Interesting - Getting to Know You (Bride and Groom version)

[SerendipityCrafts]

1.How did you meet?
2.When did he propose and how?
3.What drew you together to consider marriage?
4.How long have you been engaged?
5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well.
6.What do you like most about each other?

Not posting the rest of these so that people can answer here but it might be worth printing out two copies and talking about some or all of these things with your FH/SO/or yes, even your DH (it's never too late to discuss whatever you didn't discuss beforehand) :)

7.What don’t you know about each other that you would like to know?
8.Who will take care of the finances when you are married? Have you planned a budget?
9.Do you presently have debt between the two of you?
10.Are you an on time person? Running late person?
11.How do you both like to spend your free time together?
12.What are your hobbies?
13.What are your short & long term goals once you are married? What are your financial goals?
14.Do you want children? How many? How long before you begin?
15.Once you marry will you plan a will and a living will?
16.Do you plan on purchasing a home? Do you already own a home?
17.What irritates you the most about each other right now?
18.Do you use credit cards for most of your purchases?
19.Do you believe in saving up for big purchases instead of getting into more debt?
20.Who will delegate the chores and ensure they are completed?
21.Do either of you have any addictions? Example: Drinking, Gambling, Smoking, Sex,Compulsive Behavior, Spending money excessively, Shopping, etc…
22.How will you handle the problems that come with any addictions?
23.What is your definition of unconditional LOVE?
24.What is your definition of Fidelity?
25.How important is it to both of you to be faithful to one another? Explanation: Some couples believe in an open marriage and swinging. If either of you have differing opinions on whatcheating is or isn’t, it is extremely important to clarify these issues before marriage.
26.What is your definition of Sex?
27.Do either of you have any anger or any type of abuse issues?
28.What is your relationship like with your parents?
29.Do either of you have a dominating personality or had a parent that was?30.How would you define selfish?
31.Do either of you always have to get your own way?
32.Are either of you quick to forgive?
33.Do either of you hold long grudges?
34.Are either of you score keepers in a fight?
35.Do you bring up the past when angry about something?
36.Do either of you have to have the last word?
37.How do you treat strangers in public? Example: Waiters/Waitresses, Clerks, Receptionists,People in general etc…. Do you treat them rude, courteous, degrading, fair, etc…
38.Are you a courteous driver or does road rage kick in while you are behind the wheel?
39.What values will you be bringing into your marriage?
40.How would you describe yourself?
41.Are you a jealous person?
42.How do you handle criticism or compliments?
43.Do you need time alone? Explain: not just yes or no.
44.What type of parent do you think you will be? Example: Lenient, strict, passive, spoiler,indulgent, unruly, constructive, creative, nurturing?
45.How will you make decisions together?
46.What do you both do for a living? What are your career choices?
47.What will your choices be on who you will see of which each set of in-laws for the holidays?
48.Do you believe in God?
49.How will your children be reared under whose faith?
50.Do you both have a sense of humor? Not sarcasm. Can you both laugh at yourselves?

[WebLady]

Good stuff; I think DH and I have talked about pretty much all of these sort of things :bbmrgreen:

1.How did you meet? He was a customer at the shoe store I worked at. He kept coming back to talk to me ;)
2.When did he propose and how? We just sort of talked about it alot and he finally said something like "so why don't we do it around our anniversary"
3.What drew you together to consider marriage? We are just awesome together and knew we were going to be together so it just seemed right to make it offical :D
4.How long have you been engaged? We were together for 6 yrs when we got married. We had been introducing each other as finace for at least 2 or 3 years prior.
5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well. I don't know; we talk alot and have told each other lots of personal things, past, hopes and dreams and such. I love how we can talk about anything.
6.What do you like most about each other? I just love him for the person he is and for who we are together :wub:

[smileyone2002]

1.How did you meet? We worked together and still do!:bbmad:
2.When did he propose and how?He proposed on our 1 1/2 anniversary right before midnight ** We always get each other something on our anniversaries and this time I got him something and he didnt get me anything, not that he forgot he just didnt get me anything and I was trying to be a good girl and not pout.** I was asleep and he slipped it on my finger and it woke me up and he asked me to marry him then
3.What drew you together to consider marriage? We are PERFECT together..LOL...we both just knew.
4.How long have you been engaged?Since March 14, 2007
5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well. We know each other so well!! He knows everything about me and I know everything about him, we both know when each other is in a certian mood and try to be sensitive to that.
6.What do you like most about each other? I love that we can live together, work together, go to school together and still not be tired of each other! I still miss him when he is at work and I am not....I just love to be around him!:flower:

[neebelung]

1.How did you meet? We met via a local sportbike riding forum

2.When did he propose and how? May 26th, 2007... very privately and intimately, at home

3.What drew you together to consider marriage? There was never even a question of 'if' we would get married... I think we both knew it very early on. Just took us a few years to finally decide to DO it.

4.How long have you been engaged? Um, almost 8 months

5.How well do you feel you know each other? I can't even begin to explain. It's almost eerie how similar we are in terms of how we think and act (except that he's much quieter and low-key than I am). We truly share one mind.

6.What do you like most about each other? Everything. Just the sheer joy we share just being near each other. It's an incredible thing.

[Whitewater]

1.How did you meet?

We met online, on a personals website, but our first date we spent all night at the Barnes and Noble cafe, discussing the literary archetypes in the Lord of the Rings books and comparing them to the movie. When the Barnes and Noble closed, we went across the street to a 24 hour eatery and talked until midnight! After that, it was history :)

2.When did he propose and how?

We were at our annual science-fiction/fantasy convention (www.convergence-con.org (http://www.convergence-con.org)) and we'd been talking about marriage for a while. We'd been dating over a year by then and had successfully gotten through the first three months of living together, and though we were both pretty battle-scarred from our first marriages ending badly, we knew we wanted to spend the rest of our lives with each other. It really wasn't a proposal so much as making it official that we were making the transition from boyfriend/girlfriend and 'dating' to 'commitment and building one life'. I found my ring from one of the dealers there, he bought it for me, I asked him if I could wear it on THAT finger, he looked at me, considered for a while, said 'This means we're going to get married, you know!" (because I'd been the holdout!) and I said 'Yeah, I know!" and he said, "Let's go for it!"

3.What drew you together to consider marriage?

Oh, right from the start we knew we were meant to be together. I think I fell in love within three months, and I *know* he loved me earlier than that. We dated, then lived together, and we both thought we were happy with living together, but then we really sat down and discussed it and we decided that we valued each other and our relationship too much to leave it hanging in such a state. It seemed as though, if we loved each other enough to meld our lives and live together and so on, that we ought to be able to love each other enough to really stretch and make the ultimate commitment to one another. It didn't seem either right or logical to say to each other 'I love you enough to live with you but not enough to commit my life to you'. We didn't want that, and we were and *are* committed that way, so . . . taking the next step is what we wanted to do. We wanted to be complete, and for us, that meant marriage! So we set a date in October of 2007, after living together for six months and after dating for a year before that.

4.How long have you been engaged?

Well, let's see now. By the time we get married it will be another year and a bit, so the grand total from engagement in July of 2007 to wedding in June of 2009 will be about 23 months, so almost a full two years of being engaged. Right now we've been engaged (if I've done my math right) for 8 months.

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well.

We know each other so well that we finish each other's sentences. Not only that, but we can read each other's minds and finish each other's thoughts -- I can follow what he's thinking and agree with him out loud, even though he doesn't actually verbalize what he's thinking. It used to freak him out, now he's even done it to me here and there. I know him so well that I can accurately guess what he'll want for dinner, when he wants coffee (he's a coffee fiend, but not in the typical morning way), when he needs to be left alone, I can even sense when he needs to be prodded into talking about what's wrong. As for him, never have I had somebody understand me so well. He knows me so well he doesn't even have to ask about a lot of things any more, he just does them because he knows I need/want/would like, whatever. We're best friends, lovers, and even more. It's just so good . . . . Oh, and in a totally non-metaphysical answer, I was able to answer every one of those other questions :) We've already talked about all of that stuff, in-depth.

6.What do you like most about each other?

I like most the fact that he has never once tried to mold me into his idea of the Perfect Woman. He loves me warts and all, and he accepts my imperfections. He loves the whole me. And the same goes for me too. What he likes most about me is that I expect him to be who he is, without trying to change him. He has his share of warts, but they make him who he is, and there's so much more to him, that I hardly notice the bad stuff anymore. And because we give each other that freedom, we both try individually to be a better person, because we love each other.


Whitewater

[Krimangel]

1.How did you meet? I WAS "DATING" HIS BEST FRIEND, IT WAS SHORT AND AWFUL BUT I MET HIM OUT OF IT, SO IT WAS ALL MENT TO BE.

2.When did he propose and how? JUNE 30TH 2007, WE WERE UP IN WY WITH HIS FAMILY, JUST WENT TO THE TOWN RODEO AND THEY HAD A MASSIVE FIREWORK DISPLAY, WE WENT BACK TO HIS AUNTS HOUSE AND WERE JUST SITTING OUT ON THE PORCH AND ENJOYING THE BEAUTY OF THE STARS AND HE JUST LOOKED OF AT ME AND ASKED ME.

3.What drew you together to consider marriage? I KNEW EARLY ON THAT HE WAS WHO I WANTED, WE JUST FIT, WE DIDNT HAVE TO TRY TO MAKE ANYTHING WORK, WE DONT FIGHT WE DONT HAVE ISSUES, WE AGREE ON MAJOR POINTS SUCH AS KIDS AND HOW WE WANT TO RAISE THEM (WITH ME BEING CONCERED "STRICT" IN TODAYS STANDARDS THAT WAS A GOOD SELLING POINT)

4.How long have you been engaged? LITTLE OVER 7 MONTHS

5.How well do you feel you know each other? I FEEL LIKE I KNOW A TON ABOUT HIM, WE ARE BEST FRIENDS BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE,AND I KNOW HE KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT ME, I DONT EVER SHUT UP. LAUGHS.

6.What do you like most about each other? I LOVE THAT HE MAKES ME LAUGH ALL THE FLIPPIN TIME. AND IF I HAD TO GUESS WHAT HE LIKED MOST ABOUT ME IS THAT I AM A GIVING PERSON. I TAKE CARE OF HIM.

[SerendipityCrafts]

Guess it's my turn -

1.How did you meet?

We met in highschool. Hugh is two years older than me and we used to meet up at local dances. We danced and even shared a kiss or two back then but I wasn't "into him" nearly as much as he was "into me". He invited me to his grad/prom dance and asked me to go steady. I said no LOL

2.When did he propose and how?

He brought me back to the same place that he asked me to go steady (look out point/Mount Royal in Montreal and said "28 years ago I asked you a question on this very spot and you said no. I have another question for you tonight and I hope you will say yes this time. Will you marry me?"

3.What drew you together to consider marriage?

We wanted to be married to each other, from the moment we "re-met". We have the same interests, we have the same views, we have the same backgrounds, we share the same religion, and we are compatible in all other important areas :bbredface: It was a no brainer.

4.How long have you been engaged?

We were engaged 5 months before we got married.

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well.

I finish his sentences. He finishes mine. I know what he's thinking. He knows what I am thinking. When I have a thought and I voice it out loud, 95% of the time DH will say "Oh STOP! You are creeping me out. I was just going to say that". LOL I do the same to him.

6.What do you like most about each other?

I love, love, love that he's creative like me.

[lizardbnorton]

1.How did you meet?

We met in highscool. We were in band together our freshman year and hardly talked. We started becoming friends our sophomore year in highschool during a really boring history class

2.When did he propose and how?

He proposed on March 24th 2007. We were actually already planning and we were looking at possible ceremony site. We agreed that we both liked the park we were at. He sat down on a wall looking down at the ocean. I turned around and when I turned back he had the ring and asked. He handed me the ring and I had to give it back to him to put it on my finger.

3.What drew you together to consider marriage?

We've been together for nearly nine years. After a certain point it was just kinda known that we were going to get married. We waited until we were both out of college to start planning.

4.How long have you been engaged?

We have been engaged for a little over 10 months

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well.

We both know each other really well. We can complete each others sentences and I can tell you how he's feeling or what he's thinking a lot of the time.

6.What do you like most about each other?

I love what he stands for and what he's turned into. I've watched him grow over the past 9 years and seen what he's become. He's so loving and caring and always willing to do whatever he can. What does he like about me??? (That I have boobs lol) No, I would have to guess that it's that I'm caring and always want to help whenever I can.

[woohoo2me]

1.How did you meet?on the internet
2.When did he propose and how?on may 30th 2005, while hanging out at my house just talking. he threw it out as and "idea" and then asked for real 30 seconds later lol
3.What drew you together to consider marriage? we have no problem talking to each other, we can spend all day together and still able to have conversations. we make each other happy.
4.How long have you been engaged? ummmm a long time lol almost 4 years
5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: i feel we know enough about eachother so we could go on one of those tv shows that you need to know what the other ones answer was and win, but we still have are little things we need to find out about each other.
6.What do you like most about each other? I like thats hes pushy when im upset to find out why and how he can fix it. he likes my giggle.

[TangoWedding]

1.How did you meet? In an east coast swing dance class. He was the most coordinated out of everyone and so was I...so we just happened to like to dance together. He was my dance partner for several months before we ever dated.
2.When did he propose and how? He proposed after we'd been dating for 9 months, though we'd talked about marrying many times before. I walked into the house one night and found flowers, candles, homemade candy and cakes, wine, and a ring box. He got on one knee...I cried...the rest is history.
3.What drew you together to consider marriage? I actually knew before our first date that we'd get married....though I was totally against marriage before meeting him. I knew very early on that he was the one for me and he says he felt the same way. You really just KNOW when it's meant to be. I'm testament to that, for sure.
4.How long have you been engaged? Almost 7 months now.
5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well. I think we know each other pretty darn well...we talk ALL the time (serious things, life things, spiritual things, etc). I still learn new things about him nearly everyday, though and I love that. I love who he is...and who I am when I'm with him.
6.What do you like most about each other? He's told me that he loves how open he can be with me...like he can show me sides of him that he's never been able to share with other people...and I won't judge him for it. He says he likes that I will accept and love him regardless of what part he shows me. What I love most about him is that he IS that open person with me...that he is so honest and genuine and smart and funny and silly and intellectual and knowledge-seeking and ALL those things. I could write way more...but I'll stop there. LOL

[sjk1431]

1.How did you meet? We met at work
2.When did he propose and how? He proposed on Feb 10 of last year and he did it at home.
3.What drew you together to consider marriage? not sure it just happenend
4.How long have you been engaged? 1 year tomorrow.
5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well. WE have our days where it seems like we have known each other forever and others wehre I learn lots of new things about him.
6.What do you like most about each other? he's kind and treats me great.

[EarlyBird]

1.How did you meet? through a friend when we went to his house to pick up her bf :)

2.When did he propose and how? he proposed may 19, 2008 at disney in cinderellas castle

3.What drew you together to consider marriage? He went through a real rough time (rehab stint) and for some reason my personality which would have usually had me run after being together for only 2 months, didnt even consider that.. so i knew he was the one..

4.How long have you been engaged? almost a year
5.How well do you feel you know each other? Mike is my best friend, honestly, there is nothing i dont tell him and nothing he doesnt tell me. even if i know it will upset him, he deserves to know.

6.What do you like most about each other? i like his "real" smile- its this HUGE smile that looks cheesy and funny!!!

[Kfancii]

1.How did you meet?
We met on Match.com - I knew the minute that I read that his dog was his girlfriend we would get along great! We talked for 2 months before meeting, but on our first date I made sure to take along a rawhide bone for Maggie so she would like me too! I spent the first 3 years of our relationship as his "non-girlfriend-girlfriend" because he had been hurt badly by his first wife and wasn't ready to make a committment to anyone. (What he didn't realize was he was committed to me anyway spending every weekend with me since we met 4.5 years ago!)

2.When did he propose and how?
He still hasn't, but during the Christmas holidays he said out of the blue "Let's go look at rings" and we agreed to an April 2009 wedding. Now I just need a ring and a real date! (that should be coming this April according to him)

3.What drew you together to consider marriage?
We are great together. We like the same things and have the same outlook on life. After both of us being married and divorced, we have both been a little gunshy about getting married again, but this time I know I have the right man for me.

4.How long have you been engaged? We are "pre-engaged" right now - hopefully it will be a year long engagement.

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain:
We know each other really well. He has been there for me through the ups and downs of the past 4.5 years and knows all there is to know about me and vice versa.

6.What do you like most about each other? He likes that I sing like Patsy Cline - I like that he spoils me rotten and loves my pups as much as I do!

[KMS]

1.How did you meet?

I was a high school senior and he was a high school freshman. We went to a small high school where everybody mingled together so we became good friends through my best friend's younger sister. We "crushed" on eachother in secret for months and admitted our feelings to eachother after I was in a near fatal car wreck outside of his house a week after my high school graduation. Those types of things make you own up to your feelings.

2.When did he propose and how?

December 24, 2006 - At our favorite park underneath a Christmas light covered tent under the Houston city skyline...on bended knee

3.What drew you together to consider marriage?

I think that it was a progression of including eachother in our future. We started out our relationship when I was fresh on the beginning of my college experience. When I started reconsidering staying home instead of transferring colleges so that we could be close together, it made me realize that this young relationship was more than I had bargained for. He was also the model boyfriend when my mom passed away and showed me what an amazing man he was and life partner he would be. I truly don't know if I would have made it through losing my mom and best friend if he had not been there to help me pick up the pieces. It was a very scary time for me. It takes an amazing person to bring you out of a place of despair like that.

4.How long have you been engaged?

We were engaged for a little over a year before we got married. It was a whirlwind!

5.How well do you feel you know each other?

I feel like I can look at him or just be by him and know just what he's thinking. It's the most amazing thing to know somebody so deeply. He comes from a very closed off family and I'm surprised that he opens up to me that way that he does. My friends have even noticed and commented about it. I'm an open book with him. I can admit things to him that I would be ashamed to admit to anybody else because I know that he loves me so completely.

6.What do you like most about each other?

I love how fearless he is. He makes me less scared to go out in the world because I know that he will protect me while pushing me to succeed at the same time. I think that he likes how careful I am because I make him really think before proceeding sometimes. We balance eachother out in that way and we are both better people for it.

[vicky_vicky]

1.How did you meet?
We met each other through my cousins boyfriend, they two guys were friends and we used to hang out all together sometimes.
2.When did he propose and how? We were at a coffee shop and I asked what he is thinking about us as a couple and about me. He got all serious and said, I have though that I want you to be my wife... if you want of course.
3.What drew you together to consider marriage? We live a little far from each other so we cant be together like everyday. We both feel that we found our soulmate:flower::flower:4.How long have you been engaged? We are going to get engaged in a month or two.
5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well. I feel we know each other very well because we discuss a lot and we are so open to each other about everything.
6.What do you like most about each other? I cant write just one thing. Honesty between us, the way we show our love to each other, and the fact that time goes by soooo fast when we are together.

Reality check: I still can't figure out how all this time passed and I feel like we are together only for a couple of months.:happy::flower:

[gennymac]

1.How did you meet? On Match.com

2.When did he propose and how? Last August, and he chartered a sailboat for me and my family to go for an evening cruise. He knelt down on one knee and asked me to sail with him for life. I said yes.

3.What drew you together to consider marriage? He said he wanted the super bowl, I asked him what he was waiting for.

4.How long have you been engaged? 6 months

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well.
I know the things he enjoys, the foods he likes, the types of topics that really interest him, the things he wishes he did a better job at and the things he's proud of doing well, the level of commitment he has to our church and his faith, his love for his son, his abiding respect for his mother, his boyish joy over simple things, his love of daffodils, his unwavering love and support of me, his pain over his failed first marriage, his heartbreak over his daughter's not understanding, and his absolute faith in our future. He knows the same about me.

6.What do you like most about each other? He likes how easily I forgive, how easy going I am, how I automatically take on something to help someone else. I like his calm consideration of issues, his quiet strength and the way he communicates with people, how he makes every little old lady giggle, how he reaches people and isn't afraid to speak to a stranger or go out of his way to help someone he doesn't know, or will ever see again.

Yep, that was a good one.

Time to go home and give my man a big hug and kiss and remind him again that he got the super bowl.

Gen

[amisteratwisterandme]

1.How did you meet?
At our respective jobs

2.When did he propose and how?
Officially a week and a half ago. Had the dog bring me two envelopes, the first said A lifetime with you would never be enough, and the second one said but it's a start, will you marry me?

3.What drew you together to consider marriage?
We wanted our dog to be legitimate. (JK) It was a natural progression of our relationship

4.How long have you been engaged? 10 days, about 2 years before we are hitched.

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain:
We each tell each other things that even our families and friends don't know about us. We are each others' safe place to fall.

6.What do you like most about each other?
I LOVE how he respects my family, and how he does chores for my grandpa simply because my grandpa can't do it anymore, and how he pushes me to see the other side of an arguement, or story or whatever. And he most respects me for learning from my past and changing things or working through things instead of using it as an excuse.

[Scrwballsgrl]

1.How did you meet? At my old job....he pursued me:) the first guy to do that....not that I ever pursued guys but other relationships jsut kinda happened this was intintial on both our parts:) (anyone know what I mean?)

2.When did he propose and how?At my parents house, on the 3rd year anniversary of our first date, he suggested we recreate it; came to pick me up from my parents an surprised me with the proposal before we even made it out of the yard:)

3.What drew you together to consider marriage? we really clicked, I have never felt as comfortable in a relationship as I do with him & I believe he feels the same way, we both know we can trust one another not to let the other one down concerning all things. And we really like one another, we're in love, but we have a strong friendship as well as "loving relationship".

4.How long have you been engaged?almost 2 years

5.How well do you feel you know each other? explain: not just well
I feel like we knew one another even before we'd literally known one another long enough for that (?make sense?) he is just very familiar to me like it was just meant to be that were together b/c we just "fit"? okay not too far from "well" but sometimes you just know?

6.What do you like most about each other? his ability to laugh; at himself, at situations where theres nothing else to be done:grinhappy: his easy going personality, he has so much childlike enthusiasm its contagious!

[sunflowersummer]

1.How did you meet? We went to high school together
2.When did he propose and how? at our house on a late friday afternoon. I was watching tv when he gave me the box, haha, I was watching 90210!
3.What drew you together to consider marriage? Guilt, shame...haha, j/k!(FH is reading survey and thought it would be funny). I'd say we have similar personalities and we share a lot of the same interests
4.How long have you been engaged? March 7, 2008
5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well. I'd say we know each other pretty good. We know how each other ticks, and sometimes we have a collective thought process where he knows exactly what I'm thinking or what I'm about to say.
6.What do you like most about each other? That even after five years, living together for three with the stress of school, going through high school drama, that he can still make me laugh, make me feel better when I'm sad, and always gives me a hug and kiss when he gets home from work.

[WBandMe]

1.How did you meet? Technically on yahoo personals, but he found me because he saw that we went to the same school, so we officially met at the student union and went bowling
2.When did he propose and how? Feb 10 2008 (his 25th bday) by recreating our first date and at the end bringing me to the rooftop where we first kissed
3.What drew you together to consider marriage? We just realized that having the other one made our lives better...we clicked, and just knew we wanted to be married
s4.How long have you been engaged? 8 months
5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well. Pretty well... of course we learn new stuff all the time, but we know each other's stories, things from our childhood, how we think and what makes us tick
6.What do you like most about each other? Mutually, sense of humor and how we just enjoy being together. I like most about him his loyalty and honesty. He's just so constant. As for what he likes about me... I don't know, he says the way I care about people
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[Katie-ryn]

1.How did you meet?
We met at our high school's summer carnival. I was talking to my friend, who happened to be a mutual friend, and he came up and started talking to her, and got introduced to me.

2.When did he propose and how?
We were laying in my bed and talking, and we just kinda decided we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together. A couple months later he came to my house after work, took me into my bedroom, and got down on one knee and asked me to marry him.

3.What drew you together to consider marriage?
We just have very similar beliefs and views.

4.How long have you been engaged?
4 years. If we do get married in 2010 it will have been 6 years!

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well.
I think we know each other very well. We've only lived together for 3 years! I know the foods he likes, if he would like a certain style of clothing, his views on everything from religion to children.

6.What do you like most about each other?
I like that he's sweet, very intelligent and opinionated.

[MrsDM]

1.How did you meet?
We went to the same high school and met through a mutual friend (a best friend of mine at the time, not anymore - long story!)

2.When did he propose and how?
February 24, 2008 - We went on a mini vacation to a waterpark/hotel. We were getting ready to go down to the waterpark, and he kept sitting there, not putting his trunks on. I was playing in the empty whirlpool (like the dork I am) So finally, he pointed out the box that was sitting next to him and I walked slowly over to him and started crying. He got down on one knee and asked if I'd be his wife!

3.What drew you together to consider marriage?
We are similar enough personality-wise but different enough to keep each other in check. Things that I am weak at and less knowledgable about, he is strong at and more knowledgable and vica versa. We just work.

4.How long have you been engaged?
As of right now, about 9 1/2 months. 1 1/2 years at the time of the wedding!

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well.
I think we know each other better than we know ourselves. We've been together for 5 years, lived with each other for 2.

6.What do you like most about each other?
I love that he is a man's man and he is good with his hands (can fix anything!) and always willing to learn, but is so sweet and romantic towards me.

[june0609]

1.How did you meet?
We met in Marketing class our sophomore year of high school. He ended up sitting beside me.

2.When did he propose and how?
November 6th, 2007. He proposed on my birthday. He dropped me off at class a lot and ended up proposing to me before I went to my first class that morning. I'll never forget that moment.

3.What drew you together to consider marriage?
Because a day away from his is just too long. The beliefs we have and the way we think is very similar.

4.How long have you been engaged?
1 year and 5 days.

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well.
I think we know each other very well. We seem to always finish each others sentences. But there is a lot for us both to learn because we won't live together until we get married.

6.What do you like most about each other?
I love his sense of humor. I love how even when I'm upset with him he can still make me laugh. I love how he loves me and family...and my family's cooking...that's important! :)
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[Piedpiper522]

1.How did you meet?
We grew up together! Our parents were best friends, and our families took vacations together very frequently.

2.When did he propose and how?
He hasn't yet, technically! He's been proposing to me pretty much since we started dating, but the "for real" proposal will apparently happen before the year is out. :)

3.What drew you together to consider marriage?
Everything! We're very different, but have common ground in all the important areas! We have the same belief system, and we're both very conservative and traditional, so we knew we had to get married to spend our lives together! We would have gotten married sooner if it wasn't for the necessity of money and education. :irked:

4.How long have you been engaged?
just in the pre-engaged club

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well.
We know each other far better then any one else. We know all of our weaknesses, and can be open with each other about everything. We have the unique experience of sharing childhood memories, so we've gotten to know each other very well by seeing the progression of maturity in our lives, and our certain events in our lives has shaped us and grown us to where we are now. We adore each other!

6.What do you like most about each other?
Impossible to list! I love how mature..inteliigent, careful, methodical, thoughtful he is. I love that I can get his silly side going. I love that I know that he'll take care of everything important, me included! I know he loves that I'm so genuine and I don't hide what I'm feeling from him. In his words "I love that you smile when you're happy and you don't when you're sad!", he loves that I have such a unique thought process. our thought processes complement each other perfectly, haha! He is also the best hugger and kisser there ever was, and I truly hate spending time away from him!

[caligal85]

1.How did you meet? He was best friends with the guy who gave me a ride to school everyday.

2.When did he propose and how? August 9th and 10th. He handed me the ring one day and asked me the next.

3.What drew you together to consider marriage? We're so much alike and realized that our lives apart were missing something when the other person wasn't around.

4.How long have you been engaged? Almost 4 months. Whoa.

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: Well enough that when I get the feeling that he doesn't know me, he does something to completely confirm just how well he does, and vice versa.

6.What do you like most about each other? I think the thing I love about him the most, even more than how well he treats me, is how he treats his fellow man. He loves to volunteer his time or just sit and talk with a buddy who is down. My FH is one of the most reliable people I know. I'm not sure what he would that he likes most about me, other than he's said that he knew I was the one because he can just talk to me and feel completely like himself.

[Jacklynn]

1.How did you meet? A mutual friend
2.When did he propose and how? In downtown Chicago in a little garden across from the John Hancock building
3.What drew you together to consider marriage? We had been dating since 2001 when we got engaged in 2006. It was the next step in our relationship.
4.How long have you been engaged? We were engaged from June 27th 2006-May 12th, 2007
5.How well do you feel you know each other? Well enough that we tend to finish each other's sentences and well enough that I feel like I can make a decision and it be one that we both agree on.
6.What do you like most about each other? hmmm What do I like most about him? That he not only puts up with me, but that he loves me because I am me. I can be very moody and a pain in the butt sometimes, and I also can be super goofy almost like a child sometimes and he loves me all the same :)

I just asked him and he said this: I like that I can be goofy around you, and that you..... I don't know that is a loaded question!

haha I guess it was too hard of a question for him ;) I think it made him nervous when I asked.

[MrsBacon_092708]

1.How did you meet?
We work at the same factory. I remember the first time I noticed him. I was sent to another department because there was a cut back and was standing in the doorway of the meeting room. DH and one of his friends walked in. His arm barely brushed mine but I was barely able to stand. I remember thinking, "Holy S***! What the he** just hit me?" Thank god there was a doorway to hold onto. It was a few minutes before I could walk over to someone I knew and ask just who the heck the redhead was! LOL! He drove me crazy. Though I never even talked to him until 4 years later. He was strung up on this witch. I really don't like her. :irked: LOL! For obvious reasons.

2.When did he propose and how?
We were talking on the phone. I was gone for a girls weekend to the mountains. He said something along the lines of " so does 2 weeks sound ok to you? ". I didn't know what he was talking about at first. LOL! After He explained everything I was soooo excited though.

3.What drew you together to consider marriage? We are perfect together. We are both hard to get along with and neither of us like many people. We are usually so hateful that no one else can stand being around us. LOL! We were made for each other. We mesh perfectly!

4.How long have you been engaged?
We were engaged in March of 2008 and got married September 2008.

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well. We have worked together for years. We talked constantly at work and home for a year and a half before dating. I know him well enough to realize when he sneezes to wait before I say Bless You because there is yet another one coming. He knows me to the point that if I move a certain way he knows that I am hurting. I have arthritis in my muscles. And he knows which one to rub by the way I move. I try not to let anyone know I am hurting. I am stubborn that way.

6.What do you like most about each other?
Our attitudes and feelings of others. Like I said we are both kinda grouchy. We are NOT people people. :rofl: But we are generally truthful of our feelings. We are not like most people. You know the type that are nice to everyone whether they like them or not. Then as soon as they leave they talk about them. If either of us have something to say, we will say it to you. We are honest to the point that most people think we are just rude I suppose. But that is who we are. I for one would have it no other way.

[MayBride599]

1.How did you meet?
We meet the first day of high school. Wellness class. September 04.

2.When did he propose and how?
Chris proposed on 01-07-08. When we first started dating he use to take me to the airport to watch the planes take off and land (I love to fly). Well on this night he took me there and after a little while he stated to tell me how he was always going to be there for me and all that good stuff. He said he would like to take care of me as my husband if I would say yes and he slipped the ring on my finger. :) I started crying. It was awesome.

3.What drew you together to consider marriage?
When he finally asked me out (about 3 1/2 years after we had met) we spent almost every single day together. We knew so much about each other so fast. We had only been together for about 3 months when we started talking about our goals in life (marriage, children, etc). After spending every almost every day together for almost 4 years and not getting "sick" of this person, you know that they're "the one".

4.How long have you been engaged?
We have been engaged for just over 10 months. 01-07-08

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well.
I believe we know each other pretty well. Even though I have to admit he knows me better than I know him. Lately i've realized I dont know much about what he likes to eat. I know that sounds so horrible. Neither of us are that good at cooking (need to learn lol) so we eat out a lot. Well he's usually the one that goes and orders and picks up the food. Well when it comes time for me to order for us, I draw a blank on what to get him. So thats my current mission. To find out everything he likes and dislikes to eat.

6.What do you like most about each other?
That we get along so well. We share so many of the same interests. We love to go snowboarding, crabbing, golfing or staying home and playing call of duty 4. :) We do basically everything together. I'm lucky to have found a guy that takes me a long on all those things even when i'm the only girl. I coudn't have asked for someone as great as Chris.

[NurseLau84]

1.How did you meet?
We met in highschool. I was in 10th grade and he was in 11th. He sent me a message online one day and I had no clue who he was....lol.....not sure how he got my screenname, but I'm glad he did! :)

2.When did he propose and how?
10/11/06. He took me to Boston for the weekend. We were in the hotel room getting ready to go see Blue Man Group (soo cool!), and someone knocked at the door and gave him a box. He told me to open it.....it was a stuffed bear dressed in a white tux with flowers in his paws. I had no clue what was going on, and DH said "press his paw"....it was his voice asking me to marry him. I looked up and there he was with the ring!

3.What drew you together to consider marriage?
I think it was just the next step, we get along very well and have very similar values and priorities in life. We both are big on education and success...not just "getting by." We both like to travel. We're just best friends.

4.How long have you been engaged?
We were engaged for a year and a half, married in Aug 2008

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well.
Very. We know what each other is thinking without saying anything. I think I know him better than he knows me, though....or maybe that's just a guy thing.

6.What do you like most about each other?
His response: "What do I like the most about you? That's a good question. There's not one specific thing. I really just like the whole package!" :wub:

I like that he is supportive of me and my dreams. I like that he likes my cooking. I like his eyes, his laugh, and how much he's accomplished already in his 24 years. I'm a very, very lucky woman.

[Angel1na3]

1.How did you meet?
We met at a mutual friends party!

2.When did he propose and how?
Which time?!?! lol Steve is a graphic designer, so the first time we had been talking about it and his mom kept getting me bridal magazines, so he took a picture of him in a tuxedo and printed it out like an ad in the magazine and pasted it in the bridal magazine. He took the book and cut a hole in it and put the ring in it. I didnt even realize it was real and my ring lol. DUMMY!! The second time (this time), it was his bday and he said i was all he wanted for his bday. And next thing I know he has the ring and is don on one knee =) I cried!!

3.What drew you together to consider marriage?
we knew we couldnt be without each other. We tried numerous times to be apart, (difficult times in our relationship through the years) but we always came back to each other.

4.How long have you been engaged?
this time just about two months

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well.
we finish each others sentences at times and i can tell you what he is about to say before he says it lol. It was weird at first, but now we are used to it

6.What do you like most about each other?
I love his smile and his hugs, they are amazing and always put me as ease! He loves my simple personality, cooking and the fact that we are best friends and can talk about anything. Thats just a few things, I can go on and on for the both of us

[redstars24]

1.How did you meet? He has been friends with my twin cousins for years. We met when I was 18, but I don't remember it...but then we met again at our other cousin's birthday party at a local bar. We totally hit it off and exchanged numbers.

2.When did he propose and how? Nov. 16, 2008...total spur of the moment, no ring even. haha. We then waited until thanksgiving to break the news to our families. He asked my dad's permission in front of the entire family(grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc) and RE-proposed with a ring.

3.What drew you together to consider marriage? My daughter loves him and calls him "daddy" and he loves her as if she was his own. We have been living together as a family for almost a year and it just feels RIGHT. I can't picture myself with anyone else....we are totally best friends and have SO much in common. We laugh constantly and our personalities mesh well.

4.How long have you been engaged? hahaha. 2 weeks.

5.How well do you feel you know each other? I know him better than I have known anyone. It's rather funny.

6.What do you like most about each other? We can always make each other laugh! We enjoy each others company and we enjoy each other even in quietness. I can confide in him with anything. Also, he knows just how to calm me down when I am stressed/frustrated/overwhelmed and vice-versa. We make a great team. :)

[uhmanduh728]

1.How did you meet?
Ray left his number for my friend stacey at the place that we both worked at the time. I wasn't working that night so she brought the number into school the next day (i was still in highschool) and i laughed and called him as a joke and we've been together ever since :)

2.When did he propose and how?
This is also funny.. I had worked all weekend double shift after double shift and i came home on sunday prepared to clean the house and then shower and go to bed. He kept bugging me about showering all day long and i was starting to get mad at him but kept cleaning away. Finally he goes into the bathroom and takes a shower himself and calls me into the bathroom because he "forgot" a towel so i go in there and he's got the ring and on the fogged up mirror it says will you marry me? love ray.
(funny thing is that it had been there for days when im alone i don't close the bathroom door when i shower so i hadn't seen it and he thought that was my way of saying no)

3.What drew you together to consider marriage?
not to sound cheesy but he's exactly what i want to spend the rest of my life with.

4.How long have you been engaged?
not too long just over 2 months :)

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well.
we were just talking about this last night in bed ha ha it's funny because i know what he's thinking before he tells me and i know what he's going to do before he does it and vice versa sometimes we are thinking the same things and bust out laughing when we figure it out.

6.What do you like most about each other?
i like that he's stood by me for the past 5 years and is willing to do that for the rest of his life. Though im not always right he takes my side and is willing to do anything for me. Most of all he's so compassionate and understanding and i love sundays cuddled in our jammies just talking and laughing about stupid stuff.

[DanDanNoodleBowl]

1.How did you meet? We met on myspace lol
2.When did he propose and how? He propsed three months after dating, and it was the most unromantic! He metme at barnes and noble with roses and just said will you marry me. Not even on one knee! HA :)
3.What drew you together to consider marriage? The way we just seemed to fit, as if we knew each other our whole lives.
4.How long have you been engaged? A year and a half.
5.How well do you feel you know each other? He knows every little part of me. I feel like I know him well, but I wish I knew how he felt about things ( he tends to be closed up )
6.What do you like most about each other? I love the way he can goof around with me and me with him

[ChristineLS]

1.How did you meet?

He lived near some friends in the dormitory. That, and we were chatting with each other over a school based forum. I thought I was chatting with his roommate, not him, so that was embarrassing to find out. Initially when I saw FH I thought he'd be a jerk because he was aloof and pretty. Turns out, he's just really really shy.

2.When did he propose and how?

He didn't. We were sitting in bed one night talking about the future and decided to get married.


3.What drew you together to consider marriage?

We love each other, have common visions of the future, etc.

4.How long have you been engaged?

Now it's a year.

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well.

We know exactly what the other is thinking when we are in situations together, he's called me in the middle of me dialing his number, we pretty much have a "I've spent so much time with you!" ESP connection.

6.What do you like most about each other?

Our minds and sense of humor.

[savepaws]

1.How did you meet?
A mutual friend introduced us. For about a year she went on and on about how we'd be perfect for each other. Our first conversation was MSN messenger & we met a few days later when he offered to put a new battery in my car for me.

2.When did he propose and how?
He proposed Oct. 19, 2008. We went down to The Bridges of Madison County and he gave me a fortune cookie that we had been saving for our anniversary and I opened it and it said "will you marry me?" and he got down on one knee and proposed.

3.What drew you together to consider marriage?
We are a perfect fit for each other & we seem to compliment each others personalities. We both want to share our lives with each other and start a family.

4.How long have you been engaged?
We've been engaged for around 3 months

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well.
We know each very well. We are each others best friend and we always have something to talk about. We share so many views and love to discuss them and love to discuss the things we disagree on. It seems like the longer we are together, the more we think alike and can know what each other is thinking.

6.What do you like most about each other?
There's so much, its hard to keep it short! I like that he was brought up to be such a good man. He has amazing values that are so rare to find in a man. I like how he handles arguments with me. I think he would say that he likes my sweetness & compassion. We both like how we can sit and talk and have such interesting conversations.

[Layleks]

1.How did you meet? We met in college in the Anthropopgy lab class. I saw him accross the room and thought he was gorgeous.

2.When did he propose and how? He propsed on our 25 month aniversary at the Bonaventure. It's one of those tall buildings in down town Los Angeles. We went all the way to the highest floor to the revolving cocktail lounge. It was so romantic and I said, "I couldn't be happier" and he said, "would you be happier if I asked you to marry me?" and pulled out the ring. I said yes right away, but unlike alot of people I didn't cry (people always ask me if I cried).

3.What drew you together to consider marriage? We've lived together for a year and a half and get along wonderfully. We want to stay together forever so want to officially make our commitment to eachother.

4.How long have you been engaged? About a month.

5.How well do you feel you know each other? We know everything about oneanother. I'm so glad we have lived together before marriage, because that's when you REALLY get to know someone and if you can live with them for the rest of your life. Turns out I couldn't live without him.

6.What do you like most about each other? Have you seen him? I love everything about him, he's beyond perfect. He's so nice and always treats me like a princess. I wouldn't trade him for the whole world. He has a good heart and is always so kind to people, he's ambitious, smart, handsome, and he's my hero.

[Docsgirl]

1.How did you meet? He moved to my hometown in 4th grade. New kid in school. :D

2.When did he propose and how? He proposed July 26, 2008 on the second story of a pier wayyyy out in the middle of the ocean. It was beautiful.

3.What drew you together to consider marriage? We've been friends forever. We've known each other for 13 years. First dated in 8th grade. There is no one in this world who we feel we can be ourselves more with than each other. There's not only the compatibility factor, but our chemistry is off the wall too. :winktongue:

4.How long have you been engaged? We were engaged for 3 days. Call us crazy, but we like to do things our own way. Our wedding still isn't until May 30, 2009, but we've been married since July 29th, 2008.

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well.
He says I know him better than anyone else. I feel the same with him. We've always been completely open to each other, even on uncomfortable subjects such as past regrets, both of our dads fatal accidents. We find it uncanny how we can have so many differences, yet have gone through so many of the same rough times. We can just lay in bed and talk for hours.

6.What do you like most about each other? I love his personality and his musical creativity and talent. He sings me little off the top of his head songs all the time that can either make me crack up laughing or have me in tears. He says he loves my natural cuteness and how if it was any other girl trying to do it, it would annoy the hell out of him because he knows they would be trying. LOL He also says that I'm the first person that he's actually felt has loved him back. Awwwwww.:soppy:

[gwenshack]

1.How did you meet? I'm proud to say we met on Yahoo personals. I'm such an internet dating advocate.

2.When did he propose and how? He proposed in July on a dinner cruise of the Seine in Paris. It was super romantic, especially since we're not really a big romance couple. We got off the boat right in front of the Eiffel Tower.

3.What drew you together to consider marriage? Can live without each other but don't want to!

4.How long have you been engaged? Around 7 months.

5.How well do you feel you know each other? Explain: not just well.
Well, I'll tell you this. He came home the other day and, from across the room, I said "Did you change deodorant?" From across the room I know his scent and that it was slightly different - PS it was just a whiff - it wasn't like he wreaked or fumes were coming off him like Pig Pen or anything... His response was "You've GOT to be kidding me."
So it's sort of like that. We know each other too well.

6.What do you like most about each other? We have fun together - we're best friends. We don't have to be in each other's space, we can do our own thing. There's trust there so I can go off and do whatever I feel without him worrying or getting jealous. And vice versa.