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Anyone else?
Is anyone else struggling to keep their eyes open today?.....
I just got back to my office, worked a student job fair this morning....I'm beat. How is your day going? Anyone have a "cool" poll/questionaire??? I need something to keep me awake....
I just got back to my office, worked a student job fair this morning....I'm beat. How is your day going? Anyone have a "cool" poll/questionaire??? I need something to keep me awake....
Re: Anyone else?
Okay Cipolla... here's a silly survey if you're interested:
Would You If Your Partner Asked You To...
Go vegetarian?
Appear on national TV?
Break the law?
Change your religious beliefs?
Give up your favorite food?
Get plastic surgery to change your appearance?
Wake up early every day?
Change your friends you hang out with?
Get a tattoo?
Get rid of all your tattoos?
Give up swearing?
Quit smoking?
Be a stay-at-home parent?
Live in the same house as your in laws?
Have 5 children?OOOHH a fun poll! Anyone else want to do it? I'm going to...
Would You If Your Partner Asked You To...
Go vegetarian? I would try my best, but he knows I love my meat...he loves his meat too...
Appear on national TV? As long as it wasn't on Jerry Springer or one of those Maury shows..."You husband has been cheating on you" topics...I think he would know better.
Break the law? My husband is a huge boy scout, so if he wanted me to break the law....he must have a pretty good reason. So probably..but I'm not talking murder ok...calm down...
Change your religious beliefs? Yes
Give up your favorite food? OH HELL NO...
Get plastic surgery to change your appearance? Um no...
Wake up early every day? I would try my best but I would not be pleasant to be around...
Change your friends you hang out with? Um no...
Get a tattoo? No...
Get rid of all your tattoos? I have none...
Give up swearing? I would try....
Quit smoking? N/A
Be a stay-at-home parent? I actually wouldn't mind doing this....
Live in the same house as your in laws? OH HELL NO...
Have 5 children? Isn't 3 enough?
And for the record, DH would never ask me to do any of these things..
No. I'm not going to say anything unless I need to miss work. I'm trying to do a million things at once, it's just not working out too well. I was home last night, and I started freaking out at like 12:30 thinking that I left something out at room temperature when it was supposed to be in the fridge. When I got here, I had already put it away... it's the science equivalent of thinking you left the oven on... I got here and there was another girl I work with here... WORKING! At 12:30! I couldn't believe it. I work with crazy people.
Kristina - sorry, I didn't mean no, I don't like your singing. I meant no, I am not talking to the bosses about my health... I don't want to go down that road.
I'll do it too.
Would You If Your Partner Asked You To...
Go vegetarian? Probably couldn't go vegan but I would def. cook for him whatever he wanted if he did! (ps this would be a miracle, my DH eats SO unhealthy - I have to trick him into eating veggies or sneak them into what I cook)
Appear on national TV? I agree with Kristina, as long as it wasn't a show airing our dirty laundry I would be down.
Break the law? hmmm prob not...I guess would depend on what it was.
Change your religious beliefs? No
Give up your favorite food? It would be hard but I guess I could
Get plastic surgery to change your appearance? No and I don't know if the marriage would survive him asking me to do that, can you say "Spencer Pratt"!
Wake up early every day? If he had a good reason for me to do so
Change your friends you hang out with? No
Get a tattoo? Yes, unless it was something really tacky or trashy
Get rid of all your tattoos? No
Give up swearing? Yes
Quit smoking? I don't smoke but I think this is a reasonable request if I did
Be a stay-at-home parent? hmm we would have to discuss it...
Live in the same house as your in laws? If this happened me & MIL would not both survive. One of us would be going down!
Have 5 children? I don't know...thats a LOT
I'm game!
Would You If Your Partner Asked You To...
Go vegetarian? Yes, especially since he already is a pescatarian.
Appear on national TV? Yes, as long as it's not Maury or Jerry Springer! (damn, you guys beat me to it!)
Break the law? No, and he knows better. I studied criminal justice and still want to go to law school at some point.
Change your religious beliefs? No, he is an atheist and I am a non-practicing Catholic. We also will not be baptising our future children for the same reason: no one should determine something so personal and spiritual for you, and to us , it's not fair that babies have no say in the matter.
Give up your favorite food? Not that he would ask such a thing, but no. I loves me my mac n cheese! He'd get over it.
Get plastic surgery to change your appearance? Never- and I'd wonder what his motives are.
Wake up early every day? Yes, though he's the early riser so I'm not too worried about that one. He knows I like my sleep.
Change your friends you hang out with? No. If he didn't like one of them, I would just hang with him/her without him.
Get a tattoo? No way. I HATE needles!
Get rid of all your tattoos? N/A
Give up swearing? Yes, but it would be tough!
Quit smoking? Yes, and I did. Mostly for me, but for us too.
Be a stay-at-home parent? Yes, absolutely.
Live in the same house as your in laws? LOL, we're going to be doing that for the first month in SF, staying with his mom in his childhood home in Berkeley.
Have 5 children? I would only do that if I wanted to, so no.Would You If Your Partner Asked You To...
Go vegetarian? Already there
Went veggie for lent, have no real desire to eat meat again.
Appear on national TV? Depends what show.
Break the law? Depends what law
Change your religious beliefs? I am religious, not spiritual... so "religious beliefs" is problematic to me. No one can change someone else's beliefs. Maybe the place of worship we would go to? I wouldn't have any problem with that unless it was something totally weird.
Give up your favorite food? Yeah. I don't put too much stock in food.
Get plastic surgery to change your appearance? Depends what kind of surgery. I'm all about getting my nose done or some boobs.
Wake up early every day? Haha. Probably not.
Change your friends you hang out with? I dont have many friends in the area. But I would always put DH first on this.
Get a tattoo? I would love it if he were supportive of tattoos. He thinks their dumb.
Get rid of all your tattoos? Don't currently have any.
Give up swearing? Yeah, good luck with that. I'm from Jersey.
Quit smoking? Don't smoke
Be a stay-at-home parent? Oh hell no. I'd go batty!
Live in the same house as your in laws? Only if we had to because of money or helping to take care of someone who was sick.
Have 5 children? Natural children? No. Adopt 5? Sure.Oh, this is a good poll!
Would You If Your Partner Asked You To..
Go vegetarian?
I really don't think he would ask me this, but I would definitely try.
Appear on national TV?
This really depends on the show, but if it was reasonable and not something like American Idol, I would do it. We talk a lot about trying out for game shows.
Break the law?
Again, this depends a lot on the crime. Parking illegally, maybe, but trafficking cocaine, no.
Change your religious beliefs?
This is non-negotiable. I wouldn't be with someone who wanted to change the way I think and feel.
Give up your favorite food?
Tough, but I could do this for love.
Get plastic surgery to change your appearance?
No. I would not want to be with someone this shallow.
Wake up early every day?
Eh, I already do.
Change your friends you hang out with?
Considering most of the friends I have around here have stopped calling since we got married, I would be okay with this.
Get a tattoo?
I would get a small, discrete one for him.
Get rid of all your tattoos?
N/A.
Give up swearing?
I've been trying to do this anyway. It would be a good impetus.
Quit smoking?
N/A.
Be a stay-at-home parent?
If he made enough to compensate for me staying home, I would be agreeable to this.
Live in the same house as your in laws?
It would have to be a really big house.
Have 5 children?
I KNOW he wouldn't ask this of me. And after the 40-minute conversation transcript I had to do today about a birth gone wrong, no thanks.
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Would You If Your Partner Asked You To...
Go vegetarian? Depends on why. If he's doing it for health reasons, absolutely. If he's doing it because he's being picky, then no.
Appear on national TV? Only with a good make-up artist.
Break the law? Depends on the crime, the reason and our ability to go into hiding in Mexico afterward.
Change your religious beliefs? No.
Give up your favorite food? No.
Get plastic surgery to change your appearance? Absolutely! (As long as I'm not paying.)
Wake up early every day? Depends how early and why. Most likely, yes.
Change your friends you hang out with? Not unless they honestly did have a bad influence on me.
Get a tattoo? Yes.
Get rid of all your tattoos? I also have none.
Give up swearing? yes.
Quit smoking? I'll substitute my drug of choice: caffeine. It would be really, really hard, but if he asked, I would.
Be a stay-at-home parent? yes!
Live in the same house as your in laws? We're planning on doing that anyway.
Have 5 children? Only if we could afford it.
dvshaw, ::hugs:: I am so sorry you are going through all this at once. Continued T&Ps your way, and I hope you are able to relax and have some time to yourself very soon!
Would You If Your Partner Asked You To...
Go vegetarian? yes
Appear on national TV? Unless it's the Amazing Race, no.
Break the law? If he had a good reason, yes
Change your religious beliefs? I'm not very religious at all right now, neither of us are. But if he found a church/religion he was interested in and wanted me to be a part of, I would have an open mind about it.
Give up your favorite food? No, I don't think I could.
Get plastic surgery to change your appearance? hell to the NO!
Wake up early every day? lol at DH asking me to do this, he loves his sleep way more than me. So if he asked me, yes.
Change your friends you hang out with? No.
Get a tattoo? Yes. Unless it's somewhere visible in normal clothes though, lol.
Get rid of all your tattoos? Yes.
Give up swearing? Ha, I would try.
Quit smoking? N/A
Be a stay-at-home parent? Yes.
Live in the same house as your in laws? Yikes. In dire circumstances, yes. For no good reason, absolutely not.
Have 5 children? That's another hell to the NO!
And Dana - we love you!!!!! I was going to message you on FB tonight to see where you were... you haven't been around. Let us know if you need a Skype happy hour.
And here, have a "we love you snail" :
I know what you meant...
I understand why you wouldn't want to tell her. I hate that you are having to deal with all of this. But you're only human, and you can only deal with so much at a time. Your health comes first and so does your sanity. I will be doing the now T&P dance all week for you! T&P marathon... 
I guess I should answer my own survey, huh?
Go vegetarian? No, probably not. I don't eat a whole lot of red meat as it is, but I am super picky about my veggies, so I think I'd have troubles with this one.
Appear on national TV? Depends on the show and how many people would see it. I'm not much for being in the spotlight.
Break the law? Only if it's a misdemeanor or something, I love DH but I'm not doing serious prison time for him!
Change your religious beliefs? No
Give up your favorite food? Definitely not.
Get plastic surgery to change your appearance? No, no, no. And I hope he would never want me to either.
Wake up early every day? I wouldn't like it, but yes.
Change your friends you hang out with? No. I went through this with an ex- he made me stop hanging with my bff. Never doing that for a guy again, ever.
Get a tattoo? No, I hate needles! And the permanence.
Get rid of all your tattoos? N/A
Give up swearing? Yes, but it would be damn hard!
Quit smoking? N/A although I guess I might give up coffee or alcohol for him. It'd be tough though.
Be a stay-at-home parent? I'd try it but I think I'd get bored. I would hope that he would want me to do whatever makes me happy though...
Live in the same house as your in laws? Only if they were really sick or something. I might end up killing his mother though.
Have 5 children? Uhm, no. 5 is really pushing it. Ha- pun not intended.Would You If Your Partner Asked You To...
Go vegetarian?
I would try and it would be HARD
Appear on national TV? maybe
Break the law? this all depends and I would never hurt someone.
Change your religious beliefs? no way
Give up your favorite food? yes, I probably should anyway for health reasons.
Get plastic surgery to change your appearance? only if it was my boobs they are a little small I wouldn't mind going up half/full a size at most.
Wake up early every day? I already do.
Change your friends you hang out with? no
Get a tattoo? I am getting a tattoo soon:)
Get rid of all your tattoos? this is kind of a n/a answer I am only getting one tattoo and he loves it.
Give up swearing? I couldn't
Quit smoking? n/a
Be a stay-at-home parent? yes! he gets to stay home with our babies and I've been begging him since our second was born to switch so I could stay home with them.
Live in the same house as your in laws? been there done that and never thinking about it again, i cant stand his parents.
Have 5 children? no two is good enough for us.
LoL, I think they would go hand in hand. I don't dance over skype without the influence of alcohol.
Hang in there. You know that you're awesome and we're all good to vent to!!
Would You If Your Partner Asked You To...
Go vegetarian?
LOL, I actually asked the Mr if he ever would and he thought I was insane. I'd be down thought but maybe not forever.
Appear on national TV? Ha, yes. I'd even do Jerry Springer. Whatever, all that sh!t is fake.
Break the law? Probably, it really depends. I wouldn't do anything that truly affected someone elses life.
Change your religious beliefs? We're both fairly lax in the religion dept. We both believe but don't attend anything.
Give up your favorite food? Negative.
Get plastic surgery to change your appearance? No, i'd get it for myself but never for someone else.
Wake up early every day? No, I have to sleep in some days or else I am uber zombie.
Change your friends you hang out with? Never
Get a tattoo? Yes, if it was something I was cool with.
Get rid of all your tattoos? Never
Give up swearing? I'd try and cut back but i'm sure i'd never be able to fully stop.
Quit smoking? n/a
Be a stay-at-home parent? Since we are not having kids this is N/A
Live in the same house as your in laws? OMG, someone would die and it wouldn't be me.
Have 5 children? NO, NO, NO a thousand times NO!!!
Go vegetarian?
Yes. I would have a much easier time with it than him. He must have meat at every meal...and I could go with it once a week or less.
Appear on national TV? Sure, unless it was to call me out for being a b!tch. And...I was in the Today show crowd once when I was like, 12...so it would be a repeat performance
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Break the law? Um...I speed at his encouragement regularly...so I think we've already accomplished this. I would not murder anyone or cover up for his crimes, though...if they were bad like that.
Change your religious beliefs? This is actually a constant convo for us. We both want to explore faiths outside of the Catholicism we were raised with. He is drawn to the Evangelical type religions...and I am not. So...maybe, it would depend.
Give up your favorite food? No way.
Get plastic surgery to change your appearance? No way. If we wanted me to change something physically I'd change my marriage status.
Wake up early every day? Sure, as long as I could go to bed early.
Change your friends you hang out with? Nope.
Get a tattoo? Yes, as long as it wasn't his name or something trashy.
Get rid of all your tattoos? No
Give up swearing? I would try...but they slip out with no effort.
Quit smoking? N/A at this point in my life.
Be a stay-at-home parent? No. We've decided that if one of us was to ever stay home it would be him.
Live in the same house as your in laws? No. Well...we did for the first year we lived together. I would not ever do it again. I love them, but they are loud, loud people (as in TV and radio on full volume, computer going, vacuum going, bird squawking...) and I prefer a calmer home environment.
Have 5 children? No. DH gets one birth out me, maybe two. Then the shop is closed. We plan to take in foster children and possibly foster-to-adopt.
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