About Us – A Random Sample of Facts
There are plenty of stories about me and the Fab Hub here on the blog. Today, though, we’ve come up with a small sampling of facts that haven’t made it to the blog yet for one reason or another but are mildly interesting or entertaining – at least to us.
1. We never dated. It’s true – ask anyone who knew us put up with our denial at the time. We went from co-working acquaintances to not dating to married. You can read about our Lobster Tale here if you don’t already know the story. Or even if you do – it’s a classic. (OK, this one has been on the blog before, but it really is one of our funniest facts.)
2. The first movie we ever saw together (on our first non-date) was Curse of the Jade Scorpion. We have not watched it since. On said first non-date the Fab Hub was sick as a dog. I read the behavior as social ineptitude and total lack of interest. He finally admitted a while later that he was sick but hadn’t realized it until well into the movie. See why dating is a bad idea?
3. One of our favorite things to do together is stay at home. It’s true. We like getting out and doing things fine enough, but nothing makes us quite as happy as comfy pants and time together at home. It’s true – we’re the people who turn off the front porch light and pretend we’re not here sometimes.
4. We rarely agree on movies or TV shows to watch together. Fab Hub laughed and noted that the movies we do actually agree on we generally wait for DVD release to see so we can watch them together after Kidzilla goes to sleep. No, no, no – not because they are inappropriate for family viewing. It’s because in the post-Kidzilla world, we don’t often venture out to the movies alone. And, of course, because of #3.
5. We both come from a strong musical background. OK, Fab Hub adds that this is conjecture on his part, at least. Since he’s adopted, we are not able to trace any particular evidence, but he is vastly talented and it has to come from somewhere. Regardless, we are both musically talented and enjoy all kinds of music. Our tastes sometimes differ greatly, but we can both at least appreciate all different styles.
6. We got engaged in the parking lot of a local mall. The story is not your typical engagement story at all. It’s slightly bizarre and definitely does not qualify for a “most romantic proposal ever” contest. In fact, there was something of a hostile undertone to the whole thing because one of us was convinced that the other one of us was never going to propose. But it’s funny now – we quite love it and it’s all our own.
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He proposed in a hostile environment? That’s hilarious.
Yes, hostile. The fact that he forged ahead despite said hostility says much for his character, I think. Anybody willing to brave those waters with me is a keeper! 🙂
Ha. I just read the lobster tale. So sweet.
I did date my husband, but while I thought we were just “dating”, NUMEROUS people would come up to us and comment on how obvious it was that we were in love. I was like, “No way. We’ve only been dating a couple of weeks.” Who makes comments like that to perfect strangers, anyway? Well, here we are 17 years later, so I guess deep down we knew from the start.
Anyway, your friend commenting on how you guys were already dating but you didn’t realize it reminded me of that.
Cheers to love!
The jury is still out on whether we didn’t realize it or simply chose not to admit it.
Clink. 🙂
The engagement story definitely seems blog-post worthy. What a tease to hint about it and not share it! 🙂
Then we shall have to post…
I think we need more details, really the full story, of your proposal. Sounds interesting 🙂
Fab Hub just said he couldn’t believe I hadn’t posted that one yet. He gave the go-ahead as long as I promise not to make him “look too bad.”
Comfy pants, movie nights at home, pretending no one is home….be still my heart! This is a romance I can get behind!
Ha – funny. Yeah, we like. 🙂
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I love it. How the movie you first saw is one that you’ve never seen again, to the sickness on the first date, to the hostile proposal. Your story has so many interesting and funny details, and is truly yours. Here’s to many more years of comfy nights at home disagreeing on movies!
You can’t write stuff this good. Seriously.
That’s an interesting one that you never dated. How many people can actually say that? Other than that, you and your hub have some things in common with my wife and I. We’re stay at home people too. We just like to spend time together in the comfort of our home. It’s what we like to do. Our tastes differ too especially in music. It’s hard to find music we both like listening too. It’s easier for movies.
The distinct benefit to these differences in taste have led to each of us being able to introduce the other to music, movies, etc. that we might not have experienced otherwise. And then there are some that just continue to be a source of debate. We went to a Modeski, Martin, and Wood concert years ago and I hated every minute of it. I never wanted to hear of them or their music again. At some point, my husband played something of theirs at home and I liked it which brought up the question of whether I actually hated them or just the experience. The night of the concert, the theatre was incredibly hot and stuffy and we were seated in the front of a section that had a wide aisle in front of us so people walked back and forth in front of us all night. Hard to ditch the negative associations, though.