Would You Rather...

[Diana Delafield]

Local 100% I don’t like this kind of gathering (people we knew gave us a wedding party since we didn’t even bother having one when we married ) , would do my best to avoid going to even a local one, but would tolerate depending on who it was but travel to it? No.

It’s your birthday! Would you rather have a big party with a lot of people or spend the day going and doing many fun things with your spouse or boyfriend/girlfriend?

Spend the day with my family in my own home (as long as they do all the housework involved )

Would you rather do your own workout routine or have a personal trainer?

 

[LolaSkatesInJapan]

I have a personal trainer… and I also do some exercises on my own, even though now I’ve been stuck at home/bed for 2 days already with horrible conjunctivitis putting eye medication the ophthalmologist prescribed every 30 minutes and feeling like knives on my eyes so no personal training, no exercise , skating practices canceled and my coach is worried messaging me

Would you rather go on holiday and visit many locations every day or spend time on a single location for the duration of the holiday?

 

[iluvtodd]

Spend the time in a single location

WYR travel by train or car?

 

[LolaSkatesInJapan]

Car 100%

You are shopping for skirts. Would you rather buy them above the knee or below the knee?

 

[iluvtodd]

A little above the knee for the warmer months, a little below the knee for the colder months

WYR snow ski or go snow boarding?

 

[LolaSkatesInJapan]

I only do short skirts or dresses in summer or winter, I look ugly with anything longer

My husband is a skier so during ski season I join him sometimes and we go stay a few days in one of the many gorgeous ski locations around the Japanese alps once or twice a month during the season (he goes alone to practice two or three times a week). He practices very seriously, does freestyle skiing (with the jumps, boxes, pipes, rails etc) and goes to the highest steepest points but I do only for fun, I’m not very good, just go forward and parallel turn and am terrified of steep terrain. Not interested in snowboarding, at least around here the snowboarders are always obnoxious teenagers or very young adults and quite often cause collisions and other accidents. If possible I do prefer going to locations where snowboarding is prohibited, only skiing allowed.

Your birthday is coming soon! Would you rather that your husband asks where you want to go and do in your special day or would you accept not knowing and wait to see what he plans?

 

[Diana Delafield]

I only do short skirts or dresses in summer or winter, I look ugly with anything longer

My husband is a skier so during ski season I join him sometimes and we go stay a few days in one of the many gorgeous ski locations around the Japanese alps once or twice a month during the season (he goes alone to practice two or three times a week). He practices very seriously, does freestyle skiing (with the jumps, boxes, pipes, rails etc) and goes to the highest steepest points but I do only for fun, I’m not very good, just go forward and parallel turn and am terrified of steep terrain. Not interested in snowboarding, at least around here the snowboarders are always obnoxious teenagers or very young adults and quite often cause collisions and other accidents. If possible I do prefer going to locations where snowboarding is prohibited, only skiing allowed.

Your birthday is coming soon! Would you rather that your husband asks where you want to go and do in your special day or would you accept not knowing and wait to see what he plans?

I dislike secrets and surprises, good or bad. Anyone who knows me that well knows they have to tell me in advance what they're planning.

If you're asked to teach in a private school, would you prefer an all-boys school or all-girls?

 

[LolaSkatesInJapan]

100%! I also hate secrets and surprises and my husband knows it, since he feels the same. We plan where we’re going with lots of time in advance for our birthdays.

All girls I think.

Would you rather receive money/gift card or an specific object as a gift?

 

[TallyT]

100%! I also hate secrets and surprises and my husband knows it, since he feels the same. We plan where we’re going with lots of time in advance for our birthdays.

All girls I think.

Would you rather receive money/gift card or an specific object as a gift?

Depends on who is giving it, for my nearest and dearest a gift because it is still the thought that counts (even if they get it wrong!) but for more distant/employment etc, money is good.

Do you prefer hot coffee or iced?

 

[Diana Delafield]

Depends on who is giving it, for my nearest and dearest a gift because it is still the thought that counts (even if they get it wrong!) but for more distant/employment etc, money is good.

Do you prefer hot coffee or iced?

Before I developed an allergy to coffee, I always drank it hot.

Would you rather see a live performance of a Broadway musical or a filmed version?

 

[LolaSkatesInJapan]

To drink at home from when I wake up to when I go to sleep, ice coffee. At the rink I drink it hot from the vending machine. Coffee is my fuel, always welcome hot or cold

@Diana Delafield question still on (I can’t answer that, I hate musicals in all forms)
“Would you rather see a live performance of a Broadway musical or a filmed version?”

 

[iluvtodd]

Live, if possible, otherwise I'm good with a filmed performance

WYR subscribe to the orchestra or the theater?

 

[LolaSkatesInJapan]

@iluvtodd what does it mean "subscribe to the orchestra or the theater"?

 

[Diana Delafield]

Live, if possible, otherwise I'm good with a filmed performance

WYR subscribe to the orchestra or the theater?

orchestra

Would you rather sit in the front row at a concert or in a private box seat?

 

[Diana Delafield]

@iluvtodd what does it mean "subscribe to the orchestra or the theater"?

A music performance by a symphony orchestra or the performance of a non-musical play. Having a subscription to the orchestra's or theatre company's season of productions.

 

[iluvtodd]

orchestra

Would you rather sit in the front row at a concert or in a private box seat?

Front row @ a concert

WYR be Olympic Champion or multi-year champion in your sport?

 

[LolaSkatesInJapan]

Olympic champion

Your rink will be closed tomorrow for maintenance. Would you rather go to another rink to practice, go do off ice practice somewhere or stay at home and take a vacation day?

 

[Diana Delafield]

Olympic champion

Your rink will be closed tomorrow for maintenance. Would you rather go to another rink to practice, go do off ice practice somewhere or stay at home and take a vacation day?

Stay home and do off ice practice there.

Would you rather repaint/redecorate a room yourself, or decide how you want it to look and pay a professional to do the work?

 

[LolaSkatesInJapan]

Decide how I want it and pay a professional to do it (at least the paint. I’m not a painter and prefer letting professionals handle it). I rarely change decoration of my bedroom, it’s just a million stuffed animals on shelves and on my bed, my cat’s tower and BIG carrier (I store it in the open in my bedroom so he gets inside, can bring his toys inside etc, so less traumatized if I need to transport him somewhere. He’s claustrophobic, hates small places so his carrier is for large dog size ), two desks for my work, TV and TV stand, my bed and a ballet barre (that I always debated just putting it in the exercise room, but if I wake up, can’t sleep any longer or sleepless night, I just put a barre class on TV and do some barre ). My husband does all DIY in his bedroom and let’s say I’m glad we have each our own spaces in the home

Are you more active on X or Instagram?

 

[Diana Delafield]

Decide how I want it and pay a professional to do it (at least the paint. I’m not a painter and prefer letting professionals handle it). I rarely change decoration of my bedroom, it’s just a million stuffed animals on shelves and on my bed, my cat’s tower and BIG carrier (I store it in the open in my bedroom so he gets inside, can bring his toys inside etc, so less traumatized if I need to transport him somewhere. He’s claustrophobic, hates small places so his carrier is for large dog size ), two desks for my work, TV and TV stand, my bed and a ballet barre (that I always debated just putting it in the exercise room, but if I wake up, can’t sleep any longer or sleepless night, I just put a barre class on TV and do some barre ). My husband does all DIY in his bedroom and let’s say I’m glad we have each our own spaces in the home

Are you more active on X or Instagram?

(My cat also has a dog crate because, although timid and polite, he's a big, strong Maine Coon and broke out of three different big cat carriers until I bought a much stronger dog crate for vet visits.)

I don't use either Twitter/X or Instagram, can I say Facebook instead?

Would you rather get a snack at a pastry shop or an ocean-side seafood cafe?