Tonight I have firsts on my mind. First crush, first kiss, first love, first time, first heartbreak… I know, oddly innocent and nostalgic, but after my buddy LJ Kentowski mentioned in the last blog that I had a ton of memories, I figured it was time to jog everyone’s memory. So please, sit, relax and take a ride with me on this train of reminiscing. Think back to your firsts…when you hear the word, what comes to your mind? Bet it’s more than one thing!
My first solo: in church. I was 2. Song? Jesus Loves Me!
First Plane trip: 8 months old. From Philippines to California.
First best friend: a little blond girl named Corinne. Unfortunately the friendship was short lived based on all the travel our family did with the military. I was 3 and she was 4.
First crush: a boy in the Philippines. His name was Michael. He was 7, I was 6. He was my teacher’s nephew. He gave me my first kiss on the cheek. We lost touch when I moved to the states, but eventually got back in touch when I was in 8th grade.
First “real” kiss: I was 14. The boyfriend’s name was Joe. He had dark, almost black hair, dark brown eyes, a smattering of freckles over his turned up nose, and sexy lips. He was also the first boyfriend to give me his jean jacket to wear as a sign that we were dating.
First love: a boy named Jay. I was 15, he was 16. He was Italian. Brown hair and eyes. He had olive skin and an awesome tan to go with an awesome body. We were both big flirts. Our song was Atlantic Starr’s Always. He was a football player and wrestler. His sister was one of my two best friends. The other one was a girl named Laura. He cheated on me with her, effectively ending our friendship. Later I forgave him and took him back. He would be the first and last guy I’d do that with. This also makes him my first heartbreak. We were just too volatile for each other in the end. To this day I hate that song.
First time: actually, it’s kind of sweet! It was hubby. I was 9 days from my 20th birthday. I’d decided long ago that I wasn’t going to rush sex. I wanted it to be something I wouldn’t look back on with regret. Too many of my friends were like that. I decided waiting till marriage would be unrealistic for me. So I decided I needed to wait for someone I was in love with.
First job: babysitting at 13 years old. She paid me $5 an hour. The kid’s name was Michael & he was my brother’s best friend.
What firsts do you remember? Do you look back on them with nostalgia?
Here’s an awesome song about firsts that could’ve been written for hubby and me.
fantastic song….real schmaltzy but I’m a sucker for schmaltz 🙂
First dog I ever had : 1980 – a Shepherd named Boomer
First love : A girl named Jacque… we grew up together and her brother was my best friend. I was 14. We moved an year later and that was the end of that.
First kiss : Jacque again. Age 8
First time : a barmaid (whose name I can’t recollect) in Marseilles in 1994
First jump out of a plane : 1995 in Calvi, Corsica
First (and only) time I pissed in my pants :Rwanda 1995
First car : Ford Bronco 1999
First heartbreak : Sri Lanka 2012
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LOL! I guess I’m s sucker for schmaltz, too. Sorry to hear your i rest heartbreak is this year.
Ok…dying to know…what caused you to pee your pants in Rwanda?
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Angry mob of black people with machetes 🙂
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Yeah, angry people swinging machetes is cause to wet one’s self. By the way, our first dog was a shepherd, too. Got him in 1980 or 81, I believe.
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beautiful, intelligent, intuitive, loyal animals…shepherds are 🙂
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Love the song. I keep it on several different playlist. I especially love the version by Rod Stewart. I also love your ‘first time’ for a blog. Instead of sharing here–I’m going to store away the idea for a future blog. Great work.
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Wonderful, Sheri! I look forward to reading about yours one day. 🙂
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All of my firsts happened in the dark ages when dinosaurs roamed the earth sooooo. No memories going forth here. LOL Great idea though Kitt.
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Dinosaurs, huh? LOL! You’re so funny. Well, Even though you chose not to share, I hope it got you reminiscing…if a little nostalgic.
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So many firsts in our lives huh? It’s amazing how that still continues on and sometimes it seems like there is a first every day! That’s what I love about life 🙂
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Isn’t it great? There’s something very exciting about going through life and always finding a new cherry to pop. 🙂
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Haha! Great way of putting it 🙂
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You know me…any chance to use a cute innuendo. LOL!
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You have an excellent memory! Or mine just sucks. I can’t remember two of my ex boyfriend’s full names, let alone describe them in detail. 😉
I think that’s sweet that your hubby was your first time. 🙂 Same here with my current boyfriend, my first and only. I felt the same way, I didn’t want to regret the first time, but I also didn’t want to wait til I was married…haha. So 18 seemed like a good age. 😀
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My sister would tell you that I’m usually the keeper of memories. It’s very similar with books. Rarely do I have to read things more than once. I think it’s sweet that your boyfriend was your first. 🙂
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Like it a whole bunch that the first time was with hubby. Nice to know that still happens in this sexually liberated world! True liberation means you have the right to say no, too, but that get overlooked.
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LOL! You’re so right. Truly, it’s one of my biggest pet peeves about the pro-life/pro-choice debate. Believing a person has a right to choose is very different from believing that a person should have an abortion.
Ok, stepping off the soapbox before I get all crazy. 😉
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One of my best friends is an elderly lady who tells it like it is. She’s short and square and has a voice that’s held on to its Jersey in spite of decades in Texas. I met her when she was the Minister to Women at a local church. Once a very earnest women’s libber asked, “But Vickie, don’t you think a woman should have a choice?” Her reply, “Of course I do! I just think she should exercise it before she gets in bed, not afterwards.”
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Although there is definite truth to that, it’s not the only circumstance that happens & puts a woman in such a position.
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I agree with that, as would she, but for the purposes of the conversation it was hilarious.
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My first camera…a Kodak Instamatic. I took it into the backyard and tried to photograph battle scenes using my toy army men. The pictures never turned out like I had hoped in my head.
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Ah, but if you would repeat the exercise today, I bet they would. That’s the beauty of repetition. What a great insight into the talent you are today! Thanks. 🙂
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I wasn’t familiar with the song so went straight to YouTube and listening now 🙂 Fun post.
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Thanks! What you said reminded me of another first. First song boyfriend sang against my lips…I Remember You by Skid Row. I was 18 & his name was Brad. Blond hair, blue eyes, 6’…gymnast.
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Brad sounds pretty damn nice 🙂
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He was…LOL!
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Ha! Just remembered…he was also the first time I used restraints…thumb cuffs on him to have my wicked way with his 6 pack. 😉
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Kinky
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Awwwww…love it! I especially love how you waiting till you were in love for your first time and weren’t in a rush to rush sex. That’s is uberliciously fabulous. Warms my heart. I was more like your gal pals and had a lot of guilt and shame…so your story is extra beautiful to me.
Great post. Gonna mark this down as an idea!! 🙂
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Thanks, Natalie! So glad you liked it. As for hubby being my first…I’m so glad I followed my gut & waited. 🙂
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Ohhh….I’m so happy I instigated this! So glad I could be your pusher down memory lane 🙂 okay, a first for me…well, my first “real” boyfriend was Mike at age 13 and we dated all the way up until my first year of college. Good times… But we outgrew each other.
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Sometimes that happens. Back in my younger years I went through boyfriends the same way most people go through socks. So you were better than me. I didn’t “do” long term, LIL!
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That’s kind of how I was for a few years after the long term guy. Guess I felt I had to have a little fun after 🙂
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Nothing wrong with having a little fun…
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Indeed 😉
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Hi there!
Just wanted to let you know that I featured this post on my blog for this week! I’m featuring one post every day of the week (updated weekly), and yours is in the “Thoughtful Thursdays” category. Feel free to check it out, it’s on the right hand side of my blog (you might have to scroll down a bit).
Cheers!
Marie
Good Morning, Joe
http://goodmorningjoe.wordpress.com/
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Thanks Marie!
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No problem!
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Ha ha! $5 an hour for babysitting, first time out? This dates me. My first babysitting job: $.50 an hour. Kid you not. Of course, with inflation that’s probably about $50 an hour now.
Fun post.
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Thanks! And you’re probably right about inflation. Who could afford a sitter at those high costs. And just so you know…$5 an hour back then was pretty high, too…but that is what they offered. I’d have been stupid not to accept. 🙂
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You grabbed me on this one… I also am a sucker… What a great little schmaltzie post! I love it!
First Best Friend…. Terri… still is…
First Dog… Bridgette
First Boyfriend… Chuck…
First car….1978 Fiat
Thanks for the walk down memory lane.. I could go on and on…lol.
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Aww! I think it’s great that your first best friend is still your best friend. Thanks for playing along! 🙂
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