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After only just 5 months of marriage and over 3 years of knowing each other, Jess and I have developed a lot of inside jokes and habits that most people would find just plain odd.  I’ve decided to do a translation for those who will be near us in the future:

• If you see one of us pat the other kind of forcefully on the shoulder 3 times, this is our quiet way of say “love you”.  It comes from a Family Guy episode:
• If you hear something like a kiss and are wondering where it’s coming from, Jess and I tend to do the kissing sound from across the room and it’s the other’s job to reciprocate.  Don’t know where this began but it’s stuck.
• If you’re in the car with us, and I go off center, Jess will normally say, or I’ll beat her to it and preemptively say, “road”.  This came from when we were dating and I’d look at her on our way to Christiansburg and Jess would react and say, “Road!” if I started shifting at all.  Now that she is more comfortable with me as a driver, she just says it in a “whatever”-like tone.
• “The Blue One”:  About a year ago there was a commercial of a husband and his wife.  Every time she asks him, he answers and she does the exact opposite.  It was a verizon commercial and the husband wants the blue phone.  When the wife asks “Which color do you think is me?”  The husband thinks for a second and goes “…the blue one.”  She obviously takes the red one and he gets the phone he wants.  Whenever Jess asks me my opinion and immediately does the opposite, I always say “The Blue One.”

That’s all I can think of at the moment, but if I can think of any more in the next couple of days, I’ll add them.

mtthornton Matt

On all of these social network sites there are these quizzes for what people are doing, thinking, and what their favorites are.  I was always curious as to why there wasn’t a similar quiz for married couples because while couples are still individuals, there are still some things you can learn about them as a couple:

Do you sleep on the same side of the bed every night?
Yes, but we’ve switched recently.

Have you ever had a fight where one of you had to leave the house?
Nope.

How often do you say “I love you” to each other?
10+ Times/ day.

Do you wear each other’s clothes?
Jess has been known to wear some of my sweatshirts and sweaters.  I tend to wear her t-shirts once in a while.

What music do you have in common?
We listen to a lot of the same music all the time.

Do you share the same political views?
We agree on the severity of the problems, but we never agree on the solutions.

What are you doing right now?
Watching “Almost Famous” w/ Jess while I write this blog and work on straightening up the Living Room.

What was the last couple you had dinner with?
Lee and Rach

How often do you text each other?
About twice a day.

What is the latest that you’ve stayed up together?
Around 3:30am.

What’s your favorite dinner together?
Spaghetti

Where’s your favorite restaurant?
Ceritano’s in Blacksburg…Best.Pizza.Ever.

What was something that we did that was the “first time” for both of us?
We went to a baseball game together.  (We’re the National’s good luck charm.)

What’s something you both hate to do.
Laundry

What’s your average bedtime?
10 for Jess, 12am for me.

What’s your favorite movie when you just want something “on”?
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

mtthornton Jess, Matt