What I Did For Love
1. Betrayed my best friend.
2. Wore patchouli.
3. Lost my virginity in a rec room.
4. Made out with my best friend.
5. Stayed in a country after its borders were closed.
6. Scaled a suspension bridge at night while it was snowing. In heels.
7. Married a felon.
8. Found out that the kama sutra is overrated.
9. Supported a grad student.
10. Drank like a fish.
11. Married my best friend.
12. Honeymooned in Paris.
13. Gained 57 pounds.
14. Went through 24 hours of active labor.
15. Left the city.
(In the spirit of NaBloPoMo if anyone likes this list, by all means, do one of your own.)
Oh. My. God. Brilliant. I'm borrowing it, but my version won't be this stunningly beautiful.
Posted by: Feral Mom | November 13, 2006 at 11:31 PM
I love it...will be borrowing. Thanks and a great idea!!!!
Posted by: Sherry | November 14, 2006 at 12:04 AM
Huh? Married a felon. How did that happen? And you scaled a snowy bridge in heels? Woman...are you nuts?
Posted by: wordgirl | November 14, 2006 at 11:33 AM
Oooh goody! Glad you guys are going to do it too. And Feral, aw shucks, girl.
Wordgirl - let's just say I wasn't exercising the best judgement that night. And, to clarify they were high-heeled mary-janes (think early nineties) not stilettos. Still. I was a dumbass in love. And my first husband was technically a (non-violent) felon for a very foolish thing that he did in his youth. Swedish prison had scared him straight by the time I came along.
Posted by: LetterB | November 14, 2006 at 12:55 PM
I'd love to do my own, but wow. I'd be copying half yours: 3, 6 (it was actually a railroad tressle, and I was wearing cowboy boots - but still in the snow), 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15
And probably 1 and 4 too, considering my second serious boyfriend was actually a best friend that shouldn't have been more... it didn't end well.
Your list makes a great short-short story by the way. Can you see it?
Posted by: Mignon | November 14, 2006 at 04:20 PM
It could make a great short story - would you please write it? He, he. Isn't snow on steel a bitch?
Posted by: LetterB | November 14, 2006 at 10:55 PM
I think #6 is good for another post, if you want to elaborate...
Posted by: Feral Mom | November 14, 2006 at 11:36 PM
Totally did it.
Posted by: jess | November 16, 2006 at 02:28 AM
yippee!
Posted by: LetterB | November 16, 2006 at 11:02 AM
Super list!! I think #7 sounds like something on which to elaborate!
Posted by: roaringmommy | November 16, 2006 at 06:48 PM
I plan on elaborating on all of them - once I set up an *anonymous* blog. Gotta protect the innocent.
Posted by: LetterB | November 16, 2006 at 08:03 PM