The husband to be survey!

I saw this floating around on some wedding blogs so I thought I'll give it a go....

How long have you been together: 3 years, though when you live together, I think its more like dog years - you get to know your partner very quickly! We moved in together after 6 months.

How old is he? 25 - 26 in November. And yes, I'm older :)

Who said I love you first? I don't remember who said it first, so much as it took Mr B. over a year to come out and say it. I remember feeling so relieved that he wasn't completely emotionless! I knew also that he really meant it and wasn't just saying it for the sake of it. Obviously I felt the same way.

Who eats more? He does, for sure. I have a smaller appetiite. He also does more exercise than I do so he needs to fuel his energy. But we both eat relatively healthy at home, and have recently decided to become vegetarians together.

Who is taller? He is, by 20cms. Even when I'm in heels, he still towers over me

Whose temper is worse? Ha! Oh gosh, me by a million!

Who does the laundry? I usually do the laundry and he cleans the cat litter.

Who sings better? Byron does. I hate singing in front of other people.

Who is smarter? I think we are on a level playing field, which is why we get on so well. I do think that I have greater emotional intelligence though; and Mr B. enjoys voicing his opinion and engaging in debates/conversation with others. Hard question to answer in a simple way!

Who does the dishes? Mr B does the washing of the dishes and I cook.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? We've just rearranged our bedroom so now it's me!

Who pays the bills? We do equally but he usually executes the payments from our shared account.

Who mows the lawn? We live in a flat but we would both do this if we had a lawn.

Who cooks dinner? Me. Mr B loves to cook too, but he works fulltime + studies fulltime so usually doesn't get the opportunity. I enjoy cooking for both of us :)

Who drives when you are together? We both do.

Who is more stubborn? Definately me! Mr B is fairly easy going, though I've started to adopt a less rigid approach to things because of him.

Who is the first to admit when they are wrong?  We both do.

Who has more friends? We both have mutual friends and other friends, work friends etc. So I'd say it would be about the same.

Who has more siblings? He does. 

Was it love at first sight? I don't believe in love at first sight. When I first met Byron I thought he was arrogent and I wrote him off as a typical promo boy - no brain and very self absorbed. Luckily he proved me very wrong as I got to know him soon afterwards!!

Reception decoration

So here is what we've chosen for the reception...

After speaking to Lisa our wedding planner about cake options, I came to the realisation that the kind of cakes I had in mind (aesthetically as well as gustatorily) would probably not work in Thailand. We had to consider the climate, the ingredients the Thai chefs have access to in a remote part of Krabi, as well as expertise. As such we settled on the below for our wedding cake. I still love it's simplicity, not to mention it will be chocolate too, decorated with fresh flowers! A happy compromise.

The cake will apparently have its own table, decorated with a whole heap of flower vases choc-a-block full of fresh flowers. I love this idea to bits!! Flowers are natures best decoration in my opinion, and because orchids grow wild and abundently at Rayavadee, this will look so beautiful!

We have decided to host our dinner reception at the 'Umbrella Tree Court'. This is an open air dining area right next to the beach. There are views of the ocean as well as the cliffs in the backgound. All the things you want from a Thai wedding! There will also be beautiful lanterns hanging from all the trees. We have also decided to have a large Thai buffet style dinner, so guests can try a bit of everything, as well as get to speak to everyone - mix it up in beween sitting down!

There was a choice to host our dinner reception in 'The Grotto' - that cave on a secluded part of the beach I mentioned in my last post. It's also quite nice. We preferred the open air umbrella tree court though, as the night sky is obviously a star attraction of an outdoor wedding! Especially in Thailand with the warm air and stars.

I have arranged for our dinner tables to be decorated with name settings. I origionally wanted to place mini photo frames with guests pictures on their wedding day vs. a name place card. However I realised that actually consolidating and getting everyone to send me a photo would be a massive undertaking, I've let that idea go! I'll probably personalise this name card rather than have Rayavadee print off generic ones...

There will be candles and flowers on each table

This is a view from the Umbrella Tree Court of the buffet table

As a plan B if it rains, there is an indoor venue for us to locate to. Fingers crossed it doesn't rain! But I guess thats one thing we're not able to control, so either way we will make the most of it!