GTKY Friday!

[kcones88]

Hey everybody! Happy Friday. First, I wanted to say I'm honored to be nominated as a Mod for this board. Blended families are really special. I was raised in a blended family and have my own blended family now. I'm really looking forward to sharing experiences and advice with everyone and making this board feel like home! I am typically online from 10 to 6 weekdays, and check in from mobile on the weekends pretty frequently. I think this board will pretty much self-moderate and I don't see the need to have an individual set of guidelines to follow, other than the general ProBoards and GBCB ones. I do bounce around on several different boards though, so if there's anything that needs to be done (removing spam, warnings, stickies, etc.) please tag me and I will respond ASAP!  

Now, let's get to it. I would love to start a GTKY weekly thread on Fridays. Anyone can start these, and I don't think they have to be Blended Families related, it can really be just about anything. So here goes! 


What's the craziest thing you’ve done in the name of love?

[CurlieWhirlie]

So this is the craziest thing that someone has done *for me* in the name of love. When I was 21 my parents bought me a plane ticket to Ireland for spring break (I had taken an Irish language course the summer before and was really eager to visit). I went to Dublin with no plans at all and a hostel booked for only the first couple of nights. I ended up giving my teacher a call (he was only 25), and he invited me to take the train out and come and stay with him in Limerick. So I did, and ended up really liking his roommate. Upon returning home to college at the end of the week (I was in my third year at UCLA), I broke up with my boyfriend I'd been with since freshman year (because obviously having feelings for someone I had only just met meant I really didn't love my boyfriend). I didn't really have a plan to keep in touch with the guy in Ireland, but out of the blue a few days later he texted me (this was in the early days of texting, I didn't even know my phone could do that) and we started talking. A few days after that, I looked up flights from Limerick to LA online, just to see, and he responded by sending me his credit card information (!!!) so that I could book him a flight! Which is totally crazy, because he barely knew me. He ended up coming out for a week, it was the most romantic thing anyone had ever done for me, so spontaneous and exciting! We had an on/off thing for a few years, but I am happy to report that 14 years later we are still in touch and I still consider him a good friend. But now he likes men. The end.

[kcones88]

DD and I moved from Maryland to Las Vegas when I was 19 to be with her birth father. I got into a huge fight with my parents, and my entire family HATED him! We lived with his family for a couple months while we both tried to find jobs and save up for our own place. I absolutely hated it, and our relationship fell apart while we were out there. I ended up moving back home after just 4 months. Lesson learned I guess!

[CurlieWhirlie]

Guys! Hellooooo?

[ladyannibal]

Late to the party, sorry! We got a full week with my bonus baby so I was absorbing as much of him as I could haha.

The craziest thing I've done in the name of love....I guess the craziest thing I've ever done was argue with my best friend's mom and try to get her to move in with me. I loved her to death and she was so miserable. I knew if she stayed with me I could make her happy. I flew out to California with her to meet her mom and her mom hated our relationship but I fought for her anyway. She ended up moving back to California and never speaking to me again, but yeah...I was stupid in love with her.

[runnergirl812]

Yup. Late to the party!!! So much goes on on Fridays that I'm barely online.

Anyhoot... craziest thing? Hmm. I followed my boyfriend 11 hours away from my family because he got a job in PA, I thought he was going to propose, and I thought he was the love of my life. Little did I know he was abusive, perfectly happy shacking up, and thought I was a maid. I dodged a serious bullet when I broke up with him!

[20thirteen]

:/ I don't think I've ever done anything real crazy. If y'all see my signature, I'm a "party pooper extraordinaire". I really do live up to that title >.<

[lisap0924]

I've had a lot of crappy boyfriends and made a lot of crappy choices in my life, but...being assaulted TWICE by my SS's BM is one to talk about.....
We are married now, but before we were married, or even engaged, she attacked me on two separate occasions. One time I called the police.

My H (BF at the time) was convinced I was going to leave him. He even told me to leave because I didn't deserve to deal with that.
Of course I didn't