I saw this meme floating around on several blogs this morning, so I thought I’d borrow it. 🙂 I would save it for my anniversary, but that’s not until December.

Marriage meme

1. Where/How did you meet?
In the library, where we both worked, at college.

2. How long have you known each other?
29 years.

3. How long after you met did you start dating?
About four months.

4. How long did you date before you were engaged?
A year and four months.

5. How long was your engagement?
Seven months.

6. How long have you been married?
27 years.

7. What is your anniversary?
12/21.

8. How many people came to your wedding reception?
Oh, my — I have no idea. Somewhere around 100-120 maybe?

9. What kind of cake did you serve?
White cake with white frosting decorated with blue flowers.

10. Where was your wedding?
My home church in Houston, TX.

11. What did you serve for your meal?
We didn’t have a meal — that wasn’t a tradition then, at least not in our area. Just cake, punch, nuts, and mints.

12. How many people were in your wedding party?
We each just had one attendant — most of our friends lived out of state and we got married over Christmas break.

13. Are you still friends with them all?
Yes, though we don’t keep in touch as much as I’d like.

14. Did your spouse cry during the ceremony?
No, I don’t think so.

15. Most special moment of your wedding day?
There’s no one moment that stands out — it was all special. 🙂

16.Any funny moments?
Not really.

17. Any big disasters?
One of the soloists called in sick that morning, and then just before I was to begin walking down the aisle, a garland wrapped around an arch in the middle of the platform came undone and started slowly unwinding from around the arch. A dear lady sitting at the front went up and tucked it back in.

18. Where did you go on your honeymoon?
We spent the first night in a nice hotel in Houston, but didn’t have an extended honeymoon — time and money were tight (we were both still students). Though it wasn’t planned this way, we spent our second night at my folks’ home in my old bedroom because something with our car needed to be worked on and we couldn’t leave that day. I’ll tell you, it felt mighty strange bringing a man into my bedroom! We spent the next day driving (with a U-Haul with my stuff) back to Greenville, SC, to set up housekeeping and get ready for second semester.

19. How long were you gone?
See above.

20. If you were to do your wedding over, what would you change?
My veil. I wanted to look kind of like a Southern bell, but later I thought the veil looked more Spanish.

21. What side of the bed do you sleep on?
Left.

22. What size is your bed?
Queen

23. Greatest strength as a couple?
Commitment.

24. Greatest challenge as a couple?
My husband’s traveling.

25. Who literally pays the bills?
He does.

26. What is your song?
We don’t have one.

27. What did you dance your first dance to?
We’ve never danced. 🙂

28. Describe your wedding dress:
How about if I just show you instead?

29. What kind of flowers did you have at your wedding?
This is terrible, but I don’t really remember, and I can’t tell from the picture what was in my bouquet. I think there were white roses and blue-tinted carnations. I had wanted more blue, but there weren’t many blue flowers, especially in December.

30. Are your wedding bands engraved?
No.

31. How old were you when you got married?
I was 22 and my husband was 21.

Feel free to grab this meme and play along — let me know if you do.