Love and stuff.

My husband took me out on a 'date' last night for Valentine's Day.  I put date in quotes because, well, it's his version of a date anyway....lol....

A couple of weeks ago my cousin posted on facebook that she was in an improve show called, 'How We First Met.'  So, Robin mentioned to me that he would like to go.   When we arrived, we were asked to fill out a form with some brief information regarding how long we have been married, our occupation, a word to describe us, etc.  During the performance, they would pick 3 couples, one at a time, to 'interview' and then, based on their answers, someone on the team would sketch it out....with some liberties. 

So, couple number one was called up.  Married about 6 years and together for 11 total.  There were three acting couples and they chose who would represent them.  Their story was quite fun and interesting.

The second couple had only been dating about a year and a half.  Quite an....interesting story.  Made for some fun sketches....that's all I will say about them....:P

I just had a feeling that we would be couple number 3.  Since my cousin was part of the team, I thought she might help 'encourage' us as a choice.  And I couldn't believe it was her and her husband left.  I was actually quite happy they would represent us.  I found out after that she did, indeed, influence our pick. However, it was completely random that they were left to represent us. She told me when the one girl was going through the papers she said, 'oh, we can't pick this couple!'  My cousin did not know who she was talking about and asked why.  'Because, they met in church!'  My cousin laughed and checked the names and then said, 'no, it's okay, they are cool!'  So funny....

Anyway, it was quite interesting, to say the least.  I was actually petrified!  Robin was quite at ease and had a blast.  It was really fun to share how we met and it really added a lot of material for them.  Everyone there actually seemed to enjoy our story.  (Some highlights - our first date was at Harvey's....I ordered a sandwich, fries or maybe onion rings and a drink...he ordered just fries!  As well, it was fun to share how I did ALL the talking and he just listened....probably for at least the first few months of our relationship!)  It was really memorable.  And I even got a bouquet of flowers at the end which Robin has tried to pass off as coming from him...which, indirectly they did, but still.

I came away from it thinking that we should incorporate some good memories and share some of our stories with each other more often.  And it was really awesome to let our marriage shine for so many others to see.