Hi, Everyone!
I'm in a very chipper mood right now. :-) Not sure why - I'm hungry and tired and have had a really weird day . . . But I'm happy. :-)
Okay, just got a bowl of cereal, so I'm good. My hubby is playing a video game on his computer while I write this prompt and we're listening to our favorite 80s music. :-)
I'm officially in the third trimester now. Sooo weird. It's gone by really, really fast. I'm positive this last trimester will be . . . a challenge. :-)
I really liked focusing on dream careers last week, and wanted to do the same today, but with the focus being on romance and such instead. :-)
My very first crush was on a guy named Anthony. My mom informed me of this a few years ago, but I don't remember him. I was four. She said I was completely boy crazy over him - wouldn't talk about anything else. Poor Mom. :-)
That first crush was a fairly good example of how my teenage and even college years would be, though. I almost always had a crush on someone, and in one or two rather *silly* earlier moments in my life, I even prayed I'd end up marrying my crush. Silly, silly Andrea. (I was in junior high. You get crazy in junior high. :-))
Needless to say, I didn't get my first boyfriend until I was nineteen. I had plenty of offers before then, but they were never from guys I wanted to date. I had my sights set high - the guy had to be a good guy and musically/artistically talented in some way (the arts are very, very important in my family). He also had to be kind hearted and attractive to me. My first kiss also came from my first boyfriend. Though, that wasn't a terribly great experience. :-) (You can read about that here. Ha ha!)
My college years and dating were . . . interesting. I was the queen of the blind date: I'd have four a week for a couple of months, then would go for months without anything, then would jump back to multiple a week. I had a handful of boyfriends throughout it all, but was pretty frustrated with the whole situation.
When my hubby came along, I was 28 and ready for him. Ironically, we met on a blind date. Finding out he's musically talented and the best artist I've ever met sealed the deal. 'Course, I didn't know I liked him for a long time - I pretty much blew him off for a while. I'll tell that story some other time - it's a great one, full of a lot of pride and prejudice. My friends all called him Mr. Darcy. :-) By the time he asked me to marry him, he was the seventh guy to propose. I'll post a comment below telling the story of all my proposals: some of them were pretty entertaining. :-)
OKAY. NOW on to the prompt. :-) (Sorry for all that history!)
Similar to last week's prompt, I want you to answer a bunch of questions:
1. What was your first crush? The one your mom/dad told you about and the one you remember. Tell us about each person. Are you glad you didn't end up with him/her?
2. Did you avoid members of the opposite sex? I was really shy for several years, so the guys I had crushes on were avoided, pretty much. :-) Or were you the opposite from me?
3. Who was your favorite crush? Also, and if you'd like, tell us a "success story" where you got to go out with the person you'd really wanted to date.
4. Tell us about your first date/kiss.
5. How old did you want to be when you got married? How did life intervene?
6. Are you happy with how life has gone, or do you wish you could go back and change certain aspects?
7. Did you ever have celebrity crushes? I've always had a soft spot for Yul Brynner. :-)
8. What was your favorite date? What would be a "dream date" now?
If there's anything else you'd like to share when it comes to your dream romance, especially from when you were younger than eighteen, don't hesitate to share it!
Remember:
You have until Thursday, September 20, 2012 at midnight to write and post, and it can be in any format.
I will read, comment on, and feature your responses a week from today.
* Have your title say FWE or Friday Writing Essential, and have the initials "MDR" (My Dream Romance) in it.
* Make sure to post to the Writing Essential Group.
* Put FWE or Friday Writing Essentials and the initials "MDR" in your tags. (I won't find your post without these tags.)
Have a great week! :-)
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Comments: 26
1. Steve. The only guy (aside from my hubby) who I said yes to. I was super naive and didn't realize we were way too different. He broke up with me three weeks before the wedding, which was a really good thing - I would've been completely miserable married to him. But it was a hard way to figure life out.
2. Benny. The typical "I'm getting really old and need to get married NOW" guy. He was 26. Yeah, not terribly old. But he acted like he was about to die because he wasn't married yet. After four dates, a home-cooked meal, a dozen red roses, and a $90 bottle of perfume (money came easily to him), he asked me to marry him. I was astounded. He'd never once asked me how I felt about him - he just assumed I was head over heels. I didn't even realize he was counting some of those "dates" as such, until he informed me that's what they were. I told him I needed a lot more time. I was 20ish and still getting over my ex-fiance. Benny went and married an 18 year old instead. They got divorced two years later. Pretty sad for her - she was really sweet.
3. Brian. We dated off and on for a couple of years. By the time we knew we wanted to get married, and our families had fallen in love with each other (we all still maintain very, very close contact), we were leaving for study-abroads. His is the story that still brings a bit of sadness to me. six months after we'd left, he was playing basketball, fell, hit his head, had a seizure and a heart attack and didn't make it. Took me a long time to get over this.
4. Joe. That's his real name. :-) He was in the military. We dated for like TWO weeks and the day before he left for Iraq, he took me home to meet his mom. Asked me to marry him on the way there. I said, "Let's see where we are after you get back." Once we arrived at his mom's place, she did something that upset him (disapproved of the movie we were going to watch) and he screamed and yelled at her to mind her business, then threatened to punch her. I was terrified - I'd never before been around a physically abusive person and his anger freaked me out. I could tell by her reaction that this was a normal occurance. I broke up with him VERY quickly. After getting home safely. :-)
5. Josh. Another two week fling... He was my brother's roommate. The ONLY reason he dated me was to see how far he could get with a good girl. He was willing to be anything I wanted him to be - said he'd be the perfect man for me. I told him I needed more time before even getting to the point where I wanted to be married. Found out in that conversation that he was on probation with the government for having robbed $8,000 worth of stuff from a pawn shop. He was a psycho and incredibly manipulative. The day after I broke up with him, my brother found him ... with a girl. Very awkward situation for my brother, believe me.
6. Matt. Dated for a while through college (I was in college later than many). He wanted to get married, but I really didn't feel anything for him and didn't want to force anything. I'd been attracted to him initially, but our personalities were just too different. We had absolutely nothing in common. I felt bad, but he did end up dating my sister's best friend for a long time and was really happy with her so it was all good.
7. My hubby. :-) Sigh. :-) I'm still twitter pated. :-) I could go on and on and on about how wonderful he is. But I won't. :-) Okay, just a couple of things: he loves cooking (and is very, very good) and loves helping around the house and doing yard work. He treats me very well and is incredibly gentle and loving toward me. The wait was very worth it. (I was 29 and he 32 when we got married.)
Great stories up there
Well, here is my prompt all ready for you when you are ready to read it:
Crushesunrequitedtilllovecameknocking
Good prompt.
I only have three.
Loosely based on semi-reality fiction :)
Friday Writing Essentials ~ FWE MDR ~ This was a dream
In high school we all had a crush on Stewart Granger!
And I had to look up Stewart Granger. As soon as I saw his picture, I recognized him. VERY good looking!
What impressed me most about our conversations was the emphasis she placed on compromise and working things out. This was very poignant because I was going through a divorce at the time.
She also talked about turf. Her life was very traditional in that her husband and her split all authority. He made all the financial decision and handled all relations outside the home - but in the home, her authority was absolute.