GTKYour SO!

[babycaps]

Let's do a "Get to know Your other half! Because why not?

1. What does your SO do for a living?

2. How long have you been together (or known each other)

3. Where was your first date?

4. If you could change ONE thing about your SO, what would it be (be honest...we all have at least one thing).

5. Fun fact about your SO.

[babycaps]

1. DH is the Director of Software Engineering at a large Tech/Finance Company. He is also a 3x Entrepreneur.
2. We met December of 2009 and have been married just shy of 5 years!
3. An Italian restaurant, for lunch at 1pm. But we didn't part ways till 7pm.
4. He has a hard time saying "I was wrong, you were right". He is indeed frequently right. But when he is not, he doesn't like to admit it easily.
5. He has had some viral tweets in the last couple of months.

[twocents6708]

He diagnoses and repairs tractors/heavy equipment.

8 years married, 10 years since we started dating exclusively, 11 since we met.

A local amusement park, a group date set up by his cousin and my best friend.

I won't call it laziness because he is a hard worker but I wish he would be more motivated to do things on the evenings and weekends. He is more of a homebody than I am, which can cause conflicts between us. But it can also be a good balance for me since I tend to over schedule things.

He has broken his arm/wrist 6 times! Two of those occasions were when he broke both wrists together. He liked extreme sports as a teen (motocross specifically).

[ellipses]

1. What does your SO do for a living?
I don't want to be too specific online, but he's in the sports industry. He teaches lessons, runs a lot of events and manages a location.

2. How long have you been together (or known each other)
Almost 12 years, married for 8.

3. Where was your first date?
The first meal we ever ate together was Fatburger, the day we met for the first time and it's a long story but over a month later we went to Olive Garden, not on a date, and we've been together since then. We hung out in between those times. We met through mutual friends.

4. If you could change ONE thing about your SO, what would it be (be honest...we all have at least one thing).
I wish he wasn't such a slob. He helps cook and clean but he's so messy! I also wish he wasn't so stubborn. Sometimes he makes life more difficult than it has to be and he always comes to his senses when he's being unreasonable but it takes too long, IMO.

5. Fun fact about your SO. He's a huge sports fanatic and also has an amazing memory, so he can answer just about any sports trivia question.

[o2girl]

1. What does your SO do for a living?
My H owns his own construction company. He specializes in outdoor structures i.e. Decks, cabanas, etc. He is very talented, he has won some very prestigious awards in the field, and also won an award from the DIY network.

2. How long have you been together (or known each other)
We have been together since June 4, 2010

3. Where was your first date?
A cafe

4. If you could change ONE thing about your SO, what would it be (be honest...we all have at least one thing).
Honestly, I would change the fact that my H has had cancer. Mostly so I wouldn't worry about him all the time, but also because I always feel guilty when I get mad at him.... like what if his cancer came back and I have wasted time being an asshat and not appreciating him every second.

5. Fun fact about your SO.
He is good at everything he does..... like first time. I find it endearing and annoying

[ellesea]

1. What does your SO do for a living? He's a master Electrician. Him and his dad have their own company.

2. How long have you been together (or known each other) Been together for over 11 years.

3. Where was your first date? I can't remember, maybe the movies?

4. If you could change ONE thing about your SO, what would it be (be honest...we all have at least one thing). Hmm.. probably how messy he is.

5. Fun fact about your SO. He can fix almost anything. A big part of his job is troubleshooting so he loves to take things apart and tinker.

[westiemom]

1. Orthodontist

2. We have been together/known each other for 5 years.

3. A Mexican Restaurant

4. I wish he be more confident in himself sometimes. He's so hard on himself. It kills me because I think he's awesome. I also wish he didn't snore! Lol

5. He's a huge college sports fan!

[k3am]

1. He's a consultant in Big Data.
2. We've been dating since 2005 when we met, and married since 2010
3. An Italian restaurant, about 3 months after we first started "dating." Until then, we'd only been out with a group or hanging out doing nothing special solo.
4. Only one? Kidding. He is hard of listening. Not hearing listening. We rarely ever argue, but we had a huge fight Saturday night because I "blew up on him out of nowhere." No, not out of nowhere. After I asked him THREE times at varying levels of politeness.
5. Fun fact: He's the top followed person in his specialty on Quora. In his mind, this means he's kind of a big deal.

[teraiin]

1. What does your SO do for a living? He is an MEO which I think means mechanical equipment operator (he drives dump trucks, loaders, pavers, snow plows, etc)
2. How long have you been together (or known each other) we met for the very first time in 2001 technically. But our first date was in 2007. We got engaged in 2010 and married in 2011.
3. Where was your first date? Pizza, movies, and walk by the river.
4. If you could change ONE thing about your SO, what would it be (be honest...we all have at least one thing). H is easily discouraged and has low self esteem so he shuts down when things aren't going right. I wish I could take the words "whatever" and "I don't care" out of his vocabulary. I wish he could just "man up" and roll with punches better but I also realize no one chooses to have low self esteem or depression.
5. Fun fact about your SO. He is a 3rd degree black belt in karate

[snoris]

1. I'm vague on TCF but he has a regular day job, adjuncts at a college and takes side jobs too!
2. Met in 2005, started dating in 2006 but waited until 2012 to get married (after college)
3. A nice Italian restaurant! Then his house. I was dating lots of people at the time but not in a relationship with anyone. He was the only one who didn't try and get in my pants (or even kiss me)! I thought he didn't like me, but in fact he was just respectful. The next day I canceled all the rest of my dates and have only been with MH since!
4. He says yes to e ve ry thing. Comes from a good place but I miss him when he overcommits.
5. He is a world champion at *something* and has traveled the whole country to do it!

I loved reading your answers

[tincupchalice]

1. What does your SO do for a living? He is in the military.

2. How long have you been together (or known each other) We met the first day of college, so fall 2003. Started dating in May, married almost ten years now.

3. Where was your first date? IDK... we were friends first and hung out together a lot.

4. If you could change ONE thing about your SO, what would it be (be honest...we all have at least one thing). I wish he would put his crap away more often.

5. Fun fact about your SO. He is a total luddite and pretty much doesn't use social media or cell phones or anything like that.

[tbirdlove]

1. He's a GM

2. Married for four years, together coming up on seven years.

3. Our first date we went indoor rock climbing!

4. I wish he was more physically affectionate.

5. Fun fact - Gosh.... Is it bad that I'm having a hard time with this one?! How about - I have never seen my husband without a beard!

[nerdykitten]

1. He works in global customer escalations for a large travel company. He doesn't deal with the customer, but with the affiliate.

2. We have known each other for almost 20 years, but didn't start dating until seven years ago and got married six years ago.

3. I don't know that we really had an offical first date date since we were friends for so long. One of my favorite early dates was to KC for TSO.

4. I agree with o2girl, except having cancer isn't something he himself caused, though he never used to have social anxiety before his treatment. He is working through that though. I also agree with westiemom on the snoring. But ultimately I think he has too much screen time (tv, computer or console games, time spent on the smart phone).

5. I am not sure about this one. I think it is pretty well known we have been involved with a few geeky podcasts. Eventually I will think of something awesome.

[birkmmm]

1. What does your SO do for a living?
He is a Junior High History Teacher & a Youth Pastor at our church

2. How long have you been together (or known each other)
Married for 4 years known each other for 6

3. Where was your first date?
A restaurant...i think it was O'Charlies

4. If you could change ONE thing about your SO, what would it be (be honest...we all have at least one thing).
That he would be more confritational and just say no sometimes. He tries to just make everyone happy and often it results in over committing

5. Fun fact about your SO.
He loves to play sports but hates to watch. Could care less about keeping up with sports teams but would never pass up the chance to play. He is good at basically everything he does.

[snoris]

birkmmm are we married to the same guy?

[bexincanada]

1. A mechanical engineer in space and medical robotics.

2. Married just over 4 years, together for 7.

3. Coffee that led to dinner that led to a game of Scrabble.

4. She is always late... drives me nuts when we're going somewhere.

5. She's a renaissance woman, plays sports, guitar, drums. She's one of those annoying people who can do a bunch of different types of things.

@frenchtoast I love hockey and was also sad when we gave up our season tickets after DD was born. We took her to her first game on Sunday.

[emc]

1. What does your SO do for a living?
He's an IT guy for the school district.

2. How long have you been together (or known each other)
Together almost 7 years, married 5.

3. Where was your first date?
The ER? Idk lol. I was really sick an he took me to the hospital for fluids. It was so romantic. We'd been hanging out before that, but that was our first "real" date. I should have cancelled but it was Valentine's Day and I thought it would hurt his feelings.

4. If you could change ONE thing about your SO, what would it be (be honest...we all have at least one thing).
He shuts down when upset. It is frustrating.

5. Fun fact about your SO.
He's really good at everything he tries. He impresses me all the time because he's very geeky, but also athletic, and very handy. He doesn't fit into a box, I guess.

[wanderingheart]

1. He's a social worker (like me!). He works in child welfare. He's the supervisor for foster care homes in our region.

2. We've known each other for 8 years, were best friends for 2 years, dated/engaged for 2 years, and married for 4 years now.

3. Hmm. Tough question, haha. I think we went to dinner and a movie, but I can't remember for sure.

4. I love him, but he has that misophonia where he gets INTENSELY angry when chewing sounds occur. I can't eat anything crunchy around him, and random noises bother him a lot. He can get super critical about random stuff like that. I've learned to adapt but I would totally change his hearing sensitivities in a heartbeat.

5. Baseball is his one true love. He was on track to being drafted to play college baseball and probably to the MLB...until he threw his arm out at 14. He sees athletes in the MLB now who he played with as a kid. But I would have never met him then

[birkmmm]

Oct 31, 2016 19:53:27 GMT -5 snoris said:

birkmmm are we married to the same guy?

lol perhaps! I was thinking he sounded similar to your dh when i read what you wrote ....
at least they mean well and have good hearts i suppose

[cuppycakes]

These have been fun to read!

1. What does your SO do for a living?
He is a firefighter and recently finished up his schooling and got his paramedic license

2. How long have you been together (or known each other)
Met and started dating in 2008 and got married in 2012

3. Where was your first date?
Looking back it was definitely at Olive Garden. But at the time I didn't like him as more than a friend, but it was during our lunch that day at Olive Garden that I knew I might like him as something more

4. If you could change ONE thing about your SO, what would it be (be honest...we all have at least one thing).
It drives me nuts when he starts watching TV and becomes oblivious to everything going on around him haha

5. Fun fact about your SO.
He was recently on the show Family Feud with his siblings

[fishbulb]

1. He work in academic administration at a medical school

2. How long have you been together (or known each other)
Together 8 years, married for about 3.5

3. Where was your first date?
According to him, it was when he took me out on his family's sailboat. I say that doesn't count because there was another couple with us. I say it's a week later when we went to dinner and a play.

4. If you could change ONE thing about your SO, what would it be (be honest...we all have at least one thing).
OMG the light switches! The man is incapable of turning off a light switch when he leaves the room. It's a real PITA when you live in a tri-level. To be fair his mom is the exact same way. Whenever she's here I follow her from room to room turning off unused lights.

5. Fun fact about your SO.
He knows the plots of every episode of Star Trek TNG. That little piece of trivia convinced me that he wasn't just a dumb jock and was worth getting serious about.

[ellesea]

Am I the only one reading the things people would change and thinking "oh yeah he does that too"? lol

[cuppycakes]

Nov 1, 2016 9:38:00 GMT -5 ellesea said:

Am I the only one reading the things people would change and thinking "oh yeah he does that too"? lol

Yep haha 😂 And I def could have put down more than one thing!! But honestly my hubby is a great spouse and daddy don't get me wrong!

[helloerrbody]

1. IT Auditor/Consultant at an Accounting Firm

2. Together 9 years, Married for 7

3. Dinner and then the bar lol

4. I wish he could better manage his work stress so it doesn't make him so drained/stressed at home.

5. He is a badass snowboarder and is the only person who has survived falling off the backside of Snoqualmie (mountain)!

[aaemommy]

1. Teacher just like me! Also at a parochial school but not the same one I work in. He teaches MS.

2. Known each other 7 years, married for 3.5.

3. First date was to the movies. The Orphan. Horrible movie, great conversation after! 😊

4. He's very "bah humbug" about a lot of things. Sometimes it's very discouraging. And frustrating especially when it's something I'm excited about.

5. He occasionally gets on these kicks where he geeks out on nerdy science videos. He'll watch them back to back for hours on end, days in a row. But he's really smart!

[mrsw062610]

1. What does your SO do for a living? Bank Teller manager.
2. How long have you been together (or known each other) Started dating 9 years ago but knew each other for a year before that.
3. Where was your first date? To dinner...somewhere. Can't remember where.
4. If you could change ONE thing about your SO, what would it be (be honest...we all have at least one thing). He complains all the time. About people driving, about the house, about having to do everything just about.
5. Fun fact about your SO. He's into screaming and punk rock music (which I HATE)