July 2009

The next questions are from the girl who inspired these Q & A posts, Lily from LilySpeak.

What’s your favorite ice cream flavor?

It’s not very exciting, but my favorite is chocolate. I like other flavors (cookie dough, in particular), but when asked to choose between all flavors, I’ll pick chocolate every time. On the other hand, my least favorite is vanilla (unless other things are involved). I’m a girl of extremes.

Do you like water chesnuts (I don’t)?

I don’t mind them, but I couldn’t eat a bowl-full. The crisp snap always gets me, though.

How did you start blogging?

I started out with a love for writing, as most of us do. I had/have boxes of journals when I was younger. When the internet became popular, I started ‘diaries’ on diaryland.com–the first one being in middle school. I still have several diaries there (though I no longer write in them), and it’s interesting to go back and read about my life in the past.

During my freshman year of high school, I wanted a place that I could write in and allow friends to read. (Diaryland was always much more personal for me.) That’s when I found Xanga. (I met Husband on Xanga, but more on that later.) When my granny was diagnosed with cancer (In my diaryland diary, I wrote “My granny has cancer. Lung cancer. She starts chemo soon. That’s all I want to say about it.” on May 24, 2004.) and my family moved back to Florida, I used my xanga blog to keep my friends (and boyfriend, Ryan) in Tennessee updated. My love for blogging formed.

Eventually, xanga died out. I then fell in love with Weddingbee around the time I was planning my own wedding. I started my own planning blog on Blogger, but soon moved to WordPress. Thus, the start of SomewhatVoluble.com!

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Since my last post, carpet has been put in our house (and it’s beautiful!) and I’ve gone on a date with my mom (pedicures, lunch at Panera, and to see My Sister’s Keeper–it was SO sad.)

Now, though, it’s time to answer questions. The first questions were asked by Amber of Girl With Red Hair.

My questions for you: Did you always know you wanted to get married young? AND Were your parents OK with you getting married so young?

Did you always know you wanted to get married young?

When I was a kid/teenager, I suspected that I’d marry young. Everyone in my family married young (including my parents–they married at eighteen after knowing each other for only eight days!), and I was so in love with the idea of it. It seemed romantic to me. However, after a two-year relationship ended after my sophomore year in high school, I fell head-over-heels for Husband. He wasn’t so in love with the idea of marriage, though, so I figured it would take him YEARS to make the huge step.

We didn’t even begin dating until the latter half of my senior year (he had already been out of school for two years), after I turned eighteen. By that point, I was okay with waiting until marriage. Things moved at a quick pace for us, though, and he was the one saying we’d get married in 2008. I just kind of laughed it off, not really believing him… And I didn’t want to get my hopes up.

In June of 2007, Husband wanted to look at engagement rings. We were going to be moving in together in August, so marriage seemed like the next step. We found the ring (a three-stone, round-cut ring … I actually wanted the 1/4 carat, but Husband said he wanted to get me the 1/2). He didn’t buy the ring that day, and I assumed it would be MONTHS before he could even afford it. So, I still figured we’d get married years later. Well, apparently he went back a week or two later and bought the ring. I, of course, had no idea … and I had no idea until November 6, 2007 when he proposed in the bedroom of our apartment. So, basically, he hid the ring from me for a little over four months! (He kept it hidden in his camera bag.)

Basically, until that point, I was okay with the idea of waiting until marriage, and I wasn’t 100% that I’d be getting married at nineteen.

Were your parents OK with you getting married so young?

Since they married young, my parents were okay with the idea of me marrying young. The closer it became, though, the more unsure they seemed. They wanted to make sure I was sure. I think it was mostly because they didn’t want me to grow up yet (though I had already been living with Husband for nearly a year). They were excited, though. They get along so well with Husband, and they know that we’re incredibly happy together. (They just keep wondering when we’ll have kids! …But that’ll be a while from now.)

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Due to the inevitable blog funk I’ve been in, I’m borrowing an idea from a fellow blogger, Lily. This week, she has been answering questions that her readers asked to get to know her better. Since I haven’t gone into an extreme amount of detail about my personal life (I merely skim across the top layer), I’m allowing my readers this opportunity to ask me anything they’d like to know.

So, ask away in the comments … or you can email me. Next week, I’ll have a day or two where I answer all of the questions for your reading pleasure.

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