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Now get ready, my darlings, for the ever popular, yet gravely feared, TMI THURSDAYS…
Things are going to be a little different around here today. Don’t worry, all your regular vomitous programming is still linked down below for your enjoyment… but in light of the date, it doesn’t seems appropriate for me, today. (Though it will probably still make you throw up a little bit.)
That said… thanks for going on this ride with me. Both today, and for the past months…
A year ago today, George W. (unknowingly) accomplished one of the best things he did while in office.
If B hadn’t gone to the President’s Dinner… if I hadn’t decided to stop for an after-dinner drink… if he hadn’t taken his interns for a drink afterwards… if I hadn’t stayed for one more… so easily, we could have missed each other. So many ‘ifs’.
But we didn’t. And my whole world changed that day.
I changed.
People say when someone really loves you, it’s for you, implying you shouldn’t have to change. Pardon my French, but that’s a load of bullcrap.
He does love me, every inch of me, for the crazy ass woman that I am. He shows me that every day, in big and small ways. And I show him, albeit at inopportune moments, sometimes.
But when I met him, it made me (to steal a line from Jack) want to be better. A BETTER me.
I stopped being a proud person, and started being proud of myself. The difference is subtle, but vital.
I traded my nights of bartending and bar hopping for Arrested Development marathons and meeting his friends.
The maneater vanished, and a little girl with a big heart was all that was left.
I’ve grown so much with him. Friends, family, probably a lot of you guys out there, thought we were nuts when we moved in together after three months… And I’m sure it looked looked crazy as hell from the outside. But to us, it felt like we waited an eternity. It just made perfect sense. WE never questioned what we were doing. It was obvious, it was right, it was, most importantly, effortless.
We’ve fought. We’ve been tested. We’ve been scared. But we won. Every time, we won.
And I’ve been able to savor every minute of it on here, in writing, so that I’ll have it for always. That, to me, is priceless.
Other blogs seem to vanish when a singleton falls in love… I’ve never understood this phenomenon. I can’t explain it, but for me, this little corner here flourished when I found him. He inspires me, he makes me laugh; with him, I’ve created a life that I want to share.
I really don’t see how it could be coincidence that I started this blog a few short months before meeting him… and therefore have just so happened to be able to chronicle our first year together.
Yes, I say first. Because as he tells me more often than he probably wants these people to know, he’s planning on many more.
And so am I.
Oh, and on a regular TMI note… I’m wearing a slutty dress out tonight with nothing underneath. You’re welcome, darling!
Other awesomely hilarious TMIs this week…
cavy’s TMI thursday: captain puke-a-lot
WickedCourtni’s TMI Thursday: You Just Love My Doggystyle?
jen-tsk’s TMI Thursday: When Peeing Yourself Can Be Sexy
Cameron’s TMI Thursday: Heavy Petting Edition
Sebastian’s Goo. All Over His Face.
BigSis’ TMI Thursday: The Strip Club
iNDefatigable mjenks’ TMI Thursday: One Firth the Money
Jaxie’s An Ode to TMI Thursday
Jassie’s TMI Thursday-Cherry Poppin’ Good
Cheddar’s TMI Thursday: Some Men are Dogs
Olga’s TMI Thursdays: Frugal Beauty, or Things You Should Never Wax By Yourself
justjp’s WRW Edition of TMI Thursday
Liebchen’s TMI Thursday: Rounding the bases
Vittoria’s TMI Thursday: When I think about Vertical Horizon I touch myself
ClaireMMD’s tmi thursday: oops, i did it again
LifeRehab’s TMI Th
ursday: Sloppy Seconds
JFo’s TMI Thusday: Flip Cup Bandits
Jo’s TMI Thursday – French Fingers
Mb’s I’m going to steal 4 minutes of your life
Mel’s Saved by a… train?
Stefanie’s TMI Thursday-Read At Your Own Risk
mylittlebecky’s think little of me (TMIT)
MsDarkstar’s TMI Thursday – It’s in the bag
verybadcat’s TMI Thursday: Pete
Tabitha’s TMI Thursday: A Guest Vlog from My Beau
Hillbilly Princess’ TMI Thursday: It’s Sexy to ME
Zan’s TMI Thursday: The Launch of the Crotch Rocket…
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And then you pooped right? RIGHT??
Happy Anniversary! I moved in w/ my guy after 3 months and we've been together for 3 years now.
Fuck, way to make me cry.
And give me hope.
Honestly, since I met you and B, I've started to have more faith and hope…hoping that maybe one day I can have something as real as what you guys have.
I love sharing in your happiness and craziness and I love the way you love each other.
But damn you for making me cry…
xoxo
Congratulations, kids. Here's to many more years of SHMOOP. And poop. But mostly shmoop.
Happy Anniversary, you crazy fools. See if B wants me to sing an anniversary song for you guys this weekend. I am pretty sure he's going to say yes, so I'll go ahead and work on that.
Aww…so so sweet. At least Bush got something right…I'm sure if he knew he would definitely take the credit for it as well!!
Congratulations and I loved your footnote!! x
yay TMI Thursday at last, at a poor European I have been refreshing your blog every 20 min to see if you updated.
Time to take my extended lunch break now!
Happy one year! I didn't realize you guys moved in together so fast, but I totally understand it. When ya know, ya know. Okay, so cheesy. Congrats!
buon anniversario, lovebirds. i'm rather excited for B's first actual impression of me to be licking your face upon my arrival tomorrow. WIN.
aw congrats on your anniversary
hope you have a wonderful day and lots and lots of years together!
Strong work! I hope to find this exact thing in a future partner.
…and they lived happily ever after.
Happy Anniversary.
Baahaha Fearless in Toronto wins for best comment so far!!!
But seriously, this was beautiful. It's amazing when you find someone that just… fits, you know? And you're so right, being with someone who inspires you to want to be something better is just… amazing. I understand the "people thinking you're crazy" bit when you chose to move in together after only 3 months–I think my friends were ready to commit me to an asylum after the Hubs and I got engaged after only 2 months. haha
Congrats on the anniversary–here's to many more years (and TMI Thursday stories)!
Happy anniversary.
Also? If your going to steal a line…JACK is a great choice.
Happy anniversary!!
Brad and I moved in together after about two weeks. Sometimes you just know it's the right thing to do. We've been happily together ever since!
Here's to many more years of LiLu + B!!!
HAHA Ben Love it!
Aww Happy Anniversary! I am glad you didn't go away from blogosphere. What would you do without the Shiz my boyfriend says and all your other crazy stories!!!
So good to hear about HAPPY relationships! Have a great one!
Awww…congratulations!! Just to throw a little kinkiness into the mix, I'm gonna go ahead and assume you're gonna rock his world tonight, in strange ways and with kinky devices.
Awwwww, congrats on your anniversary!
Happy Anniversary, baby!
Keep thing spicy and buy some handcuffs.
Awww, this is too sweet. Congrats on a great year in so many ways!
I'd love to join all of you in humiliating the crap out of myself (I simply looove that sort of thing!), but I'm having a problem with the "button." I'm thinking it's a smitch too inappropriate for our young readers/drive-bys. Sorry, that's just me. Carry on! (I'll blop back on Friday through Wednesdays instead. LOL!)
Awwwwww, happy anniversary! This is the cutest post.
And have fun tonight
That just melted my heart. It just made me think of how happy I am with my bf and how that can be so life changing!
Happy One Year! <3
aw that is really sweet. you guys sound perfect together. happy anniversary!
Happy Anniversary! And I'll totally come visit you when you're in treatment together.
I kid.
Sort of.
Are you sure this is safe for work?
Congrats on the year. Many happy returns!
Aww, Happy Anniversay!
All right, I almost teared up. I also may be a little emotional of late, but still. Very cute. And so happy for you both.
Congrats. My Wife and I celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary in April…. yes, 10 years, I am old… but I wish you kids as much love, happiness, and memories as we have had…
Posts like this, however mushy, make me smile.
Congrats, you two.
Okay, I was fine til I hit play on the video. Dammit.
Very sweet.
happy anniversary!
awww. that made me all smiley and stuff
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
Congrats, baby girl!
way to make me tear up in my coffee, sister.
you and b are incredibly adorable and so very lucky.
from someone who gets this story and i mean gets it because you and i and our stories methinks are so similar, im so, so happy for you.
happy one year!
aw, I got a little verklempt over here…
Happy anni! Your happiness together definitely shines through on this blog.
Happy anniversary! Where can I find one?
Oh wait, I can't even figure out what a date is…
Awww….this was a great post. I completely lost my maneater to and turned into a big mush when I met my bf.
Same thing…so many what if's but it happened and here we are 3 years later happier than pigs in shit!
Happy anniversary:)
awww. this is awesome. you guys are awesome. it makes me want awesome. happy anniversary, you crazy kids!
Fate….tell me you believe in it too. How can you not.
Thanks for making me cry and for introducing me to a new song I have never heard, I like it very much, the song, not the crying. Damn you.
Don't hog the blog LiLu, let B write on here more!
Happy anniversary to both of ya!
Happy Anniversary. Your post was too cute
And with the moving in after 3 months – I don't think you're crazy. We moved in after 3 months together. Now, after 5 years together, we're engaged, and couldn't be happier.
(And from the sounds of it, our stories are pretty similar – right down to the Arrested Development marathons)
that's sweet.
happy anniversary.
certainly a different type of TMI thurdays.
=)
In keeping with the sweet theme of your post – you're quite the role model for love and for truly still being yourself while in love. Very cool that you found that out in your 20s.
Awww, congrats hun – that's great! Here's hoping for many more years x
Wow, that was moving. And I'm saying that as a slightly jaded, relationships make people crazy type of person. I made it through without a single dry heave.
You guys are ridiculously adorable. Happy anniversary!
awwww. =) my friend is actually moving in with her bf next mnth and theyve only been together for like 4 mnths.
sooo, if its right…why not? i just cant move in with LB bc we're poor. lol.
i literally cried at my desk (for the first time at this job!) when i saw the luckiest video. before i even CLICKED on it. because that is how much i love that song. and because that is how much i love you and b together.
Ah, Ben Folds… my favourite musician! Good choice.
And good luck, for your next year with B
The luckiest is one of my most favoritest songs ever!
Also, this post is so totally sweet!
As you said my dear, effortless! Happy Anniversary! hugs
"The Luckiest" is one of the prettiest songs ever. I heard it live and nearly cried.
Congrats on a year and finding your lobster.
Look out, the HOT MAMA is on the prowl.
Lilu, that was too adorable.
I'm really happy for you guys. =)
Be glad that he can take all your pooping. I myself am the fartiest girl in the world, much to my husband's dismay. He can't handle the toots.
Awwww! That's so cute, but that's great you are happy! I hope you guys have many years to come
hmmm, that wasn't Too Much Info, that was about Just Enough Info.
Kudos & congrats to you & B!
j and i moved in after only a month, and that first month was long distance! it's been so perfect, it's hard to believe it's really happening to me and that phrase "if it's too good to be true, it probably is" no longer applies to my life. thank god.
Awww, happy anniversary!! This also happens to be my parents' anniversary. They've been married for 42 years. I think it's an auspicious day. May you have many more happy, wonderful years together.
*tender* I love stories like this, because they remind me how lucky I am. That Ben Folds song always makes me cry. I'm so glad that you guys are so happy!
Wow.
A TMI from LiLu without the mention of vaginal secretions or shit.
I feel empty today.
Awwwwwwwww. I'm a pile of gush now. =) Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary!
damn blocked tear duct…
seriously though, you and my BFF are my last hopes that twue wuv still exists and might make its way to me.
Congrats!! Now go get wasted w/ your hunnybunny.
Living the life I have, it always makes me a little… breathless, I guess (in a good way) to know that somewhere out there, happy relationships exist.
Happy Anniversary to you (and many more!)
awww this lovely post reminds me of my favorite someecard that says
"If I had a soul. you'd be its mate"
(that i sent my hubs on our 2 yr anniversary last september)
I don't know if today is your exact Anniversary with B .. but today would've been my exact 3rd Anniversary with Miguel.
I was sad but now that I've read your post, I'm happy, really happy for you and B ! Enjoy every moment !
Aww, that's sweet! I love your regular TMI Thursdays, but every once in a while a little something different can be good. Congratulations to both of you for making it this far.
That is such a great post, happy anniversary and many more, you guys.
You two deserve each other, without a doubt!
Yup, that was adorable. Also, you forgot to mention his dreamy eyes. I may have (or have not) been totally staring at them Friday. Were it not for my being distracted by boobs, I would've kept talking to him for hours.
I really also like the distinction between being a proud person and being proud of one's self. It's subtle, but it truly makes all the difference.
As they say in the old country, mazel tov!
What a sweet post. You guys are too cute.
I'm going to vomit. Because that was so sweet, I think I'm overloaded on sugar.
Congrats! And they said George W Bush was the great divider. Dick Cheney is going to spew your story all over the news tomorrow to show how they got you together.
Happy anniversary! My husband and I moved in really early, and we were really young, and now we've been together 5.5 years.
Congrats!
I hope you're together forever.
xoxo
My TMI is posted
This was more vomit inducing than ever!
Aw, happy anniversary! I love this
The amount of Schmoopiness I just ingested made me throw up a little. Just a little bit though. Anniversaries are a good day for hella sex.
I read it and I can relate to EVERY WORD.
I think you hit the key word there: it's effortless. That's the main thing. I changed too, the boy has changed, and not because we asked that of each other, but because we WANTED to do that for each other.
It's the first relationship that I don't overthink things. It just is.
Awww. I can barely type through my tears. Happy anniversary! One day your children's children will read your blog and say "my grandma was one crazy ass mother fucker!" So sweet. And then they'll wonder if you're wearing underwear under that dress.
Happy anniversary
Hubby and I often think of all the crazy little things just had to go right, and wrong, and align perfectly for us to meet. We could have so easily NOT met. GAH! It is wonderful, insane, and scary all at the same time.
Nice treacle cutter at the end of the post.
And congratulations
aaww, congrats! it's good to know there's love in the world! what a cute little family you guys are
ps i was cleaning cat teeth all morning and my post tried to sabotage TMIT. so, i kicked it's ass. that is all.
awwww, i cried a little bit. so effin sweet.
isn't love grand! it made me move to a whole different country. crazy shit.
That was just wayyyyyy to cute! Congratulations to you both!
This is awesomely sweet
And happy anniversary!
Happy Anniversary. You and B are great together and this post gives singletons hope.
Yay! Congrats!
The Duke and I moved in together 3 months after we met..people thought we were a little nuts…but you know when something is right! Why wait! Congrats to you and B…you can tell ( read) the love between you two:))
Congrats to you and B… Love that love stuff.
Hope you have a great anniversary!
I adore you, and I'm so glad you found your person. Hugs to you both.
It's darling that you met the boy right after you started the blog. I think it's a phenom way to chronicle love.
Just when I'm feeling very cynical and blasé about love, I read this. An honest, heartfelt testament to love in action, to love's success, to happiness. Thank you for sharing.
Happy anniversary!!
You two are very sweet, but very conservative. I was MARRIED after 5 months. Shacking up is a sin.
(But please overlook the baby born 4 months later.)
Awww shucks. Seriously, that's really sweet. I agree about changing. Some people disagree with that, but I think it depends on what path you were on before. I was on a wild path that didn't fit in to "relationship" life. Amazingly so was my husband. Now we're boring as hell. lol.
YAY FOR SLUTTY DRESSES AND NOTHING UNDERNEATHS!
That's really sweet!
Congrats!
So much goodness in this post, so thanks for sharing! It's funny because I discovered your blog after I started dating my boy, but when I go through your archives (hellooo, stalker) I get smiley because I feel the. exact. same. way.
Congrats to a fellow former maneater!
"I stopped being a proud person, and started being proud of myself."
I fucking LOVE that line.
Congrats to you my sweet crazy!
This is a beautiful post. Happy anniversary to a beautiful, happy and inspiring couple!
am seriously teary-eyed right now and it was totally unexpected esp for tmi but i loved it!
congratulations and i def wish for you to have many more years together!
such gorgeous writing, Lilu! Especially this, "And I've been able to savor every minute of it on here, in writing, so that I'll have it for always. That, to me, is priceless."
i'm envious you have it in writing, and agree, it's priceless!
not to be dorky and copy everything above… but HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! I love typically cynical girls who are very romantic about one thing– their beau. cheers, sister.
i really need to try arrested development. matt and I are stuck on marathons of The Office right now… but we'll need something to fill the void once we've run through all the seasons…
Happy TMI Thursday!
Congrats and have a great night out!
When you're good, you're very, very good.
Oh goodness – I forgot it was Thursday… As promised, I put you up on Underdogs today. Well – I did warn them…
awwww, you're so sweet:)
Happy Anniversary!
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
I'm sending you my vomit.
It has chunks
What a sweet post.
Aww.
I love the no-undies technique. One time, when my bf and I were in a long distance relationship, we both drove halfway to met, me wearning a skirt with no undies. Of course I told him.
seriously, such a sweet post. love it. with a cherry on top. wait that doesn't make sense. oh well.
Congrats on your 1st year! That is awesome sauce! You and B are great together and I must say, make each other the perfect person; full of poop, farts and boogers.
Bring on the next year!
Awwwwwwww!
On another note, I finally did it….
sigh…
Yay! One down, eight to go to catch up!!! Congratulations! And although I hated W., it's good to see that SOMETHING good came out of him being in office. NOW I can look at his Presidency a little differently!!!!
Aw, congrats. You ARE lucky, truly.
Awesome post, dear. You're absolutely correct — you know when it's right. And you guys are obviously "right." Yay for happy couples!
Can I just say I hear ya
I love stories of love – real ones!
And can I say that song The Luckiest is something I have always felt so mushy about. I think of my hubby and I when i hear it and i get a little girly and teary!
Awwwwwwwww
Good work. The blogosphere is full of singles looking for someone and it is refreshing to hear about someone who found that person.
Thats not to say I didn't throw up when I read it. Because, like, man stuff. We don't have feelings. But if I did – this would be a good post.
Nice work… and many more happy years together!
I agree, "Other blogs seem to vanish when a singleton falls in love… I've never understood this phenomenon."
I miss Pistols' blog also.
Love this. The cute drunken convo you and I had on the roof last week was so reassuring that such love exists for crazyass, real people and not just the boring, plain ones. You guys are great, individually and together.
Now, blog about farts or something. Thanks.
All together now: AWE!
Happy Anniversary! It's amazing how one person can have such an affect on your life – and your blog!!
Believe me, I use your blog as a reference for the recent move in with my Boyfriend, so please keep sharing
The Luckiest was one of our wedding songs. It sums up everything so well.
I loved this post. And if you ever need an old coupled-up person for an example of how to keep blogging after wedded bliss, you know where to turn.
Late but in! It was a spontaneous TMIT–too good not to share!
I hate when a single blogger just up and disappears due to a love interest. There are still plenty of things to talk about! I think most people are scared of what their significant other would think if they saw some of the old stories, but it's still lame.
Way to prove the "stereotype" wrong!
Yaay Lilu! Happy Anniversary and here's to an infinite number more!
awww so sweet! being a fairly new reader, i would have thought you had been together for at least a couple years! i didn't realize it was a relatively 'new' relationship bcos the way you talk about him and seem to get along seems much smoother, greater, bigger than "new". and that is a compliment. you rock chica, and you bet that that effortless person will make you want to be a better person.. or to sustain the best version of yourself you already ARE. i hope i find this.. and what a great measure.
also, i understand not blogging as much when you're in a relationship. i've been like this.. way too many times. but, it's not good for me. i thrive when i'm writing, analyzing, feeling, introspecting. i'd like to think those relationships weren't right for me..bcos i stopped doing my thing (and thus being a better me). sorry for the long comment. basically.. i AGREE with you about the being a better person thing
You know, we're all suckers for a love story.
Happy one year! I hope it was a beautiful and memorable evening.
Happy Anniversary, you guys deserve it each other. Sweet post.
The evolutionary expiration date for relationships is 4 years. Just long enough to concieve a child and get it to the age where it can spend the day with playmates. I hope the next 3 are just as passionate, exciting, and heart warming as the first. Except towards the end where it's gonna get messy of course.
Wonderful, wonderful post. I'm so glad you've found happiness!
What can I say that everyone else hasn't already? Love this
This is sooooo sweet!
I did my very first vlog yesterday for TMI Thursday…starring my fiance!
http://tabithablogs.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/tmi-thursday-a-guest-vlog-from-my-beau/
LiLu: Thank you so, SO much for your sweet words, everyone! I promise that's all the schmoop I'll unload on you for a while
Awww thats so sweet, I had to go back and read the story of the hook-up. Damn i miss a lot
. I think it was just fate 
and you guys are going strong, happy anniversary!! im sure you guys have many more years to come 
my bf love that song, the luckiest, ill say i am the luckiest
. and yeah people dont expect you to change but you just do, for the better. aww, i love your story 
Congrats you guys!!! One year is big time!! (No seriously, when DD and I celebrated one year about this time last year it was a holy shit moment for both of our relationship-challenged selves)
And I love this song
I think you just know when it is right. We got engaged after two months, planned the wedding for a year and we have been married for almost 22 years.
YOU GO WITH YOUR GUT!!!
I SOOO HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR ONE YEAR AND HAVE MANY MORE TO COME:)
Aww that is soooo sweet!!
My husband and I had our first date on Feb 7th, then we moved in together the first week of march (after only 3 weeks) and then we got married that december, the day after Christmas.
So I totally know how you just know when its right. 
Wow, congrats.
Awwwwwwwwwwww. This was my favorite TMI ever!
[and Arrested Development is one of the best shows of all time.]
Ah, love in the early days. Savor every moment.
Love is grand.
And so is Arrested Development.
I think this may be one of the sweetest posts I've ever read.
I pray I find a guy who does the same thing for me that your love did for you!
Awww, that made me all mush face.
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OK, I’m a little late commenting on this one but you just wrote that so so so so well. It was your normal dramatic, out-there, assertive writing style but it was also super poetic and beautiful!
I don’t know if that makes sense but I just wanted to tell you that what you wrote up there gave me goosebumps! I’m glad to hear you’ve found someone who makes you want to be a BETTER you – that’s what everyone needs and deserves!
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