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Age: 23
Significant Other's Age: 35 (I like my men, like my wine: older)
What You Do: Office Manager at a Chiropractic office
What SO Does: Auto Mechanic (has his own shop)
State of Relationship: Living together
How Long You've Been Together: Just over a year (July 10, 2010)
How You Met: Through a mutual friends Halloween party 2 years before we started dating. -He asked me out - I politely declined
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married):
Real Babies: One step-daughter (8)
Fur Babies: *I* have 0, BF has a dog. I'm def. not a pet person and I know some will hate me soley because of this question.
Loves: Cooking, decorating my house, spending time w/ BF & friends, drinking wine, shopping, good books, anything sparkly..... the list goes on and on
Hates: Look down at the "Pet Peeves"...
Pet Peeves: Where should I start? The toilet seat being left up, the toilet paper on upside down, anything out of place when I've put it there correctly, the windshield wipers on when it's not raining, When you are driving and you let a pedestrian cross the street and they don't thank you, hands rubbing together (like when people are cold) etc.... So pretty much I'm an obsessive-compulsive freak of nature.
Hobbies/Activities: See "loves"....
Favorite Thing About Your SO: His drive, and that he can pretty much do anything. (You should see my honey-do list!)
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: Ask me when I'm mad/angry at him. Right now I'm pretty damn happy with everything about him!
Describe Your Personality: Loyal, honest-sometimes to a fault, NOT sentimental, sarcastic, very strange sometimes dry sense of humor, always up for an adventure (I love to have a great story after)......
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): 7ish I would say??
I've Been On TK Since: 2007, I'm a lurker but not a huge poster. I mostly like the pictures/ ideas
How You Came to Be On TK: I was previously in a long term relationship
How I like my potatoes: Baked, mashed, fried.... you name it- bring it on!
Age: 26
Significant Other's Age: 31
What You Do: Customer service and part time student
What SO Does: internal auditor
State of Relationship: living together, NEY
How Long You've Been Together: since October 2009
How You Met: interwebz dating site
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): n/a
Real Babies: none
Fur Babies: 1 beagle, 1 kitty and in 2 weeks we're adding a cavalier king charles spaniel. We also have 6 fish, a snail and a lobster.
Loves: reading, crocheting, the spa, Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Canadian Football League), watching movies/tv with my bf
Hates: stupid people
Pet Peeves: people who don't use their turn signal
Hobbies/Activities: crocheting, reading, quilting (still working on this one, haven't finished a quilt yet)
Favorite Thing About Your SO: He's so optimistic and he makes me want to be a better person
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: he likes to be silly and sometimes does it when the time isn't right, like he'll get all goofy when I'm trying to be romantic and it can sometimes kill the mood.
Describe Your Personality: outgoing, bubbly
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): 6 or 7
I've Been On TK Since: I think sometime in August was when I created my profile, but I've been lurking since june.
How You Came to Be On TK: I was googling ideas for a wedding shower a looong time ago, lurked a lot, gave it up for a bit, but then remembered the NEY board. Decided to come back in case I need someone to talk me down from what I know know is being BSC.
How I like my potatoes: garlic mashed
Age: 23
Significant Other's Age: 27
What You Do: College student, Sales Associate at Office Max
What SO Does: Projection Manager for Regal Cinemas
State of Relationship: Engaged
How Long You've Been Together: 2 years
How You Met: IMVU, internet friendship for 2 years prior to meeting
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): April 21, 2012
Real Babies: None
Fur Babies: Mr. Kennedy (Standard Rabbit), Tank (Lionhead Rabbit)
Loves: Reading, Travelling, Food, Video Games, The Lion King
Hates: Disgusting noises/habits, poor manners, loud noises/people
Pet Peeves: People who can't whistle properly doing so anyway, and succeeding in doing nothing but making a wind-blowing noise that is horridly out of tune. (Or, at the same time, people who whistle or sing obnoxiously loud in a public place)
Hobbies/Activities: Fishing, reading/writing, playing video games
Favorite Thing About Your SO: He's very affectionate and protective, but not in such a way that's sappy or hardass.
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: He uses the phrase "as well" in his sentences a lot. Sounds stupid but I can't help but hear it every time he talks, lol.
Describe Your Personality: Very laid-back, though with a little bit of a short temper (though not nearly as bad as it was when I was a teenager). I usually try to avoid confrontation via the internet, but I'm a little more confrontational IRL.
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): Internet - 2, IRL - 8
I've Been On TK Since: November 2010
How You Came to Be On TK: Google search while searching for wedding boards back when FI and I first started talking marriage.
How I like my potatoes: Mashed, with butter.
Age: 19 (20 in less than 2 months!)
Significant Other's Age: 27 (almost 28)
What You Do: Student/Food Service Worker on campus
What SO Does: Help Desk support
State of Relationship: Dating
How Long You've Been Together: About 7 months
How You Met: Online (totally nerdy way)
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): None yet.
Real Babies: Noooooone
Fur Babies: None for me. He has two ferrets!!!
Loves: Pizza, singing, dancing, talking, joking around, BF, family, my sorority
Hates: Mean people, hypocrisy, hate
Pet Peeves: Same as above. Also, people's feet
Hobbies/Activities: Singing, comedy, sorority activities
Favorite Thing About Your SO: His smile, his jokes, how snuggly he is and how responsible he is
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: The way he treats his pets like people, and also how forgetful he is.
Describe Your Personality: Very friendly and optimistic. Passionate about certain things. Responsible, loving, loyal.
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): Depends on the day. Usually pretty sarcastic.
I've Been On TK Since: Uh..May, I think
How You Came to Be On TK: My first conversation with BF about marriage...yeah
How I like my potatoes: Mashed!!!!!
Age: 23
Significant Other's Age: 24
What You Do: Retail currently, but I'm looking for a job that relates to my degree, or even something that I would actually enjoy. My degree is in political science.
What SO Does: Working at a local airport right now, but also looking for career work (in environmental science).
State of Relationship: Dating and living together
How Long You've Been Together: Since December 2004
How You Met: We met in highschool, we had several classes together and got to know each other in band.
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): NEY.
Real Babies: Nope, not for a long long time.
Fur Babies: None of our own right now, just family pets back home in Ontario.
Loves: Chocolate, reading, friends, hiking, mountains, Harry Potter and BF
Hates: People who have no manners, and spiders. Eww.
Pet Peeves: People who text while walking but cannot do so without walking at a snail's pace, the sound of knuckles cracking, people who ignore basic traffic rules...
Hobbies/Activities: I read all the time, and lately have started getting more into hiking and general outdoor activities such as kayaking. BF and I also love video games.
Favorite Thing About Your SO: His patience, and kindness.
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: His indecisiveness. His whole family is the same way, for example we'll make plans to go somewhere and he won't set a time to leave by. It drives me crazy.
Describe Your Personality: Friendly, open, talkative but sometimes short-tempered.
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): It depends on the day but its getting higher since I've started posting. My tolerance level for silly complaints or situations is drifting away.
I've Been On TK Since: I joined awhile ago but never posted, I lurked a lot but started posting recently.
How You Came to Be On TK: One of my friends told me how much she loved TK when planning her wedding, and I decided to check it out. My BSCness went way down after reading posts on NEY.
How I like my potatoes: Boiled with butter on them. Yum. Although I'll put some cheese on them too. Or mashed. I just love potatoes.
Age: 19
Significant Other's Age: 21
What You Do: Full time college student (Junior), two part time jobs.
What SO Does: Full time college student (Senior), IT/Computer Tech Help at our school
State of Relationship: Dating
How Long You've Been Together: 4 1/2 years
How You Met: Through his sister
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): January 3, 1937. That would have been cool, 1337 for a wedding day. But no, we're not engaged yet so N/A
Real Babies: I'd say in 6-10 years I'll come back to this question to update. For now, no.
Fur Babies: Quincy, the beagle/chihuahua/dachund
Loves: Where I live. The architecture, the history (something to do with some type of a revolution
Hates: I hate when people cut me off, don't use a blinker, or don't let a car change into their lane. Masshole driver? I'll accept that. It is what it is!
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Pet Peeves: When people chew gum with their mouths open.
Hobbies/Activities: ROTC, School, Work, Cooking, Exercise, Board Games with BF
Favorite Thing About Your SO: He gets so passionate about things, for example: school. Straight A's. This kid's incredible.
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: He can also be passionate about video gaming...when I'm sitting on his bed twiddling my thumbs!
Describe Your Personality: I'm really quiet before I get to know people. I take in the environment and my surroundings. People say I'm funny, but I think they're just shocked when I finally start talking. I'm very nice to people and sometimes I don't know why but I am. I do get road rage though as mentioned above 0_o
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): Pretty low I guess, 3. N00bs and pre-planners don't upset me they just kind of annoy me because they always come in packs. All you other ladies with your quick words get to them first anyway
I've Been On TK Since: Summer of 2010 I think?
How You Came to Be On TK: I used to want to be a wedding planner. That was a short lived dream. I work at a florist too so I was always looking at floral arrangments (even for my very distant wedding 0_o). I ended up clicking on "Community" and finding NEY. Thanks, NEY
How I like my potatoes: Mashed and Instant. Or scalloped.
Screen Name: parisashleymuir
Age: 21
Significant Other's Age: 25
What You Do: Executive Assistant/Travel Coordinator for 3 NASCAR teams
What SO Does: Construction hottie
State of Relationship: Dating
How Long You've Been Together: 6 months
How You Met: Online but totally unexpected!
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): We aren't engaged yet, but he says next spring he's popping the question, so we've talked of a
12-7-12 wedding date!
Real Babies: None yet!
Fur Babies: Lexi, chocolate lab
Loves: Family, friends, sports, reading, traveling, baking
Hates: Celery, spitting, being sleepy
Pet Peeves: Not using your blinker!
Hobbies/Activities: Traveling, NASCAR races, reading
Favorite Thing About Your SO: How romantic he is
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: That he lives in Canada, and I'm in the States!
Describe Your Personality: Upbeat, compassionate, cynical at times, sarcastic, fun and open minded!
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): 2
I've Been On TK Since: January 2011
How You Came to Be On TK: Saw an ad
How I like my potatoes: Mashed
Paris & Joel/Began Dating: 2/16/2011/ Engaged: 8/19/2012/ Wedding Date: 8/17/2013
SURPRISE! Due Date: 10/15/2013
Age: 27
Significant Other's Age: 31
What You Do: dancer/singer/actor/writer who also works in an office to pay the bills
What SO Does: Owns his own business building musical instruments. Previously a professional mechanic, then licensed carpenter.
State of Relationship: Living together
How Long You've Been Together: A little over a year, officially.
How You Met: At my BFF's wedding. We were both in the wedding party. I even caught the bouquet. He noticed me first, at the rehearsal, when I was rehearsing with the pianist (I did some singing for the ceremony). Gave me his dessert at dinner. We started talking on Facebook when I still lived in NYC, then AIM, then phone. I'd take long walks around Brooklyn and we'd talk until my battery ran out. I came out to MN for a 6-week summer job and decided to stay.
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): n/a
Real Babies: n/a
Fur Babies: One cat, male, 1 year old, named Marlon. Here he is:
Hates: Moths. Ignorance.
Pet Peeves: Smoking.
Hobbies/Activities: See "what you do" and "loves."
Favorite Thing About Your SO: He inspires me to be the best version of myself.
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: He can be so focused on his work that he forgets to take time off to just chill.
Describe Your Personality: Creative, generous, fun-loving, loyal, rational, at times overly serious and morbidly existential.
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): Usually no more than 2. But if we're venting about someone who's being unfair or hurtful to a fellow NEYer, it can go up.
I've Been On TK Since: Fall 2010. (I may have jumped the gun a little, but I'm all better now.)
How You Came to Be On TK: I was a little batty and looking too much at dresses, flowers, etc., way before I should have been. (Didn't do anything crazy like visit venues or contact vendors, though.) In my defense, people kept telling me they thought my BF was going to propose by Xmas 2010 and it fed the BSC.
How I like my potatoes: Baked with butter, salt, and pepper; sweet potatoes with butter or candied; will admit to liking the pouch mix by Idahoan--they taste most like real.
Blog: A New Yorker in Duluth
Updated 8/8/11
Age: 20
Significant Other's Age: 20
What You Do: Full time Student and Forest Service employee
What SO Does: Full time Student and Forest Service employee
State of Relationship: Dating
How Long You've Been Together: 2 1/12 years
How You Met: A mutual friends birthday party. I am a flirt.
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): none
Real Babies: None
Fur Babies: none
Loves: Food, Horses, hiking, writing, computers, friends, and books.
Hates: Trolls
Pet Peeves: Stupid people, open cabinet doors, and knuckle cracking
Hobbies/Activities: Horseback ridding, hiking, reading, homework
Favorite Thing About Your SO: He can always make me laugh and I feel at home with him.
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: His stubbornness
Describe Your Personality: Nice, lame funny (I think I try to hard), opinionated, and silly.
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): I think I am in the middle at 6.
I've Been On TK Since: 2010 I think.
How You Came to Be On TK: I tried to preplan. It was bad.
How I like my potatoes: mashed, baked, broiled. Anyways!Favorite book/author: I have too many. Go on my goodreads account. Tell Us Something Interesting About Yourself: I plan on speaking 7 languages. I have been to 10 different countries by the time I was 18.
Married! May 27th, 2012
Age: 21 (22 in a week)
Significant Other's Age: 24
What You Do: Part-time banker, Full-time student --- > Aspiring Pediatric Neuropsychologist
What SO Does: Part-time banker, Full-time student --- > Aspiring Exercise Physiologist w/ U.S Armed Forces
State of Relationship: Engaged
How Long You've Been Together: Officially since December 4th 2009, Unofficially since August 2009
How You Met: Sergio and I both worked at an athletic club. He was a security officer at one location and I worked at a different location at the front desk. The day we met he was training at my location. He ended up permanently staying at my location because our security officer broke his arm.
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): May 12th, 2013
Real Babies: None yet
Fur Babies: A hedgehog named Sweet Pea and soon 2 shih tzu poodle mixes.
Loves: My FI of course but then coming in close second is dessert! Especially any pie a la mode. My engagement ring, my car, babies, sweet elderly people, Bentley Continental GT, coming home and seeing my FI's face, neuroscience and psychology, movies, reading, architecture, travelling, nature, art of all kinds, jewelery (obsessed), eye makeup, my wedding dress.
Hates: Ignorant people, Self-entitled people, people who follow trends because they are "cool", facebook, twitter, bad drivers, people that are rude to elderly people, people that are mean in general.
Pet Peeves: When things aren't put back from where they were taken from, bad driving, talking too loudly, poor grammar. I'm sure there are others but I can't think of them at the moment. See **hates**
Hobbies/Activities: See **loves**
Favorite Thing About Your SO: I know people don't believe me when I say this but I love everything about him. I don't have a favorite.
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: I don't have a least favorite
Describe Your Personality: Hard to describe.**Edit** INFJ.
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): Depends on the situation.
I've Been On TK Since: A couple days after he proposed.
How You Came to Be On TK: Bought Tk magazine, saw the website in one of the articles
How I like my potatoes: Mashed
Age: 21
Significant Other's Age: 22
What You Do: Finishing up last year of Architecture school
What SO Does: Looking for an architecture job while working meanigless retail jobs
State of Relationship: Just engaged
How Long You've Been Together: Three years in November
How You Met: College, in the same program
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): Trying to plan for October 2012
Real Babies: None for a long time!
Fur Babies: One kitty named Myles
Loves: Movies and TV, hanging out with FI, great food
Hates: People with no common sense
Pet Peeves: People who can't drive
Hobbies/Activities: Downhill skiing
Favorite Thing About Your SO: How easy it is to be with him
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: Lack of wanting to do housework
Describe Your Personality: Very independent, keep a lot of emotions in
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): 9 on the inside, 7 on the out
I've Been On TK Since: Not sure, I think I started posting in January?
How You Came to Be On TK: browsing engagement rings
How I like my potatoes: Baked with sour cream or cheesy
[QUOTE]I'm confused. I just did one of these a couple days ago and now it's gone! How does this work?
Posted by kelseyterp[/QUOTE]
It was getting too big so the moderator started a new one.
Age: 28 (next July I'll be 29, fyi)
Significant Other's Age: 27 (He'll eventually turn 28)
What You Do: Research for education
What SO Does: Work
State of Relationship: Bliss.
How Long You've Been Together: Since 2008
How You Met: Friends
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): TBD
Real Babies: None.
Fur Babies: None.
Loves: Rainbows
Hates: Liars
Pet Peeves: Being cold.
Hobbies/Activities: I tend to do lots of stuff.
Favorite Thing About Your SO: He smells good.
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: He is cleaning our bathroom as I fill this out, and I seriously cannot think of anything unlikable about him right now... no lie.
Describe Your Personality: ESTJ
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): 5.5
I've Been On TK Since: March 2010
How You Came to Be On TK: I was searching for bridal shower ideas for my friend.
How I like my potatoes: Twice baked, with cheese, sour cream, and bacon
Screen Name: LyzMcFlyz - really wish I could change it
Age: 29 - until further notice
Significant Other's Age: 36
What You Do: I'm the Manager of Payroll & Billing Systems at a Security company... I'm also the HR Manager, Receptionist, Dispatcher & Personal Assistant to 2 very needy bosses
What SO Does: He's a Tow Truck Driver & also works at a Tow Truck Manufacturing Plant
State of Relationship: Living together/ happily not engaged
How Long You've Been Together: December will be 2 years (really?? wow, time flies! lol)
How You Met: We met about 22 years ago... My brother married his sister and the rest, as they say, is history....
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): No, thank you! lol
Real Babies: None
Fur Babies: Unfortunately none... We can't have one in our apartment but I desperately want a kitty!
Loves: Baseball, Mashed Potatoes, Tow Trucks and my new Total Gym!
Hates: Fish (the kind you eat not the ones you keep in a bowl)
Pet Peeves: People who state the obvious, People who complain about everything, People who take offense to EVERYTHING... Pretty much people in general lmao
Hobbies/Activities: Watching Baseball, Playing computer/video games, Being lazy when I'm not at work...
Favorite Thing About Your SO: He's genuine and kind-hearted...
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: Pretty much everything else lmao
Describe Your Personality: I'm sarcastic and funny. When I'm quiet it's not a good sign...
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): I call 'em how I see 'em... I hold my tongue for no one... I'd give me a 10 lol Okay, maybe I range from 7 - 10 lol
I've Been On TK Since: Since 2001ish lol
How You Came to Be On TK: I signed up when I was with my first long-term bf... I was convinced we were getting married... Then I came back about a year ago when current BF started talking marriage... Thank God I found this board because it rescued me from that crazy train! lol
How I like my potatoes: MASHED!! lol with lots of cheeeeseee and bacon!
*I am strong because I know my weaknesses. I am alive because I'm a fighter. I am wise because I've been foolish. I laugh because I've known sadness.*
Age: 30
Significant Other's Age: 37
What You Do: Marine biologist/Ph.D. candidate/photographer
What SO Does: data programming/scuba instructor
State of Relationship: Married
How Long You've Been Together: 5 years
How You Met: A friend of mine invited him to my masters defense...he was the only one in the room I didn't know (and, therefore, couldn't make me nervous), so I stared at him the entire time. Thankfully, he didn't find that creepy or unnerving, and we started dating about a month later.
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): April 9, 2011
Real Babies: None yet
Fur Babies: Australian shepard mix named Sandy
Loves: my husband/family/friends, the ocean, scuba diving, cheesy killer animal/SyFy Channel movies, Chipotle, Alexander Skaarsgard, Ohio State, dancing, yoga, traveling, cooking/baking, growing my own food, DIY, smalltown/country living, chupacabras
Hates: big city living, political commentary, Lebron James, drama queens, UMichigan/Pittsburgh Steelers/Baltimore Ravens, rude/arrogant/ignorant/self-entitled people, discrimination of any kind, people who look/act like they walked out Jersey Shore central casting, spiders, mashed potatoes
Pet Peeves: rude people, parents who don't parent, self-entitlement, crappy drivers
Hobbies/Activities: scuba diving, photography, yoga, spinning, dancing, cooking, blogging, DIY
Favorite Thing About Your SO: He's probably one of the most patient men on earth about the important things in life.
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: He still lives like a bachelor a lot of times (really, how hard is it to put the roll of toilet paper on the little holder thing?!?).
Describe Your Personality: Snarky, blunt, goofy, outgoing, fiercely loyal to the people I care about. I have no problem telling people like I see it, and I'm usually the first person to make a joke to try to diffuse a tense situation.
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): 9
I've Been On TK Since: 2008
How You Came to Be On TK: I was a bridesmaid in a friend's wedding and had no clue what I was doing. I happened to find NEY and stuck around.
How I like my potatoes: In Arby's curly fries.
"Oceana swings from logical to anus punching." - Buttons
Planning / Married / Blog
Age: 21
Significant Other's Age: 21 (22 this autumn)
What You Do: Full-time student and I'm about to start an internship in the publicity department of a major film studio.
What SO Does: Full-time student and works at a party/event planning company.
State of Relationship: Dating
How Long You've Been Together: 5 years
How You Met: In high school. He liked my friend. We all went out to the movies and wound up sitting next to each other and just hit it off. I didn't really want to date him, so I brushed off his advances and told him I wanted to be friends. I took him as my date to my best friend's Sweet 16 and decided he was so nice and funny that I should just give him a chance. And here we are...
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): --
Real Babies: None. Not so sure we want kids, actually.
Fur Babies: I have a kitty who I am obsessed with.
Loves: BF, my friends, my family, the entertainment industry, sleep, traveling, living in NYC, trying out new restaurants, the color green, animals, social media
Hates: Olives, spiders, hot weather, throwing up, ignorance, bad spelling/grammar, people who tYpE LiKe DizZz
Pet Peeves: Dense people who don't allow anything to penetrate their thick skulls, white socks with black shoes, unpedicured toes in open-toed shoes, the sound of silverware scraping against pots and pans
Hobbies/Activities: Working, reading, writing, watching films, planning vacations
Favorite Thing About Your SO: His unconditional love for me, the way he treats me, and how damn funny he is.
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: He's a slob.
Describe Your Personality: I am very fun and witty, and I don't mince words. I say exactly what's on my mind. I will always go to bat for those I love and care about.
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): On average, an 8 or 9
I've Been On TK Since: June 2010
How You Came to Be On TK: I really wanted to get engaged (bad idea, GPB!) and his sister suggested I go on this board. I lurked, saw the BSC and how it was shot down, realized I was being cray-cray and made an account.
How I like my potatoes: EVERY SINGLE WAY. I LUV DA POTATOEZ.
Age: 26
Significant Other's Age: 26
What You Do: Junior Broker
What SO Does: Machine operator at a steel mill
State of Relationship: Living together
How Long You've Been Together: 4 years
How You Met: His best friend is my college roommate's brother. We saw each other a couple times randomly throughout my four years of college but we both were in relationships so nothing came of it until my roommate's graduation party in 2007.
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married):
Real Babies:
Fur Babies: A ginger cat named Bailey, a tuxedo cat named Hailey, & a pit bull named Lucy. Oh & 2 goldfish who have yet to be named.
Loves: The Eagles, animals, NYC, the Devils, food, massages, my bed, beer, white wine, the beach, bags, shoes
Hates: Winter, the Giants, the Cowboys, uncomfortable clothes, bread & butter pickles, chipping nail polish, the dentist
Pet Peeves: Drivers who are unaware of the purpose of their turn signal, slow-walkers in the city, people who chew with their mouth open, my coworker who clips his nails right next to my desk
Hobbies/Activities: Traveling, reading, watching TV, movies, trying new restaurants
Favorite Thing About Your SO: His laid-back personality & his sense of humor
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: He doesn't always say what's on his mind
Describe Your Personality: Honest, loyal, generous, emotional, fun, friendly, and if I'm being totally honest, I can be moody
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): 5.7ish
I've Been On TK Since: October 2010 but started posting June 2011
How You Came to Be On TK: My friend had just gotten engaged & I was helping her get ideas for her wedding during slow days at work
How I like my potatoes: Mashed, french fried, hash browned, scalloped, or sweet
Age: 23
Significant Other's Age: 23
What You Do: Animal Adoption Counselor for a rescue
What SO Does: PhD student in nutrition and lab research
State of Relationship: living together
How Long You've Been Together: 3 years
How You Met: We lived on the same floor in the dorms during our freshman year.
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): N/A
Real Babies: None, and there probably never will be any
Fur Babies: A two-year-old tabby named Sebastian/C-bass. Hopefully we'll be adding one more soon.
Loves: Seafood, cheese, cats, furry animals, bubbles, shiny stuff, Journey, things most people consider tacky (e.g. furniture and clothing)
Hates: Miracle Whip, liver and onions, cold weather, people who constantly mix up homophones, close-minded people
Pet Peeves: Drivers who don't signal, shoppers who are too lazy to walk their cart to the collection space, people who throw cigarette butts out of cars
Hobbies/Activities: Trying to speak German, playing with animals, sewing, shopping, traveling, eating
Favorite Thing About Your SO: I think he's pretty LOL
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: He doesn't like going on cruises as much as me.
Describe Your Personality: Friendly, bubbly, and quirky are all words that come to mind. BF once told me he loved me, because I have the "personality of an immature unicorn."
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): Like a 3 or 4? I rarely show my snarky side, but it's there.
I've Been On TK Since: Late summer or early fall 2010. I had a different screen name before I got this one, but I never posted with it.
How You Came to Be On TK: I was planning an engagement party for someone I knew, and I was also required to read a few articles on TK for an event/wedding planning class I took.
How I like my potatoes: I actually like the small whole potatoes that come out of a can, haha. Hashbrowns are good, too.
Age: 30
Significant Other's Age: 36
What You Do: International Trade Researcher
What SO Does: Works in Transportation Field
State of Relationship: Engaged
How Long You've Been Together: Since 2009
How You Met: Online, but started dating once we met in person.
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): August 4, 2012
Real Babies: n/a
Fur Babies: A bi-eyed (brown and blue) husky named Molson
Loves: FI, Family and Friends, Cooking / Baking, Travelling, Reading, Working on my house, Small town / Country life, Cheese, Wine
Hates: Ignorance, Bad Drivers, Traffic, Laziness, Rudeness, Humidity, Toronto Maple Leafs
Pet Peeves: Recently, people who take up the entire escalator and don't let people pass, people who use golf size umbrellas and consume the entire sidewalk, cyclists (drivers for that matter too) that don't obey traffic laws...I could go on
Hobbies/Activities: See likes
Favorite Thing About Your SO: His laid-back personality
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: How I go away and he lives like a bachelor again.
Describe Your Personality: Friendly, Honest, Loyal, Creative, Can be too serious (I've been told that I have an old soul)
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): Externally, probably a 3 but internally about an 7
I've Been On TK Since: 2009, but posting regularly since early 2010
How You Came to Be On TK: I was a MOH in a friend's wedding and was feeling lost
How I like my potatoes: Any style, but recently baked with greek style yogurt and chives
My Bio - updated 26/3/2011
Age: 29
Significant Other's Age: 36
What You Do: professional IT nerd
What SO Does: engineer. he says he is the cool kind.
State of Relationship: engaged
How Long You've Been Together: 15 months
How You Met: match.com
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): 3/10/2012
Real Babies: nada
Fur Babies: nada
Loves: food, wine, hugs, laughing until I snort, the smell of rain
Hates: lima beans, liars, cigarette smoke
Pet Peeves: men who itch themself in public
Hobbies/Activities: cooking, bootcamp
Favorite Thing About Your SO: he can fix anything
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: when he sneaks a cigarette
Describe Your Personality: type A, sarcastic, goofy
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): 6
I've Been On TK Since: last year
How You Came to Be On TK: MOH for BFF wedding last year
How I like my potatoes: mashed with brown gravy
Age: 25
Significant Other's Age: 33
What You Do: Philanthropic Advice. Writing my own business plans for things though
What SO Does: Technical Support
State of Relationship: Living together for 2 years
How Long You've Been Together: 5 years as of May
How You Met: My friends all moved to Maine to become beatnicks after high school. BF happened to be living in the apartment above them and we met at one of their house parties. We hit it off right away. BF ended up moving in with my friends and 1year later he moved to Mass when all my friends realized how lame Maine was and decided to come home. The rest is history.
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): NA
Real Babies: NA
Fur Babies: My Kittehs! Popcorn and Binx. It's nigh impossible to get a picture of them together but I'll try eventually!
Loves: Going to the movies, Jane Austen, Spicy Food, Southern cookin', baking, vintage clothes and hats, The BPL, roller/ice skating, tea and cake with good friends, Snark, Robert Downey Jr. I think the last two go hand in hand
Hates: Mouth breathers/chewers, men talking down to me just because I'm not one of them, Olives, when people wear leggings as pants....the fad was over in the 80's c'mon.
Pet Peeves: when people say funnest. It is fun, more fun, or most fun. When people chew with their mouth open. When people wear leggings as pants...have I mentioned that one?
Hobbies/Activities: Puzzles, SO and I do a movie blog, Hat making (just getting into it), reading, teaching myself guitar, baking, volunteering.
Favorite Thing About Your SO: He taught me to stop worrying so much. Seeing him or hearing his voice just makes me stop caring about the bad stuff that happened that day. I've never met anyone that could do that before. Also he can cook!
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: When he shaves he leaves all his hair in the sink. It's gross.
Describe Your Personality: I'm the cynical touchstone for most of my friends. I'm way nicer on boards than I am IRL.
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): I'm going with 7. I'm snarky in real life but I don't really cross into full on evil unless absolutely necessary.
I've Been On TK Since: Since 2007
How You Came to Be On TK: My older sister was getting married. She lives in NOLA and I'm in Boston so it was great for me to see what she was planning. Her wedding was beautiful. Now one of my good friends is getting married and we're doing something similar. I'm NEY so I started posting on the boards.
How I like my potatoes: I really only like potato chips and fries. I'm the worst Boston, Irish girl ever.
Favorite book/author: Empire Falls by Richard Russo. For some reason it resonates with me. I read it every year.
Tell Us Something Interesting About Yourself: I was a competitive Irish Step Dancer all the way up to college. I might take it up again as a grown up since I can still do all my foot tricks!
Age: late 20s
Significant Other's Age: early 30s
What You Do: Admin
What SO Does: Telecommunications
State of Relationship: Dating
How Long You've Been Together: a few months, but if you know, you know!
How You Met: blind date through a friend
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): one day...
Real Babies: none
Fur Babies: 2 kitties and a dog
Loves: reading, orange, fall, the country, sleeping!
Hates: clipping your nails at work, snapping gum loudly at work, chewing with mouth open and smacking, slurping.
Pet Peeves: see above- when anyone does any of those
Hobbies/Activities: reading, attempting to work out, hanging out with friends, family, bf, taking care of my pets, traveling
Favorite Thing About Your SO: he loves me for me!
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: he has a hard time being on time...
Describe Your Personality: blunt, but friendly
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): 4
I've Been On TK Since: Aug 2011, but lurking for a year
How You Came to Be On TK: a friend told me about it
How I like my potatoes: mashed! or baked with chili/cheese
Age: 28
Significant Other's Age: 32
What You Do: wedding gift registry consultant
What SO Does: warehouse manager
State of Relationship: hopefully engaged soon!
How Long You've Been Together: 2 years
How You Met: friends BBQ
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): ?
Real Babies: 1
Fur Babies: 0
Loves: outdoors
Hates: bugbites!
Pet Peeves: too many to name
Hobbies/Activities: arts and crafts, reading
Favorite Thing About Your SO: sense of humor
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: low tolerance for stress
Describe Your Personality: sarcastic and quirky, but loyal and caring too
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): 10 but I'll try to contain myself
I've Been On TK Since: a couple months ago
How You Came to Be On TK: one of the only sites not blocked at work!
How I like my potatoes: drowning in gravy or not at all
Age: 28
Significant Other's Age: 28
What You Do: Admin Assistant
What SO Does: Welder
State of Relationship: living together, just bought a house
How Long You've Been Together: a little over 8 months now
How You Met: He dated a girl I was close friends with about 10 years ago, it didn't work out obviously and we got back in contact last year, became friends and it took off from there!
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): NEY, but he wants to get married 4.13.12. We picked out our rings and he's asking my dad "very soon" he says
Real Babies: None of my own but he has 5, 3 biologically and the 2 his ex wife abandoned and we're raising
Fur Babies: 2 dogs, a half pit/half boxer Zeus, a pit Big Shot and 2 adorable hedgies, Zahra and Peyson
Loves: Animals, rain, books, a good movie and when my kids call me "Momma" it melts my heart!!
Hates: People who degrade you, judgemental people and bad drivers
Pet Peeves: When someone interrupts me when I'm talking, a dirty kitchen, people who think the world wants to hear their phone conversations...
Hobbies/Activities: I'm a photography enthusiast!
Favorite Thing About Your SO: He is the best friend I've ever had and I can tell him anything
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: He thinks he has to control every situation, I usually have to tell him to knock it off lol
Describe Your Personality: a bit shy, but I'll tell you how it is if you push my buttons!
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): about a 5, not a lot gets to me but I'll give you some blunt opinions if I need to
I've Been On TK Since: not long, I've been lurking...I was a little afraid to post, some of these girls can be brutal!
How You Came to Be On TK: my sister used this site to help plan her wedding and I started browsing when BF and I started seriously discussing marriage
How I like my potatoes: any way that I can get them!
Age: 27
Significant Other's Age: 27
What You Do: Student/Substitute Teacher
What SO Does: Engineering stuff
State of Relationship: Dating
How Long You've Been Together: 7 years
How You Met: He was friends with my best friend who introduced us and gave him my number.
Wedding Date (if you're engaged/married): N/A
Real Babies: None
Fur Babies: 5 year old boxer
Loves: reading, cooking, hiking, running, school, psychology and working on our house
Hates: bugs and spiders
Pet Peeves: horrible drivers, liars, fake people
Hobbies/Activities: hiking, gardening, running, reading and playing with the dog at the beach/dog park
Favorite Thing About Your SO: I swear he knows me better than I know myself!
Least Favorite Thing About Your SO: his one track mind. I'll try to talk to him while he's doing something else and he never hears me until he's done with what he was doing first
Describe Your Personality: I've been told I'm loyal, sweet and nice. I also tend to be shy and quite reserved
Snark Level (1 [low snark] - 10 [high snark]): 1 or 2
I've Been On TK Since: I created the account a few days ago but I've lurked off and on for a while
How You Came to Be On TK: I came to TK while helping my sister plan her wedding. I was the Maid of Honor and had no clue about what I was supposed to do!
How I like my potatoes: mashed, baked, fried, sliced into chips, covered with cheese/bacon/sour cream... I just really like potatoes and love them any way possible including raw!