***QOTD 2/5/14***

Ok, so todays question is sort of inspired by this awful movie I saw, 'Don Jon'. lol In your early stages of dating, what did you learn about your FH that surprised you?

For me I noticed when I started staying over at his place. He always eats breakfast standing up. At first it annoyed me bc I hate when people hover over me, but I got use to it. My FH has no particular reason as to why, other than he just prefers it. Whatever floats his boat I guess. I'm just glad he doesn't do it around company lol

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Posted by Jocelyn1977

When we first began dating - and I started staying over his place on the weekends - I noticed that he never had to do laundry. A couple times I noticed his laundry bag in the back seat of the car, and I figured he dropped it off at a laundromat to get done (totally understandable, I used to do it all the time too when I worked nights). Come to find out, he was dropping it off at moms house!! Yup. I made sure FH learned how to do laundry soon after. I mean, he was 36. About time, right?

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that's too funny!

I grew up in the south where we never wear shoes (it's not a stereotype if it's true!), if we do it's flip flops, and that's about it. ESPECIALLY not in the house. To this day, the first thing I do when I get home is take my shoes off, lol.

When FH started dating, he lived on his own, and I would notice when I would come over that he wears his shoes ALL. THE. TIME. Even if he has socks on (at home), he wears flip flops over his socks. It was the most bizarre thing I'd ever seen! He calls them 'house shoes' and it's either a Latino thing or an old fashioned thing that his grandmother instilled in him. It's still so weird to me.

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Posted by Alimm729

I grew up in the south where we never wear shoes (it's not a stereotype if it's true!), if we do it's flip flops, and that's about it. ESPECIALLY not in the house. To this day, the first thing I do when I get home is take my shoes off, lol.

When FH started dating, he lived on his own, and I would notice when I would come over that he wears his shoes ALL. THE. TIME. Even if he has socks on (at home), he wears flip flops over his socks. It was the most bizarre thing I'd ever seen! He calls them 'house shoes' and it's either a Latino thing or an old fashioned thing that his grandmother instilled in him. It's still so weird to me.

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Thats so funny. My moms parents, who are Polish, actually are very similar. They call them 'home shoes'....its really slippers. Everytime I go over their house, if I take off my shoes, they ask if my feet are cold....and offer me a pair of their 'home shoes.'

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Posted by Jocelyn1977

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Posted by Alimm729

I grew up in the south where we never wear shoes (it's not a stereotype if it's true!), if we do it's flip flops, and that's about it. ESPECIALLY not in the house. To this day, the first thing I do when I get home is take my shoes off, lol.

When FH started dating, he lived on his own, and I would notice when I would come over that he wears his shoes ALL. THE. TIME. Even if he has socks on (at home), he wears flip flops over his socks. It was the most bizarre thing I'd ever seen! He calls them 'house shoes' and it's either a Latino thing or an old fashioned thing that his grandmother instilled in him. It's still so weird to me.

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Thats so funny. My moms parents, who are Polish, actually are very similar. They call them 'home shoes'....its really slippers. Everytime I go over their house, if I take off my shoes, they ask if my feet are cold....and offer me a pair of their 'home shoes.'

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Roy does this too.. and he gets fully dressed even on weekends if we are not even going out of the house.. shoes and all

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Posted by Jocelyn1977

When we first began dating - and I started staying over his place on the weekends - I noticed that he never had to do laundry. A couple times I noticed his laundry bag in the back seat of the car, and I figured he dropped it off at a laundromat to get done (totally understandable, I used to do it all the time too when I worked nights). Come to find out, he was dropping it off at moms house!! Yup. I made sure FH learned how to do laundry soon after. I mean, he was 36. About time, right?

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Haha too funny! I had to teach mine that you have to separate the whites from coloreds. The look on his face when I told him that, you'd think I told him I discovered fire or something lol. Apparently he's been doing his laundry like that since college. Oy lol

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Posted by Alimm729

I grew up in the south where we never wear shoes (it's not a stereotype if it's true!), if we do it's flip flops, and that's about it. ESPECIALLY not in the house. To this day, the first thing I do when I get home is take my shoes off, lol.

When FH started dating, he lived on his own, and I would notice when I would come over that he wears his shoes ALL. THE. TIME. Even if he has socks on (at home), he wears flip flops over his socks. It was the most bizarre thing I'd ever seen! He calls them 'house shoes' and it's either a Latino thing or an old fashioned thing that his grandmother instilled in him. It's still so weird to me.

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My family does this too. In fact, whenever my FH comes over the house my mom gives him house slippers to wear with his socks. I always thought it was just an Asian thing. I guess not lol

What I learned wasn't about him so much, but about how small of a world it is! It turns out the FH's best friend was dating (he's now engaged to her) someone I went to HS with. That his brother's ex GF was someone I went to HS with. And all the friends we actually had in common. It was almost like - why didn't we meet earlier?!?!

I even asked FH that - and he said that it's better that we met when we did & not earlier. Apparently he was an a$$hole and it probably wouldn't have worked out. He mellowed out just before we met.

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Posted by Alimm729

I grew up in the south where we never wear shoes (it's not a stereotype if it's true!), if we do it's flip flops, and that's about it. ESPECIALLY not in the house. To this day, the first thing I do when I get home is take my shoes off, lol.

When FH started dating, he lived on his own, and I would notice when I would come over that he wears his shoes ALL. THE. TIME. Even if he has socks on (at home), he wears flip flops over his socks. It was the most bizarre thing I'd ever seen! He calls them 'house shoes' and it's either a Latino thing or an old fashioned thing that his grandmother instilled in him. It's still so weird to me.

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Hahaha - def a Latino thing! My grandmother would always yell at us to put on socks to bed and slippers to walk around in the house...that's how you get sick -walking around barefoot. Lol I honestly prefer to be a free spirit and walk barefoot. I'm a rebel like that! Lol