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What are your middle names?
Paul's is Andrew. Mine is – yep, you guessed it: Ethel. Joy.

How long have you been together?
Living here together in Maryland for 1.5. In a relationship for about 2.8

How long did you know each other before you started dating?
We met in 1994. I was 9. He was 12.

Who asked whom out?
Tough call. But him the time that led to our actual relationship.

How old are each of you?
23 and 26. Until Sunday, then we will be 24 and 26.

Whose siblings do you see the most?
His, I would say. We definitely talk to Kristen more. I haven't emailed or spoke to Robbie since January 3. "Hi Bro!"

Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
That on occasion my teeth try to leap out of my mouth. That someday he has to spend months away becoming a doctor and then he will go away for longer stretches as a military doctor.

Did you go to the same school?
Elementary school? Yes. High school? Yes. College? No – we are rivals (USC and Cal Berkeley).

Are you from the same home town?
Yes. Except I was born in Minnesota and he was born in California.

Who is smarter?
Paul. But also me. So it is sort of a tie. Except in things like science.

Who is the most sensitive?
The one who writes the blog.

Where do you eat out most as a couple?
Starbucks. Chipotle. And also the Lebanese Tavern.

Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
Out to Maryland. To live.

Who has the craziest exes?
On the chance that they are reading this blog, I would plead the fifth. And say that we are each others' craziest last relationship.

Who has the worst temper?
Me. Except when Paul gets mad it is much rarer and therefore much scarier.

Who does the cooking?
Paul. I do the baking.

Who is the neat-freak?
Me. Paul is in general more organized but I am more prone to panic when the house gets messy.

Who is more stubborn?
Paul. He would say me, but that is because he is stubborn.

Who hogs the bed?
Paul. Times one million.

Who wakes up earlier?
Me. But I go back to sleep after breakfast.

Where was your first date?
PF Changs. I got drunk.

Who is more jealous?
I can safely say neither of us have jealousy genes. Well, sometimes I want to punch a hole in the xbox.

How long did it take to get serious?
Aside from the first 12 years it has all been serious. We're The One.

Who eats more?
Paul. Thank goodness. I have issues with being the biggest eater.

Who does the laundry?
Both. But he folds the t-shirts.

Who's better with the computer?
Me. He would disagree.

Who drives when you are together?
Paul. It should be the law.

Good times. I think I'll email this to him and see what his answers are.