What's the craziest thing you've ever done for love?

[Manoek]

Buying a plane ticket from Amsterdam to SLC

[MissButterfly]

I only spoke to my SO for about half an hour when I was part of an exchange programme at his school. I had barely seen him, and I had only known him for about three months when I let him book a plane ticket to spend three weeks at my house, with my parents and siblings who didn't know who he was at all. Luckily, they all love him, and I think it's the best decision I ever made

[Sierra]

I don't consider this risky given the level we knew each other on, but waiting the 2 years to get to meet my boyfriend, having him at my studio for the weekend ... paying for the tickets. I was terrified he'd reject me but we're stronger than ever. It was the best decision I ever made.

I guess though, the really crazy thing is giving up my amazing life to move to Texas to be with him. Everyone tells me it's insane.

[marbear31]

Ahhh these stories are so cute!!! Lademoiselle, that sounds like something out of a Jane Austen novel...and I love me some Jane Austen.

The craziest thing I've ever done? That would have to be within the first two weeks of dating my SO. We'd had a huge fight the night before over him dancing with other girls while we were out (we had a VERY whirlwind relationship up to that point), and I went home, crying, in a taxi at 8 AM while he was just going crazy in his apartment. I was SO mad at him; he kept calling and texting, "I'm so wrong, etc.," but I ignored it. Then, I slept like the dead for 3 hours that afternoon, and I jolted awake at dinner time and realized I didn't care about some drunk dancing--I just wanted him,and though we'd just been dating for a couple of weeks, I couldn't imagine my life without this guy.

By the next day, I hadn't heard from him for over 24 hours. I got it into my head that he was hurt, angry, or somehow disastrously sick, and that he wasn't contacting me because of that. I had this gnawing feeling in my stomach, and I wanted him. So, because he wasn't answering my calls, I decided to walk over to his house. He lived 5 minutes drive from my dorm, so I decided, it'd be what--a 30 minute walk?

Well, I didn't know his address, let alone the name of his street. I remembered him vaguely mentioning that you could see Michael D. Higgins' (the now current president of Ireland) house from his window, so I used that as my first point of reference. I knew we drove down Circular Road to get to my dorm, so I set out for Circular Road and Michael D. Higgins' abode.

I asked every third person if I was going the right way toward Circular Road, and when I found it, I asked everyone I met if I was going toward Michael D. Higgins' house correctly. Eventually, I found it, but only after knocking on some poor old couple's door to make sure I was still going in the right direction. I finally stalked to the end of Circular Road, sat down the stone wall on the roadside, and cried. I was so worked up by this point that Stephen was hurt...and then he called back. He'd been sleeping and incredibly hungover. :P But, he came to pick me up (I ended up being just down the street from his house...go figure...), and I was pissed off and had snot running down my face, but he listened to my anger and tried to kiss the anger out of me, and we almost broke up...but now he told me he thought it was secretly romantic, what I did.

[blankita719]

Back in 1997, after my SO and I had already broken up due to the distance, I told him I didn't care what he said, I thought we were good together and I was coming up to prove it to him. I bought a plane ticket to stay with him for 2 weeks when I was 19 without telling my parents (even though I didn't live with them anymore) and I went up to show him he was wrong Long story short, but that trip didn't keep us together, although it was great because I got to spend the time with him and we agreed that we still needed each other in our lives, but at that time could only be friends. Things worked out eventually for us, but taking that trip by myself at 19 - the first time I'd ever flown alone was scary for me.

[floridaellen]

Oh I forgot to mention this one....

I bought a ticket for my SO to come visit me in October. I live in my parent's other house in Florida and my grandparents tend to wander in and out. So I had to hide my SO during the whole week he was here. He didn't tell a soul he was coming and my parents still don't know he was here. It was the best week ever.

[lilspitfire]

I just took a shower and recorded it on Youtube. I uploaded it private, but so far this is the wildest thing I've done. :blushes:

[differentcountries]

Well, before we had the first visit I sent him half my salary so he could buy a smart phone (to Skype etc). I had known him live for less than a week, been together live 2 days, I did not know his adress or really anything "important "about him. People were like, are you mad? Giving that much money to a stranger? Yep.

Yes, and I did not have any real job or really any money, but I cut out spending money on myself and just jumped a plane to see him. I had flown alone internationally ONCE at that point. I did have credit cards for hotel just in case, but apart from that I just trusted him. Turned out I had told him the wrong time so he was not there, and it was evening and even so I near fainted from the heat. But we met and everything fine.

Later I took 3 flights to his small home town in rural Turkey where noone speaks English and there were an ox in the basement :-D

I have travelled with extremely little money. I rent a flat in another country. I shift around work to see him. Yep... And time and again I have let him see my vonerable sides and he has never flinched.

[GuineaPunk]

Reading everyone else's stories, I just feel reckless and stupid now!

I've done the sending money abroad, done the ignoring my family and shooting off abroad anyway, done the hopping into bed too early, done the flight for 22 hours via the Middle East alone, to land in Nairobi at 1:00am with no-one to pick me up! I just kind of turned the safety switch off, ditched the 'getting to know you phase' and jumped in full throttle from the word go.

But this is the craziest thing I've done. Three days after first meeting my SO (considering we couldn't really talk during the day because he was working) I ducked out of my guest house room and hopped on the back of a boda-boda with him to go drinking in a small town in Uganda. Didn't speak the local lingo, had maybe $30 equivalent currency on me, and had only spoken to my SO for maybe two hours tops at this point. When we returned at 3:00 am in the morning the gate was locked, so we had to shimmy under the fencing and hope the security guard with the AK-47 wouldn't spot us (he didn't). Then, as I had locked my dorm-mate into our room for the night because she felt unsafe, I felt too guilty waking her so I stayed in my SO's little two man tent with him for the night. I'm normally so sensible! That night was pretty crazy on all accounts, but it was probably one of the best nights of my life.

If anyone ever sees me posting personal safety advice, please feel free to admonish me

[differentcountries]

I love that you said hopping into bed too early, that is just so old fashioned and sweet, everybody I know have sex right away. I thought I waited long, almost a day after I kissed him the first time :-)

[GuineaPunk]

I love that you said hopping into bed too early, that is just so old fashioned and sweet, everybody I know have sex right away. I thought I waited long, almost a day after I kissed him the first time :-)

I don't think I could ever do that, just in case sex is all they were after. Even if I was okay with that, I don't think I would have the self confidence!

[Miasmata]

Likely all the money I've spent and will spend on this relationship. I have quite a few savings that I inherited from my father when he passed away, and since it always mattered to my father to make me happy, I vowed to never use that money for any other purpose - It's definitely there for my education and future, first and foremost, but my SO is one of the few other things that I would say are worth of having this money spent on.

[differentcountries]

I don't think I could ever do that, just in case sex is all they were after. Even if I was okay with that, I don't think I would have the self confidence!

I think I would be ok if he wanted just sex, too. I was leaving two days later, so I guess I figured it could go both ways. I didn't really think it that much through, to be honest. I just wanted to explore present time with him, and he made me feel relaxed and cared for right away. I have never been very shy in bed, but I also have almost never had one night stands, all my relationships have just started like this.

[Alexandra]

I guess mines would have to be when I flew international on an airplane for the first time. I had never been on an airplane before and I am terrified with heights. Which I still don't like the taking off and landing part still. Going to see him wasn't so bad, but they did break my luggage :< But the trip back was the worst! Not just because i would miss him but also I had to stay in the airport for a whole night because they missed up with my flights. In the end I told him I would do it all over again and it was worth it just to be with him.

[aniay]

He sugested me coming over (for the first time) So I bought the tickets and was flying to him in a matter of month only for a weekend. Pretty crazy for me.