Have you ever felt like you needed to prove yourself to your partner?
I guess that depends on what. Everyone has something to prove sometime. Maybe it's something big, something serious, like your love. Or maybe you're just determined to win some petty argument. I guess I've experienced both ( Read more... )

[ooc: pre-nicodemus events of late.]

Discuss how you felt about your partner after your first date/meeting/romantic encounter.
Surprised. But then, Perry's always been surprising. I had admired him when I was in college - so young, and already so successful, on his way to great things. Then after his...descent into lesser successes, I was so ( Read more... )

In the interest of full disclosure, I have been called a "tease" on more than one occasion. My inner tease manifests itself in lots of different ways, not all of them as obvious as you might think. I like to test people. I think it dates back to my childhood and adolescence, and the many lessons my father chose to teach me. Maybe the most prominent ( Read more... )

“It takes courage to do what you’re doing ( Read more... )

Discuss your family's opinion of your partner and how much their feelings influence you.
Their feelings didn't influence me at all. My parents' feelings, that is. They hated Jonathan. They hated everything about him. Where he was from, how he lived, the way he dressed, the way he talked. Everything. I knew they would hate him the minute he asked me ( Read more... )

When Perry and I first started dating, we made the mutual decision to keep it under wraps. I was a relatively new U.S. Senator, he was (and is) the editor-in-chief of one of the world's most famous newspapers. We made the decision because we didn't want to face accusations of biased press coming out of the Planet, and because we didn't want to put ( Read more... )

Make your own definition as to what a serious relationship is.

I'm not sure you can. I think it's something you feel. I'm not convinced there are actually specific parameters. There's no serious relationship checklist. It's all about how you're feeling towards someone and what you want out of your time together. And for some people, that's ( Read more... )

Do you and your partner share many of the same values or interests?

You know, we really didn't when we first got together. People were downright shocked when they heard about us. Martha Kent and Perry White! Quelle surprise! What horror, even. We had nothing in common but a sort of lingering, nagging interest in each other. A mutual fascination, ( Read more... )

The lights are all off by the time he comes home. This is the first night she’s given up on him ( Read more... )

It happens sometimes after dusk on the Left Bank of the river Seine. It comes at a moment when she could not be less prepared. A moment where she is happy, wistful, carefree, and soaking up the Parisian atmosphere for the very last time. They’re strolling hand in hand by the water, after a frightfully expensive dinner (made expensive mostly by wine ( Read more... )