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What is the absolutely craziest thing you have ever done?
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OK I am back. Had to take care of laundry. Four cats sure makes for a lot of laundry lol
Putting it in a spoiler just in case you want to answer before reading my reply
It's also long so feel free to skip
I have shared this here before
Putting it in a spoiler just in case you want to answer before reading my reply
It's also long so feel free to skip
I have shared this here before
For me it was getting married.
First deciding to elope (crazy) and the "big" wedding afterwards
I never wanted to get married.
I knew this from a young age.
And as I became an adult I felt very confident in my decision.
I loved my life. I loved my apartment. I loved my freedom.
I loved doing what I wanted when I wanted how I wanted etc.
Then I met my now DH.
When he asked me out I was taken by surprise as I did not see it coming. And usually when a boy was going to ask me out in those days I always knew it was coming.
It was not love at first sight (though it was infatuation at first sight because he was so confident and handsome and he made me nervous lol)
He was unlike any boy I ever dated. He was mature. A real adult. Take charge kind of guy. Optimistic and upbeat and strong. He was everything I was not lol. At first when he asked me out I said let me think about it. I found him somewhat intimidating.
He was so self assured and confident and so well put together. Mature beyond his years. I had to think about it. I was also dating a guy at the time but not serious. I finally said OK and we scheduled our first date.
It took me a long time to realize I wanted to marry him. He had started talking about marriage early on (we were at a fancy restaurant for Valentine's day) and I almost fainted and left to go to the restroom for 20 minutes to compose myself and when I got back we didn't restart the convo about marriage. We just started talking about something totally different and did not mention what just happened.
I think fear held me back from knowing he was my soul mate and yes the man I wanted to marry. He didn't bring it up again for another two years.
And when he finally officially proposed (he had been carrying around the engagement ring for 9 months lol) I still wasn't sure. I hesitated. I accepted (knowing he wouldn't go on just dating for another five years) and I asked for a long engagement. To which he replied I am ready to marry you now but will wait til you are ready. Which I felt was very romantic. He was willing to wait as long as we were moving forward and by getting engaged we were moving forward in the relationship. We started looking for a place to live and found one almost immediately. Gut renovated and it was ready by summer
And by the time summer came and our home was ready to move into (he proposed in January) I was ready so we eloped at city hall. Despite the big wedding already scheduled for November of that year. So we went ahead with both. When I decided yes, I was ready I suddenly didn't want to wait one more minute. LOL. That's just how I am. I finally knew this was meant to be and Greg was my B'shert. So I told Greg I am ready let's elope and we filled out the necessary paperwork did the required waiting period (I don't remember but maybe it was a day waiting period?) And we eloped that Tuesday.. a day after I said I am ready. My parents were not pleased we eloped. Not pleased at all.
Suffice to say it took me five years to finally know yes I wanted to marry Greg and thank goodness he was patient!!!
If I could do anything differently it would be to marry him sooner. But we don't have a crystal ball and it's OK. It went down the way it was supposed to go down and while it took me a long time to want to get married it was worth it. We are even more in love now than all those years ago and I am just crazy about him. Crazy in love after all these years
Best decision (and yes craziest for me at the time) decision I ever made.
First deciding to elope (crazy) and the "big" wedding afterwards
I never wanted to get married.
I knew this from a young age.
And as I became an adult I felt very confident in my decision.
I loved my life. I loved my apartment. I loved my freedom.
I loved doing what I wanted when I wanted how I wanted etc.
Then I met my now DH.
When he asked me out I was taken by surprise as I did not see it coming. And usually when a boy was going to ask me out in those days I always knew it was coming.
It was not love at first sight (though it was infatuation at first sight because he was so confident and handsome and he made me nervous lol)
He was unlike any boy I ever dated. He was mature. A real adult. Take charge kind of guy. Optimistic and upbeat and strong. He was everything I was not lol. At first when he asked me out I said let me think about it. I found him somewhat intimidating.
He was so self assured and confident and so well put together. Mature beyond his years. I had to think about it. I was also dating a guy at the time but not serious. I finally said OK and we scheduled our first date.
It took me a long time to realize I wanted to marry him. He had started talking about marriage early on (we were at a fancy restaurant for Valentine's day) and I almost fainted and left to go to the restroom for 20 minutes to compose myself and when I got back we didn't restart the convo about marriage. We just started talking about something totally different and did not mention what just happened.
I think fear held me back from knowing he was my soul mate and yes the man I wanted to marry. He didn't bring it up again for another two years.
And when he finally officially proposed (he had been carrying around the engagement ring for 9 months lol) I still wasn't sure. I hesitated. I accepted (knowing he wouldn't go on just dating for another five years) and I asked for a long engagement. To which he replied I am ready to marry you now but will wait til you are ready. Which I felt was very romantic. He was willing to wait as long as we were moving forward and by getting engaged we were moving forward in the relationship. We started looking for a place to live and found one almost immediately. Gut renovated and it was ready by summer
And by the time summer came and our home was ready to move into (he proposed in January) I was ready so we eloped at city hall. Despite the big wedding already scheduled for November of that year. So we went ahead with both. When I decided yes, I was ready I suddenly didn't want to wait one more minute. LOL. That's just how I am. I finally knew this was meant to be and Greg was my B'shert. So I told Greg I am ready let's elope and we filled out the necessary paperwork did the required waiting period (I don't remember but maybe it was a day waiting period?) And we eloped that Tuesday.. a day after I said I am ready. My parents were not pleased we eloped. Not pleased at all.
Suffice to say it took me five years to finally know yes I wanted to marry Greg and thank goodness he was patient!!!
If I could do anything differently it would be to marry him sooner. But we don't have a crystal ball and it's OK. It went down the way it was supposed to go down and while it took me a long time to want to get married it was worth it. We are even more in love now than all those years ago and I am just crazy about him. Crazy in love after all these years
Best decision (and yes craziest for me at the time) decision I ever made.
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Marriage is a huge step for a lot of people, glad you found your Prince Charming @missy the first time. I can’t even imagine dating in today’s dating market, no thanks to that!
Craziest thing I ever did was to quit my full time job in insurance to become a SAHM with the birth of our first son. I did it because I never wanted him to be in daycare, being there for every milestone was so important to me. No regrets, he will be 18 next month and is planning to go to college and pursue a career in law enforcement (his lifelong dream) couldn’t be more proud. The only thing I would even possibly change would be having our second son closer to the first because I was home for both and that was a long stretch since they are seven years apart!
It was crazy because we really didn’t know how we would make it work financially but decided to just jump and luckily it worked out. Technically I could have gotten another job if I had to so it wasn’t completely reckless and irresponsible
Craziest thing I ever did was to quit my full time job in insurance to become a SAHM with the birth of our first son. I did it because I never wanted him to be in daycare, being there for every milestone was so important to me. No regrets, he will be 18 next month and is planning to go to college and pursue a career in law enforcement (his lifelong dream) couldn’t be more proud. The only thing I would even possibly change would be having our second son closer to the first because I was home for both and that was a long stretch since they are seven years apart!
It was crazy because we really didn’t know how we would make it work financially but decided to just jump and luckily it worked out. Technically I could have gotten another job if I had to so it wasn’t completely reckless and irresponsible
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I don't really consider this that crazy but other people might...and its certainly not life-altering (although I guess it could be 
).
Chasing after sharks with a pole spear. Not to kill them (heavens no). I just wanted to chase them off so they
would leave us alone. They are very inquisitive creatures. Bonus points if I could get close enough to touch
their tails (usually, couldn't though).
Also, diving with sharks in the water at night.
Why did I do it?
I loved diving and the variety of creatures you could see. It really is a whole different world.
It went fine. Like most fish, they really dont want to get close to you except when you are dragging the
fish line or the lobster bag. Then they are highly motivated. Looking for an easy meal.
I dont think there is anything I would change if I could do it over again. Would I do it now? Probably not, because diving
is a lot of work and I'm just not willing to put in the effort unless I was going to somewhere like the South Pacific.
).Chasing after sharks with a pole spear. Not to kill them (heavens no). I just wanted to chase them off so they
would leave us alone. They are very inquisitive creatures. Bonus points if I could get close enough to touch
their tails (usually, couldn't though).
Also, diving with sharks in the water at night.
Why did I do it?
I loved diving and the variety of creatures you could see. It really is a whole different world.
It went fine. Like most fish, they really dont want to get close to you except when you are dragging the
fish line or the lobster bag. Then they are highly motivated. Looking for an easy meal.
I dont think there is anything I would change if I could do it over again. Would I do it now? Probably not, because diving
is a lot of work and I'm just not willing to put in the effort unless I was going to somewhere like the South Pacific.
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I never learned how to swim and have a fear of water. I blame it on being traumatized by watching The Poseidon Adventure when I was a kid. Former colleagues of mine who were avid river rapid runners nagged me until I caved in to go down one of Oregon's dangerous Class V rapids. It was the most physically harrowing and frightening thing I've ever done. Didn't have any fun, never did it again. I felt safer hiking at night in the Amazon jungle which was way more fun, probably because my feet were on solid ground.
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I think I shared this on PS somewhere before as well. The craziest thing I ever did was bungy-jumping off a train bridge 2x and hiding inside a dark cave when the train was scheduled to go by. This whole adventure was run by some non insured, probably illegal adventure company. They did it because a couple friends who were adrenaline junkies signed us up and paid for us up front, and I was a stupid college kid who didn’t want to miss out on the action (FOMO), so 3 of us jumped. Would never do it again! It was not just the craziest, but scariest moment of my life.
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Built a home.
Contractor put up the frame, windows, roof…. And that’s it.
Hubby, me and my dad did all the plumbing (yes, I welded copper pipes for weeeeks), electrical, insulation, sheetrock, paint, tile, hard wood floor, stain/varnish all the cabinet/trim work, cabinet install, and all the finishing work. Outside we did cultured stone across the entire front of the house (yes, there’s a learning curve, we had plenty of rocks fall off in the beginning lol) and cedar siding on the sides.
It’s a good thing we were newlyweds. Our heads were still in the clouds and we were still so in love and respectful to each other… 20 years have passed and both our filters have giant holes now… we wouldn’t last a month into a project like that now - hahahaha!
It took 9 months.
Needless to say, my walls are still BM Lenox Tan
Contractor put up the frame, windows, roof…. And that’s it.
Hubby, me and my dad did all the plumbing (yes, I welded copper pipes for weeeeks), electrical, insulation, sheetrock, paint, tile, hard wood floor, stain/varnish all the cabinet/trim work, cabinet install, and all the finishing work. Outside we did cultured stone across the entire front of the house (yes, there’s a learning curve, we had plenty of rocks fall off in the beginning lol) and cedar siding on the sides.
It’s a good thing we were newlyweds. Our heads were still in the clouds and we were still so in love and respectful to each other… 20 years have passed and both our filters have giant holes now… we wouldn’t last a month into a project like that now - hahahaha!
It took 9 months.
Needless to say, my walls are still BM Lenox Tan
Daisys and Diamonds
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OK I am back. Had to take care of laundry. Four cats sure makes for a lot of laundry lol
Putting it in a spoiler just in case you want to answer before reading my reply
It's also long so feel free to skip
I have shared this here before
For me it was getting married.
First deciding to elope (crazy) and the "big" wedding afterwards
I never wanted to get married.
I knew this from a young age.
And as I became an adult I felt very confident in my decision.
I loved my life. I loved my apartment. I loved my freedom.
I loved doing what I wanted when I wanted how I wanted etc.
Then I met my now DH.
When he asked me out I was taken by surprise as I did not see it coming. And usually when a boy was going to ask me out in those days I always knew it was coming.
It was not love at first sight (though it was infatuation at first sight because he was so confident and handsome and he made me nervous lol)
He was unlike any boy I ever dated. He was mature. A real adult. Take charge kind of guy. Optimistic and upbeat and strong. He was everything I was not lol. At first when he asked me out I said let me think about it. I found him somewhat intimidating.
He was so self assured and confident and so well put together. Mature beyond his years. I had to think about it. I was also dating a guy at the time but not serious. I finally said OK and we scheduled our first date.
It took me a long time to realize I wanted to marry him. He had started talking about marriage early on (we were at a fancy restaurant for Valentine's day) and I almost fainted and left to go to the restroom for 20 minutes to compose myself and when I got back we didn't restart the convo about marriage. We just started talking about something totally different and did not mention what just happened.
I think fear held me back from knowing he was my soul mate and yes the man I wanted to marry. He didn't bring it up again for another two years.
And when he finally officially proposed (he had been carrying around the engagement ring for 9 months lol) I still wasn't sure. I hesitated. I accepted (knowing he wouldn't go on just dating for another five years) and I asked for a long engagement. To which he replied I am ready to marry you now but will wait til you are ready. Which I felt was very romantic. He was willing to wait as long as we were moving forward and by getting engaged we were moving forward in the relationship. We started looking for a place to live and found one almost immediately. Gut renovated and it was ready by summer
And by the time summer came and our home was ready to move into (he proposed in January) I was ready so we eloped at city hall. Despite the big wedding already scheduled for November of that year. So we went ahead with both. When I decided yes, I was ready I suddenly didn't want to wait one more minute. LOL. That's just how I am. I finally knew this was meant to be and Greg was my B'shert. So I told Greg I am ready let's elope and we filled out the necessary paperwork did the required waiting period (I don't remember but maybe it was a day waiting period?) And we eloped that Tuesday.. a day after I said I am ready. My parents were not pleased we eloped. Not pleased at all.
Suffice to say it took me five years to finally know yes I wanted to marry Greg and thank goodness he was patient!!!
If I could do anything differently it would be to marry him sooner. But we don't have a crystal ball and it's OK. It went down the way it was supposed to go down and while it took me a long time to want to get married it was worth it. We are even more in love now than all those years ago and I am just crazy about him. Crazy in love after all these years
Best decision (and yes craziest for me at the time) decision I ever made.
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i flew on my own 36 hours, 4 changes of planes, Wellington airport didnt even know the code for Moncton, no one had heard of it before , to go to Moncton NB to see Bruce Springsteen at Magnetic hill - also to spend time with my platonic male internet friend whom i had never met
best time ever !
as i said on another thread if you get the oppertunity to see anyone at Magnetic hill do so, as the natural acoustics are great ! mean really great !!
best time ever !
as i said on another thread if you get the oppertunity to see anyone at Magnetic hill do so, as the natural acoustics are great ! mean really great !!
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im also glad you survived
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A bit similar to @missy but the other way.
I had just finalized my divorce with my ex who at the “last hurdle” finally admitted he had never wanted children and had been hoping “I’d get over it”. Bye.
Almost 40 I was ready for my forever single life, no more men wasting my time.
I met DH at work, different dept and floor. I walked past his desk and on it were various rocks (he was a mining stock analyst) which I named to his surprise! Over the next few months we met up and chatted in various group outings and events and then he asked me out. Like on a date.
I told him I was well past dating, I’d only considered “going out” if after the 3rd date we were engaged and we shortly thereafter worked on having a baby.
Ha, I thought, that will send him running for the hills.
Nope, we were engaged not long after and to my complete shock had no difficulty getting pregnant at 40.
24 years ago now.
I had just finalized my divorce with my ex who at the “last hurdle” finally admitted he had never wanted children and had been hoping “I’d get over it”. Bye.
Almost 40 I was ready for my forever single life, no more men wasting my time.
I met DH at work, different dept and floor. I walked past his desk and on it were various rocks (he was a mining stock analyst) which I named to his surprise! Over the next few months we met up and chatted in various group outings and events and then he asked me out. Like on a date.
I told him I was well past dating, I’d only considered “going out” if after the 3rd date we were engaged and we shortly thereafter worked on having a baby.
Ha, I thought, that will send him running for the hills.
Nope, we were engaged not long after and to my complete shock had no difficulty getting pregnant at 40.
24 years ago now.
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Get pregnant. Never really thought about having kids. I married young (20) so I thought if I ever decided to, it would prob be like at 30. Well. Accident happened and i was 24. Managing pregnancy and giving birth was crazy to me. Thought I was going to die. Seriously. I have a very low tolerance for pain and discomfort—ugh. Love my DD and so grateful I survived but One and done. I knew I would never do it again. Best decision ever.
ETA: and afterwards—the crazy kicked in and I got a mommy make-over (cosmetic surgery) and nope—would never be crazy enough to do that again!!
ETA: and afterwards—the crazy kicked in and I got a mommy make-over (cosmetic surgery) and nope—would never be crazy enough to do that again!!
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Omg I'm not going there.
Some of you have learned in this life. Some of us have not.
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Jumping on a plane from the UK with ALL my possessions & heading to Wellington NZ shortly after my father died. He was young, it was shocking, sudden & highly traumatising (still no easier 23 years later). I just decided to do it & live dangerously, as you never knew was was around the corner. I reached out to recruitment places, had 3 over the phone interviews for the same job (no Zoom or FaceTime in those days) secured said job & left.
I had been over there twice before, once to visit my bestie who emigrated & once to be her bridesmaid, so had a place to stay initially & was familiar with the City.
I stayed for 3 1/2 years & it really was the making of me. I grew up & was ready to be an adult by the time I returned just after 30. I was fortunate to have a very well paid career that allowed me to visit family back here during that time, plus it was a great booster to my career when I did return. It allowed me to secure an every better position back here, which was where I met my husband & the rest is history
I had been over there twice before, once to visit my bestie who emigrated & once to be her bridesmaid, so had a place to stay initially & was familiar with the City.
I stayed for 3 1/2 years & it really was the making of me. I grew up & was ready to be an adult by the time I returned just after 30. I was fortunate to have a very well paid career that allowed me to visit family back here during that time, plus it was a great booster to my career when I did return. It allowed me to secure an every better position back here, which was where I met my husband & the rest is history
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Aw c'mon, at least tell us the genre.
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Another marriage story...
I met my now-DH through friends; we all went to a U2 concert together. Five months later (and a couple postcards in between—this was pre-Internet), I went to visit for a long weekend.
We ended up getting married that weekend, which is a whole 'nother (hilarious!) story. This was 32 years ago, and we're still adventuring through life together.
I met my now-DH through friends; we all went to a U2 concert together. Five months later (and a couple postcards in between—this was pre-Internet), I went to visit for a long weekend.
We ended up getting married that weekend, which is a whole 'nother (hilarious!) story. This was 32 years ago, and we're still adventuring through life together.
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Another marriage story...
I met my now-DH through friends; we all went to a U2 concert together. Five months later (and a couple postcards in between—this was pre-Internet), I went to visit for a long weekend.
We ended up getting married that weekend, which is a whole 'nother (hilarious!) story. This was 32 years ago, and we're still adventuring through life together.
I love this story … it’s my kind of hallmark movie
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@monarch64, Can you just answer one question….. did you have a lot of fun?
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Similar to @missy, only quicker
NEVER wanted to get married. Met my DH, I was 18, didn’t think anything of the meeting, he was one of several people I met that night.
He pestered me to go out with him for a month, I finally gave in. We went out to dinner then a party. He rang me to say he’d arranged for us to go out with mutual friends, so I went but had decided that nice as he was, I wasn’t interested in anything more. I left my jacket in his car, so has to see him again to get it back, and BANG! by the end of the evening, I was madly in love with him. A couple of months later he asked me to marry him and I said yes. We bought a house and got married, this all happened within 7 months of our first date.
I know people thought we wouldn’t last, 46 years later, we’ ve proved all the doubters wrong.
When I look back I think I must have been crazy and reckless to make such a huge commitment at that age.
NEVER wanted to get married. Met my DH, I was 18, didn’t think anything of the meeting, he was one of several people I met that night.
He pestered me to go out with him for a month, I finally gave in. We went out to dinner then a party. He rang me to say he’d arranged for us to go out with mutual friends, so I went but had decided that nice as he was, I wasn’t interested in anything more. I left my jacket in his car, so has to see him again to get it back, and BANG! by the end of the evening, I was madly in love with him. A couple of months later he asked me to marry him and I said yes. We bought a house and got married, this all happened within 7 months of our first date.
I know people thought we wouldn’t last, 46 years later, we’ ve proved all the doubters wrong.
When I look back I think I must have been crazy and reckless to make such a huge commitment at that age.
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Lots of it was fun, and lots of it was terrifying. :/
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I read these and think, damn, I'm effing boring!
same here!
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