Tuesday, March 24, 2009

As Promised: Questions from Questionnaire

Before I launch into my diatribe... what in the hell happened to the blogs I follow? They just disappeared??

Grrrr....

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As promised, I said I would do a post on the autobiographical questions given to us from SW almost two weeks ago now.

When SW gave the sheets to us, I glanced over them. Not so bad, I thought, shouldn’t take that long. See for yourself the innocuous looking questions that have turned my answers into a tome.

Part One: Autobiography

Length of time you lived in your birthplace.

Areas of the country you have lived in, amount of time in each area, and reason for the move.

Names and grades of the schools you attended , and the city and state where the schools were located. Also list special recognitions, interests, and activities in school.

Memories growing up: one memory from elementary school years, one from teenage years, and one during early adulthood. What comes to mind re these periods in your life? They can be positive or negative.

Describe your father. How would you describe his personality? What type of work did he do when you were growing up? Is he working now? What was your relationship with him like? Did you two do anything special when you were growing up? Was your father involved in your interests when you were a child? How would you describe your current relationship with your father? How often do you and your father have contact?

Answer these same questions for your mother.

What was your family like growing up? Did you do things together as a family? If yes, what? What activities did your family enjoy doing?

Describe your current relationship with each of your siblings. How often do you have contact with them?

Work history, beginning with first job you had. Name employer, dates employed, type of work done, hours worked. What is your current work schedule? Have you ever been fired, or resigned knowing you would be?

List any other information that would help the Court in knowing about you. This would include issues of abuse (substance, sexual, emotional, etc), as well as significant events, circumstances or beliefs which have impacted you and/or your family.

Part Two: Present Marriage

When and where did you and your spouse meet? Be specific.

What attracted you to your spouse?

How long did the courtship last? What types of things did you do during your courtship?

Did you live together prior to your marriage? If yes, what were the reasons that led you to your decision to live together?

When and where were you married? Briefly describe the ceremony (church ceremony, civil, big wedding, small? Family and friends?)

What adjustment problems did you have when you first began living together? How were those problems solved?

What issues do you and your spouse regularly disagree on?

How are conflict and day to day differences resolved in your marriage?

Describe your spouse as a wife/husband.

Describe your spouse as a parent. If not presently a parent, how would you imagine your spouse to be a parent?

See, they look innocuous. But they’re sneaky. An answer seems simple, but then you want to fully explain yourself, and BAM! There’s half a page written and you're not close to done. The initial questions are tough if you grew up an Army brat or whose parents moved around a lot. Also, if you have a lot of siblings, some of these get rather lengthy.

But yeah, I'm on my 1,085,629th revision of the paper, and I feel like I'm right back in school: it's due on Friday at three! haha

For all that, DH hasn't even touched his yet. Oh boy.

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I'm laid pretty low by this cold that DH brought home. Going to take a nap now.

1 comment:

Erica said...

I know EXACTLY what you mean. I was an Army brat so several of these questions were tough for me. We got our packet and I kid you not, it took me 24 hours to answer them all (including my biography) and it took hubby 7 MONTHS. He did a packet a week (that's about 10 essay questions). It was hard for me, but it was TORTURE for him. If your hubby is anything like mine, be prepared for an uphill battle. I just kept telling him that yes it's unfair, the questions suck, but it doesn't change the fact that we have to do them, one way or the other. But you know guys, takes longer for them to put their thoughts together, much less to put them on paper! Oh the joy.....