My Best Friend

Today is our wedding anniversary… 31 years! Can you believe it? It definitely does not seem that long.

Back in the summer my friend, Jan, tagged me in a Facebook “Love Your Spouse” challenge to post 7 pictures of Lyle and me. Since I pretty much only do Facebook through my blog, I told her I would try to work it into a blog post. Our anniversary seems like a good time to do that, don’t you think?

Another friend, Sheila, posted a quiz “How Well Do You Know Your Man?” on her blog a few weeks back. I decided to incorporate that into this post as well, but doing the questions both ways– answering them for each other.

I asked Lyle the questions and answered them {silently in my head.} He said his answers out loud and then I told him what my answer was. It was a fun discussion, even if he did fall asleep in the middle of it!

• You’re sitting in front of the TV. What is on?
  • {Racing or football.}
    • Sports.
• I’m sitting in front of the TV. What is on?
  • {The Andy Griffith Show.}
    • Vintage programming.

• We’re out to eat; what kind of dressing do you get on your salad.{None.}
  • • None! Everybody knows that!
• We’re out to eat; what kind of dressing do I get on my salad?
  • {Ranch.}
    • Ranch.

• What’s one food you don’t like?
  • {Pickles.}
    • Pickles!
• What’s one food I don’t like?
  • {Cashews. He loves them. If we are having mixed nuts or trail mix with cashews I pick them out and give them to him.}
    • I don’t know. Anchovies? Ha.

• You go out to eat and have a drink; what do you order?
  • {Diet Mountain Dew.}
    • Diet Mountain Dew. Not many places have that, though.
• We go out to eat and have a drink; what do I order?
  • {Coffee. Up until recently it would have been Coke Zero with lemon, but I’ve quit drinking pop.}
    • Water.

• Where did you go to high school?
  • {at home}
    • Highway High School. [I got that one right. That was the name of his homeschool… and we later named our kids’ homeschool that, too.]
• Where did I go to high school?
  • {Perry High School in Lima, Ohio}
    • Perry.

• What is your nickname for me?
  • {One time, years ago, as a joke he decided he would call me Bubba. He never calls me that but I wonder if he remembers.}
    • Bubba! Ha. I don’t call you that.
• What is my nickname for you?
  • {Sweetheart.}
    • Honey.

• If you were to collect anything, what would it be?
  • {Matchbox size race cars because he did collect those for a year or two.}
    • Old cars.
• If I were to collect anything, what would it be?
  • {Yarn.}
    • Books. [Yeah, that, too.]

• What would you eat every day if you could?
  • {Sunflower seeds, because he does eat those every day.}
    • Chocolate! (After I told him I said sunflower seeds:) Chocolate would be above sunflower seeds, if I could have chocolate every day.
• What would I eat every day if I could?
  • {Popcorn.}
    • Fresh-baked bread. See, I think of what we would eat if we could. [He’s right.]

• What is your favorite cereal?
  • {Frosted mini wheats.}
    • I don’t know. Probably either Peanut Butter Crunch or Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
• What is my favorite cereal?
  • {Granola.}
    • Flakes with fruit.

• What is your favorite sports team?
  • {Rahal Racing. Is that a team?}
    • Rahal Letterman Lanigan, yeah, but that’s not my favorite. You should know my favorite! Penske!
• What is my favorite sports team?
  • {None.}
    • You despise sports.

• Who did you vote for?
  • {Not Obama.}
    • The Republican.
• Who did I vote for?
  • {Reagan.}
    • When?
      • [1984. That was my first time to vote.]
        • The Republican. Bush? No, that was before Bush. Reagan.

• Who is your best friend?
  • {Me.}
    • My dog. Pffftt! My wife, Doofus!
      • [Maybe Doofus is your nickname for me.]
• Who is my best friend?
  • {Lyle.}
    • Your Honey!

• What do I do that bothers you?{Worry.}
  • • Take forever to make a decision.
• What do you do that bothers me?
  • {Spend money.}
    • Watch sports. *snort*

• What is your heritage?
  • {French and American.}
    • Christian!
• What is my heritage?
  • {American, but English way back.}
    • Christian. Or Louisianan.
      • [I think we don’t think we understood this question the same way.]

• I bake you a cake for your birthday; what kind of cake?
  • {Chocolate.}
    • Chocolate!
• You bake me a cake for my birthday; what kind of cake is it?
  • {Cheesecake.}
    • Not chocolate. Something with cream cheese frosting.
      • [Close. Very close.]

• Did you play sports in high school?{No.}
  • • No.
• Did I play sports in high school?
  • {No, but I’m so tall people often asked if I played basketball.}
    • No.

• What could you spend hours doing?
  • {Driving.}
    • Watching racing… Driving!
• What could I spend hours doing?
  • {Reading and/or crocheting.}
    • Reading.

• How do you make me feel special?
  • {Take me anywhere I want to go and buy me anything I want.}
    • ..::long silent pause::.. What was the question? How do I make you feel special? Fall asleep when you’re asking questions? Ha. Umm… probably the most effective way is to bring you surprise flowers. Which I haven’t done in awhile, by the way.
      • [Really? I hadn’t noticed.]
• How do I make you feel special?
  • {I don’t know.}
    • By telling me how special I am.
      • [*snicker*]
        • What’s funny about that?
          • [I just tell you you’re special, and you feel special?]

• What is one unique talent you have?
  • {Covering my bases– mechanic, electrician, computer technology, sound technology… he’s just a very talented man.}
    • Mmm… I don’t have any. The ability to focus on something, but that’s not unique.
      • (You really have no idea how talented you are??)
• What is one unique talent I have?
  • {Writing.}
    • The word unique makes this hard.
      • [Okay. What’s a talent I have that you don’t have?]
        • Communication.

Hmm… overall, I’d say we know each other pretty well. But it’s interesting how you can live with a person for so many years and still learn new things!

Happy anniversary, Sweetheart!