we're it.

(the picture just turned out like this, i tried it twice. picasso eat your heart out.)

iwas tagged by my friend brittany, so here goes nothing! we'll switch it up a bit by putting both mine & ben's answers. but of course, only believe mine. i'm just putting ben's down to placate him. :)

What is your spouse's name?
L: ben.
B: lynsey, the most beautiful girl in the world. (okay, L added that last part, but only because i know he was thinking it)

How long have you guys been married?
L: 6 years on december 27th.
B: short enough that she is making me sit here and respond to this post and long enough that i will sit complacently and do it.

How long did you date?
L: about a year.
B: are we talking about "dating" or "hanging out?" both are different numbers. i think we started dating about a month before we got engaged. before that, both of us were so commitment-phobic that neither of us could admit we were dating. we just hung out. a lot.

How old is he/she?
L: he stares death in the face everyday, which means he's 29.
B: the only person i stare in the face everyday is you.

Who is taller?
L: he'd better be, i'm under 5 feet! we'd have our own show on TLC if he were shorter than me. B: me for a change. (a whopping 5'8".)

Who can sing best?
L: when ben sings "lay down your weary tune" by bob dylan or any of the church hymns, there's nothing better. he will be sweet & say it is me.
B: she can.

Who is smarter?
L: ben has this crazy memory. he rivaled our autistic client at the group home in useless facts of information. but when it comes to grammar, spelling, or anything regarding celebrities, he is no match for this little lady.
B: she was smart enough to marry me, so i'm saying her.

Who does laundry?
L: laundry? if by that you mean taking off the pants you wore for the day and putting them over our clean, folded laundry in a basket, that would be ben. if you mean the blood sweat and tears that goes into us looking pressed & clean, that would be me.
B: by nature of the first definition lynsey gave, i do.

Who pays the bills?
L: what do you mean "pay" exactly? right now sallie may is bringing home the bacon. otherwise, i'm the one who pushes the automatic withdrawal or bill pay button.
B: my mistress, sallie may.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed?
L: recently i asked ben to switch sides of the bed because caleb comes in & wakes me up at a lovely 6:30 am. so if i sleep on the opposite side, he wakes up ben. if we're laying down, i'm on the right side.
B: it doesn't matter who sleeps on the right, it matters who is always right. and that's me.

Who mows the lawn?
L: don't own one here. but at the group home, we tried to bribe one of the kids to do it. then ben always had to end up going out there to re-do it. or kill the snakes that popped up in the grass whenever the lawn mower got fired up.
B: it's actually a group of hispanic gentlemen who come to the apartment complex and flare up my allergies. i think they mean well.

Who cooks dinner?
L: i seriously don't like cooking. it's something i am really trying to correct. so i still do it, and when i cook it usually tastes good, i just prefer it when i don't have to. ben definitely helps. he just makes a huge mess when he does it.
B: my baby's "cookin" all the time...if you know what i'm sayin'. she be hot. (now he's just getting ridiculous, i tried to get him to change his answer but he wouldn't hear of it.)

Who is the first to admit when they are wrong?
L: as soon as i am wrong, i will admit it first.
B: i don't know but lynsey always admits when i am wrong...which then makes her wrong...which then makes me right...and i will admit to that.

Who kissed who first?
L: definitely ben. the conversation afterward was hilarious, but we will save that for another day.
B: true story.

Who wears the pants?
L: when it comes to home decorating or having to push a child out of a body, me.
B: i don't know honey, who do you think i should say wears the pants?

we tag...the thompsons, the fart felt fam, lane payne & stacey, brandon & emily dormy, cousin dana & cousin andrea. if you've already done this one, you don't have to do it again.