So Jeff and I were in the paper a couple months ago. Boy does time fly when you are having fun...or working I should say. Sometimes I wish my life away and then dwell on the past, but I can tell you that I am not ever going to dwell on the past year and a half of my life...work, work, work! Anyway, around the first part of the year, I got a new job in Campus Scheduling in the Wilkinson Center, still at BYU. I transferred departments from Human Resources, specifically Employee Relations/Equal Employment Opportunity. A terrible job! Well, back to my current job, there is a small department that works behind me. In fact, there is only one full-time person in the whole department. It is titled "Student Activities Board." They are in charge of putting on mid-week activities for students on-campus. One activity was the Newlywed Game. Since Jeff and I were going to be doing this activity in our ward (we were activities chairmen at the time), we figured we had better attend to figure out how to run the activity. So we went...and we won!
Following is a newspaper article about the event...I really think the only reason we won is because we were married the longest. The other couples really were still idealistic in their views of each other. Jeff and I are realists...but still in love.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Making 'whoopee' with BYU newlyweds
KATE MCNEIL - Daily Herald
Let's be honest, at BYU "whoopee" is an exclamation reserved for LaVell Edwards Stadium, not a verb for casual conversation.
But in ABC's "The Newlywed Game," host Bob Eubanks often used the "w" word to refer to a certain bedroom act. Knocking boots, if you will.
Like every activity at Brigham Young University, Wednesday's "Newlywed Game" was squeaky clean. The only question close to Eubanks's famous innuendo interrogations was, "If I really wanted to push my wife's buttons, I would, blank."
Even then, giggles filled the air and diamond-wearing fingers covered mouths.
Wednesday's host asked contestants to "keep prudence in their answers." And appropriately, the husbands answered everything from watching TV to talking like an annoying little kid.
Although only 7 percent of college students are married nationally, at BYU, one in four are hitched. According to the U.S. Census, the average bride in 1965 was 20 years old. However, by 2005, the average age of a woman at her first marriage had risen to older than 25. Utah has the lowest median age of first marriage in the nation -- 24 for men and 22 for women.
To appeal to this quarter of the student body, the Student Activities Board held a tasteful version of the game show.
Twenty-two couples competed Wednesday. After two rounds of elimination, four couples remained to answer questions.
Dustin and Amy Ormond were eliminated in the first round when asked: Does your husband hardly work or work hard? Dustin answered hardly work, and Amy, unfortunately thought the latter.
The final round queries ranged from multiple choice -- "What Disney princess is your wife most like?" -- to open-ended -- "What would you do if you caught your husband drinking milk out of the carton?"
Another one asked couples what movie plot best described their relationship.
"I would have picked 'Fast and Furious,' but that wasn't an option," said Denise Metcalf, a Brigham Young University student, married a year and a half.
After the first four questions, Sabrina and Brooks Tingey didn't have one correct answer.
"Can you tell we've been married for four months?" said Brooks.
Other questions sparked mini quarrels amongst the love birds.
When Jeff Bird said he drives the speed limit with cruise control when he's alone, his wife answered he drives over the speed limit: "You never put on the cruise control, I always tell you to," she retorted.
All four women answered that their husbands were most like character Al Borlin on TV's "Home Improvement" -- he does everything right the first time.
Brooks begged to differ with his wife's decision: "You're not supposed to be nice, you're supposed to be truthful."
In the end, couples left knowing a bit more about each other than before. Melea Bird hates Jeff's cowboy shirt. Matt Lorenzen thinks he's most like Superman, but Captain Planet is a better fit, says his wife, Allie. And Sabrina Tingey would like to think Brooks is better at home improvement than he really is.
Melea and Jeff Bird, married for 18 months, won Wednesday's first-place prize -- dinner for two at Red Robin and two movie tickets. Fourth place got a bottle of bubbly -- Martinelli's that is.
Following is a newspaper article about the event...I really think the only reason we won is because we were married the longest. The other couples really were still idealistic in their views of each other. Jeff and I are realists...but still in love.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Making 'whoopee' with BYU newlyweds
KATE MCNEIL - Daily Herald
Let's be honest, at BYU "whoopee" is an exclamation reserved for LaVell Edwards Stadium, not a verb for casual conversation.
But in ABC's "The Newlywed Game," host Bob Eubanks often used the "w" word to refer to a certain bedroom act. Knocking boots, if you will.
Like every activity at Brigham Young University, Wednesday's "Newlywed Game" was squeaky clean. The only question close to Eubanks's famous innuendo interrogations was, "If I really wanted to push my wife's buttons, I would, blank."
Even then, giggles filled the air and diamond-wearing fingers covered mouths.
Wednesday's host asked contestants to "keep prudence in their answers." And appropriately, the husbands answered everything from watching TV to talking like an annoying little kid.
Although only 7 percent of college students are married nationally, at BYU, one in four are hitched. According to the U.S. Census, the average bride in 1965 was 20 years old. However, by 2005, the average age of a woman at her first marriage had risen to older than 25. Utah has the lowest median age of first marriage in the nation -- 24 for men and 22 for women.
To appeal to this quarter of the student body, the Student Activities Board held a tasteful version of the game show.
Twenty-two couples competed Wednesday. After two rounds of elimination, four couples remained to answer questions.
Dustin and Amy Ormond were eliminated in the first round when asked: Does your husband hardly work or work hard? Dustin answered hardly work, and Amy, unfortunately thought the latter.
The final round queries ranged from multiple choice -- "What Disney princess is your wife most like?" -- to open-ended -- "What would you do if you caught your husband drinking milk out of the carton?"
Another one asked couples what movie plot best described their relationship.
"I would have picked 'Fast and Furious,' but that wasn't an option," said Denise Metcalf, a Brigham Young University student, married a year and a half.
After the first four questions, Sabrina and Brooks Tingey didn't have one correct answer.
"Can you tell we've been married for four months?" said Brooks.
Other questions sparked mini quarrels amongst the love birds.
When Jeff Bird said he drives the speed limit with cruise control when he's alone, his wife answered he drives over the speed limit: "You never put on the cruise control, I always tell you to," she retorted.
All four women answered that their husbands were most like character Al Borlin on TV's "Home Improvement" -- he does everything right the first time.
Brooks begged to differ with his wife's decision: "You're not supposed to be nice, you're supposed to be truthful."
In the end, couples left knowing a bit more about each other than before. Melea Bird hates Jeff's cowboy shirt. Matt Lorenzen thinks he's most like Superman, but Captain Planet is a better fit, says his wife, Allie. And Sabrina Tingey would like to think Brooks is better at home improvement than he really is.
Melea and Jeff Bird, married for 18 months, won Wednesday's first-place prize -- dinner for two at Red Robin and two movie tickets. Fourth place got a bottle of bubbly -- Martinelli's that is.
3 comments:
Congrats, though I'm surprised that you didn't get asked any questions about dishes. I already know the how the answers would work on that one.
Haha Viddy! Actually, you would be surprised to know that Jeff did the dishes on his own a couple nights ago...but we will see how long that lasts. In four years when he is done with dental school he will have no more excuse to use on me to get out of dishes because he will have no homework! I look forward to the day, but have a feeling that we will still have this struggle then... :)
Okay, I'm totally obsessed with watching the Newlywed Game right now for some reason. I turn on the tv at 1pm and watch the 30 min show like everyday. So funny - I'm weird too and type out the questions so we can play with our friends. It's super hard, though - good job you two! You're so cute. We miss you!
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