A bit of fun today, with lots of fascinating and random facts about me and him … a sneak peek behind the scenes of our relationship!
1 – We met at work (you can read about my first impression of him, here).
2 – Our first date was going for an ice cream after work one Friday afternoon (30 years ago in December)!
3 – I was his first girlfriend 🙂 .
4 – I still have the dress I wore that day – and no, it wasn’t me that kept it! Seems the hubster is a bit of a sentimental guy, and he insisted on keeping it when I wanted to give it to an op shop many years ago.
5 – The first movie we saw together, was The Lost Boys … we still love a good vampire flick!
6 – The first gift he gave me was to celebrate our first Christmas together – a silver bracelet, with a dainty charm of two entwined hearts.
7 – Our first Valentine’s Day together, he gave me a silver heart locket.
8 – We used to joke that between us, we paid off Brisbane’s Gateway Bridge in the tolls we paid to visit each other (as we lived on opposite sides of the city).
9 – I realised that he was THE one after we’d been together for about a year.
10 – And we were engaged about six months later on 5 May 1989;
11 – With our wedding, exactly a year after that, on 5 May 1990.
12 – Our wedding day was approximately three years to the day after we met, and nearly 2 1/2 years after we started going out.
13 – We didn’t live together until we got married.
14 – Our first argument as a married couple, was over the setting on the alarm clock, the night before we went back to work from our honeymoon. He wanted the radio; I was worried I wouldn’t wake up unless it was the buzzer!
15 – They say that we marry our father … and it’s true, I can see a lot of similar qualities in my Bear and my dad. Perhaps that’s why they are such great friends today?!
16 – I’m a (bossy) eldest child, and he is a youngest child, so it made for some interesting times when we first got married!
17 – I wanted kids as soon as we got married, but my Bear was the voice of reason, wanting to wait until we were more established. In hindsight, I’m glad we waited 🙂 .
18 – Our first “baby”, was a kitten called Chloe; we adopted her about 6 months after we got married. She lived til she was 15.
19 – Related: I’m a crazy cat lady, and he’s a crazy cat man 😉 .
20 – We only realised for the first time this week, that our kids have my initials! It’s only taken 20+ years. I’m JD Camilleri, Miss 20’s name starts with a J, and Mr 23’s starts with a D 🙂 .
21 – Apparently, we both have a high IQ!
22 – He needs a lot less sleep than I do, and always has.
23 – Back in the 90’s, people often said he looked like Clark Kent (something to do with the glasses).
24 – Whereas they thought I looked like Meg Ryan!
25 – He does the grocery shopping most of the time.
26 – I do the mowing.
27 – He does the vaccuming.
28 – I pay the bills.
29 – We are both really good at spelling and grammar.
30 – And we both aren’t terribly interested in sports.
31 – He is 18 months younger, so I am a cradle-snatcher, shock horror!
32 – You can probably guess from number 4, he is a hoarder … and I am not.
33 – Related: I am not allowed to throw out junk mail or catalogues. They have to go in a special basket until he gets a chance to read them.
34 – Our money styles are also quite different: I am a spender, and he is a saver.
35 – We are both pretty much in the middle of the introvert/extrovert scale – I’m slightly more extrovert, he’s slightly more introvert.
36 – Neither of us can play a musical instrument.
37 – He is near sighted, and I am far sighted.
38 – We love nothing better than to sit down and have a cup of tea together.
39 – We used to fight quite a lot in the early days; it’s pretty rare these days, though we can still get snippy with each other when we are tired and/or stressed.
40 – Our favourite TV series of all time is Star Trek: The Next Generation.
41 – He calls me his “better half”!
42 – We are both homebodies.
43 – Mind you, I would like to do more travelling; him, not so much.
44 – We both worked for our local Council for many years, and used to joke that between us, we had experience in every department!
45 – Our nickname for each other, rather than darling or honey, is Kiz. Short for Kissy Bear.
46 – His parents’ car has KIZ on the registration plate. We probably need to buy it off them.
47 – We usually vote the same way.
48 – We both feel fortunate to have met and married our soul mate. On the surface we may not have much in common, but when it comes to the deeper things, we have a strong connection.
49 – He wants to retire at 60; I find my work so rewarding, I don’t even want to think of retiring!
50- I still go weak at the knees when he winks at me!
Did you learn anything new about me and him, from this list of fun facts?!
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Aah, what a lovely list of revealing snippets about your relationship. I was enthralled because it’s so interesting to see what makes good partnerships work, and I believe it’s the little things which all add up. Seems like you’ve got a really good thing going 🙂
I love these little slice-of-life style posts on others’ blogs too, which is why I thought this would be fun. Yup feeling pretty blessed that I picked a good ‘un!
You guys sound a lot like my husband and me. Isn’t it funny how we fall in love, then go through the adjustment stage, and then end up really content despite our little differences. I love how he insisted you kept your dress from the first date and that he bought you such romantic gifts in the early days. Great to get to know you both a bit better – loved the photos too.
He is still awesome at choosing gifts Leanne and never fails to spoil me x
Oh I love this – so much! I might just “borrow” that topic off you sometime. #TeamLovinLife
It’s great fun – go for it!
Ha ha! My husband would die if I revealed any of this type of mushy stuff about him! It’s wonderful that you are such kindred spirits and that you are still in love after all these years. Well done on making your relationship a success. 🙂 #TeamLovinLife
LOL there is a lot I *didn’t* share, but I knew this stuff would be okay with the hubster x
Love your list of fun facts Janet. It’s amazing how opposites attract, but as you say, there must be a strong connection on a deeper level. #TeamLovinLife
Soul mates!
Love your list and the photos. Thanks for sharing. Always encouraging to see couples living out their happily ever after in the real world : )
I think so too Liz 🙂
Loved your post!
Thanks Lana!!!!! That means a lot x
Clark Kent and Meg Ryan. A match made in Hollywood heaven xo
#teamlovinlife
Haha and I always thought it should be Lois Lane!
Loved this post and I agree with Liz it’s so lovely to see couples more in love as the years go by. You and your bear make happily ever after look like fun!
Nawww thank you sweet Deb, you and Matt are an inspiration too!
My husband doesn’t buy me gifts but he spoils me in many other ways!
Awesome list of facts. I also daren’t throw the junk mail out without asking if he is donewith it. If it wasn’t for him and the kids, the junk mail wouldn’t make it in the house.