!

Jazibel · October 2014

How did you and your SO meet?

We meet in college when I was 18 and EV (Elizabeth) 17. She had a shaved head and colorfully dyed dreadlocks and I wore preppy plaid skirts (mid 90's folks ;-) It was love at first sight. She was my first girl-friend but our relationship ended messily. We reconnected a few years later at ages 21/22, and I moved out to California and in with her (and into my first tiny apartment). We've been together 15 years, wedding ceremony 10 years ago, legally married in 2013.

- What do you love about your SO? Her brilliant mind, how determined she is and how hard she works. Her creativity, sense of adventure and the fact that nature still makes her stop and catch her breath.

- What frustrates you to no end? Stubborn double Aquarius. We're actually both pretty stubborn, so though we agree on nearly everything when we don't we can't help but debate it to no end.

- Any cute routines, or inside jokes/habits/rituals? Like many people we have a ton of nicknames. One EV gave me was "Da Pooper" (long story but its not gross!) Anyway she has her phone or contact list up on the screen during a work meeting, and when I called her phone unknowingly ' "Da Pooper" is calling' appeared for all of her colleagues to see. Needless to say my nickname on her phone is now "Buddie". Hahaha

- How do you sleep (Spooning? Twin beds? Head to Toe?) Awww we used to spoon, and actually did last night for a few minutes until Owen woke up from my attempt to transition him to the crib. He made it 38 minutes! Once he was back in the bed we are both relegated to our separate sides. Its amazing how small a Cal King bed gets with a infant in it....

- Paint us a picture of a "day in the life" of you and your SO when you're 80

A house by the beach, where we sit outside drinking tea and prune juice and wait for our kids and grandkids to skype us. I hope we shuffle down to the local diner for the early bird specials and then back to our house to read into the late evening.

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