China Crumpet

I was surprised by today’s dooce post to read that she too had succumbed to the online survays circling facebook lately. This one was however fitting, since my life right now revolves around my coming nuptuals in August so I caved and filled it in, sucker that I am… feel free to continue the chain of cheesiness.

What are your middle names?
My middle name is Christina and his middle names are Erik Olof. 2-1, he wins.

How long have you been together?
Three and a half shiny years.

How long did you know each other before you started dating?
About six months, but I knew he would be mine from pretty much day 1.

Who asked whom out?
Hah! I have never been one to procrastinate announcing my feelings of affection, my philosophy is that the worst thing that can happen is that they are flattered and I get over it. Anyway, in this case, let’s just say my blatent declarations of love and my persistence paid off.

How old are each of you?
He is 31 and I am 28 (almost 29). A good solid age difference.

Whose siblings do you see the most?
Well, since we live in China, my siblings live in Sweden and Belgium and his live in Sweden and California we see them all around once a year. Perhaps that’s why we all get along so well…?

Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
Low blood sugar.

Did you go to the same school?
Nope! He is a tech-head and I am a tea clutching, blanket wearing hippie.

Are you from the same home town?
Kind of. We are both from the Malmö-ish area but he is from posh Lomma and I am from ghetto Kroksbäck.

Who is smarter?
I’m the brawn and he’s the brains in all matters, including work, friends, pub fights and arm wrestling.

Who is the most sensitive?
Let’s just say that he has resorted to laughing at me when I cry.

Where do you eat out most as a couple?
The “ten kuai place”, local Chinese around the corner. We try to venture out to posher pastures sometimes but it’s just so convenient, delicious and cheap!

Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
Chile. A 30 hour plane trip from Beijing but the best trip ever.

Who has the craziest exes?
Me. But he has the funniest ex-stories. Mine are just scary.

Who has the worst temper?
Both of us are really scared of conflict which makes for a wonderfully peaceful household.

Who does the cooking?
We both do. It’s our biggest hobby and a constant source of creativity, inspiration, conversation subjects and happiness.

Who is the neat-freak?
He has actually begun to enjoy doing dishes so I guess some of my obsessive compulsion is rubbing off.

Who is more stubborn?
Definitely him. I don’t even try any more.

Who hogs the bed?
Me. I am a bed hogger, a sleep talker and a general nuisance maker when I sleep.

Who wakes up earlier?
We’re both sleepy heads. He is better at getting up though.

Where was your first date?
We never went on dates, we just hung out.

Who is more jealous?
Neither of us are jealous because we’re both flirts. It just wouldn’t work if we got jealous.

How long did it take to get serious?
About 2 minutes.

Who eats more?
Me. I also eat faster and with worse table manners. He often compares me to labradors or fairy tale monsters at the dinner table.

Who does the laundry?
Xiao Li, our help.

Who’s better with the computer?
See the answer to the question about what schools we went to.

Who drives when you are together?
Since I moved to Asia before I got my license and Jonas is a petrol head, he has to. And wants to. I will hold out for a personal driver and a rolls royce. (Jonas just told me to edit this because Rolls Royce should be spellt with capital R’s.)