"friday five" ... how was it for YOU ?

Published on July 9, 2004 By mignuna In Philosophy

so ... "how was it for you ?" ... what was it like the first time you ...

1/ fell in love ?

2/ got drunk ?

3/ drove a car ?

4/ had sex ?

5/ got a job ?

everybody is welcome ... be as serious or as silly as you like ... and if you want to skip (or change) any of the questions for a personal reason, please feel free to do so (ie: you may not be sexually active, but may like to share what happened with your first kiss) and that is just as welcome (we're all romantics here, apparently

... the goal is to have fun and to get to know each other a little better ... please feel free to join in

vanessa/mig XX

Comments (Page 1)

Mackintosh

on Jul 09, 2004

1) Oh the pain, the horrible pain...Oh the excitement, oh God I feel wonderful!...Oh the pain, the horrible pain

2) Duhhh...duhhh...oooh...*lamp smashes on the foor* whee...headspin

3) Righto, I'll make sure never to drive on the sidewalk again

4) Damn, that was fast

5) You mean I have to scrub toilets for a living and you'll pay me how much for that? Meh, good enough.

mignuna

on Jul 09, 2004

was this all in the one night, macky ?

Floozie

on Jul 09, 2004

FELL IN LOVE - Adam, who I met at McDonald's, was 2 years older than my tender age of 16. He was SO cool, especially considering he owned a shiny, purple Holden Gemini (you Aussies will understand how horribly embarrassing this is!) We went out for about a year and a half until I broke up with him for no apparent reason. Another innocent boy broken. I still feel guilty about that one.

GOT DRUNK - I was almost 15. My brother worked for Toohey's and as such got a free case of beer every week. Our house was full to the brim of different kinds of beer - every cupboard and alcove had at least one case snuck in there. No one will probably remember this beer, but Toohey's released Blue Bock in about 1994/1995. I can't remember what market they were even going for now, but it must have been for people who didn't particularly like beer. It was terrible. As such this beer didn't move quickly from our house. When I was invited to my first proper party - one with out parents and where people would be, gasp!, smoking, I spent the week siphoning this beer from different parts of the house. I took three bottles altogther, and thought I was really wasted. Oh the innocence of the young!

DROVE A CAR - My brother took me for my first driving lesson when I was 15 in his red Ford Meteor. After doing three burn outs due to little understanding of the whole accelerator/clutch mechanism, he decreed that he would never teach me again.

HAD SEX - I was 18 and not having slept with my first boyfriend, thought it would be a great idea to lose my virginity to the next guy that came along. He was at least my boyfriend at the time, I suppose. It happened in my parent's bed *cringe*

GOT A JOB - Good old McDonald's employed me. They brain wash you so much that 8 years later I can still remember the six steps of service!

Good one, Mig xx

Muggaz

on Jul 09, 2004

1/ fell in love ?

The first time i fell in love was when i was in grade 2... this amazing blonde girl... Kate Williamson or something like this... I remember seeing her and just beeing awestruck with her beauty!!! I thought it was love!! hehe... falling in love is a good feeling to have... I am experiencing it at the moment... love is so much better than lust, you fall in lust everyday, but when you fall in love, you really know.

2/ got drunk ?

Funnily enough, I dont really remember my first occasion of getting drunk... I remember the first time I got absolutely wasted though... I was 16 years old, and my sister had a house warming party... in hindsight, it was quite irresponsible of my sister and her friends, but they had me drink 14 shots of Vodka in the space of about 45 minutes... I was paraletic, and was unable to drink vodka for many years! My older sister had to drive me home that night, and I will never forget leaning out of the side of the car at regular intervals

3/ drove a car ?

It was my oldest sisters car... I had no idea what I was doing... we used to drive around the industrial complex down the road... eventually my confidence grew, and I became a very naughty boy - i would frequently take my mums car out if i knew she was gone for the night! this was about a year before I got my license! I rode my luck... several times i was petrified, because of pulling up next to cops or whatever... i was a bad widdle boy

4/ had sex ?

I was 16 years old... I had only met the girl the weekend before... this chick, well, she wanted me!!! My neighbor had his birthday party... we were fooling around there, and we just walked over to my place! My mum wasn't home, and i was already intoxicated... It was so much fun!!! I dont want to be to explicit, but i had heard all about rug munching, and i was keen to give it a try, I got into that before the sex, and it drove her wild... she had no idea she was a virgin! I was ever so proud of my efforts!

5/ got a job ?

I have always had jobs handed to me in my youth... working at the service station my brother in law worked at, then the McDonalds my sister worked at, so I dont really count those as uber acheivements, but when I got my current job, that was on my own merits, and it felt fantastic... I was working at a factory killing time while i waited for a good job, and I remember when I got the phone call telling me I had the job, i just walked up to my superviser, told him thanks for having me, and scooted out... I guess I haven't looked back since!

BAM!!!

Poetmom99

on Jul 09, 2004

1/ fell in love ?
Depends....the first time I THOUGHT I was in love, I was about eight, and it was the boy next door. We spent lots of time together, we planned our wedding, the horse farm we were going to have, the Triple Crown winners we were going to raise , etc---we just took it for granted that we'd be together forever. The first time I ACTUALLY fell in love, I was 38....and it was beyond words.

2/ got drunk ?
I honestly don't remember a lot about it....it was my freshman year in college, and it was at a Friday night Beer Blast...there was lots of drinking, lots of dancing, and lots of silly giggling.....and a MAJOR headache the next day!!

3/ drove a car ?
My dad took me out to the fairgrounds after I got my learners permit, to teach me to drive his Ford Pinto (standard transmission, of course)....the only thing I clearly remember is not being able to make the turn, and crashing into a chain link fence--thankfully I was only going about 5MPH, so there was no real harm done!!

4/ had sex ?
My reaction was "So that's it? That's what all the fuss is about?" It was a HUGE letdown....fortunately, I did eventually discover what all the fuss is about!

5/ got a job ?
I was 17, and I spent the summer babysitting four yr old twin girls, at their father's house, complete with pool. We had a BLAST!

mignuna

on Jul 09, 2004

Reply By: FlooziePosted: Friday, July 09, 2004FELL IN LOVE - Adam, who I met at McDonald's

oh no, he's not the same guy who was involved in the "infamous 5kg block of fat" incident, is he, suz ?

I spent the week siphoning this beer from different parts of the house

i can imagine the teenage suz sneaking past the parents with beer under her jacket hehe

After doing three burn outs due to little understanding of the whole accelerator/clutch mechanism, he decreed that he would never teach me again.

oh me too. to this day i can't drive my husbands' car

It happened in my parent's bed *cringe*

alright suz ! now those are the kind of sordid details i love

Good old McDonald's employed me

ahhh, the good old McJob ... and the six steps of service ? ewww. sounds scary

Oh the pain, the horrible pain...Oh the excitement, oh God I feel wonderful!...Oh the pain, the horrible pain

oh, macky. and you're still doing it

Duhhh...duhhh...oooh...*lamp smashes on the foor* whee...headspin

oh no, what muggaz would call "spinny whinny"

Righto, I'll make sure never to drive on the sidewalk again

bah. at least you didn't run anyone over

Damn, that was fast

hehe macky. i'm sure you rallied

You mean I have to scrub toilets for a living and you'll pay me how much for that? Meh, good enough

oh dear. um. how awful for you. thankyou macky

Reply By: Muggaz: The first time i fell in love was when i was in grade 2

no surprises there. aww, how cute

My older sister had to drive me home that night, and I will never forget leaning out of the side of the car at regular intervals

bleuch. same. i can still hear my sister going "will you NOT puke in my car please vanessa"

i would frequently take my mums car out if i knew she was gone for the night! this was about a year before I got my license

shame on you muggy. you're a role model now (ps: me too hehe)

I was 16 years old...

i had heard all about rug munching

she had no idea i was a virgin! I was ever so proud of my efforts!

i love men with big sisters, i really do

Reply By: Poetmom99: Depends....the first time I THOUGHT I was in love, I was about eight, and it was the boy next door. We spent lots of time together, we planned our wedding, the horse farm we were going to have, the Triple Crown winners we were going to raise , etc---we just took it for granted that we'd be together forever

oh poetmom, that's so sweet. the bliss of first love is the ignorance that it can ever end. do you know what happened to him ?

The first time I ACTUALLY fell in love, I was 38....and it was beyond words.

yeah. i think i know those words there are no words for

got drunk ? ... I honestly don't remember a lot about it

poetmom, then you sound like you had a good time ! (except for the headache of course)

the only thing I clearly remember is not being able to make the turn, and crashing into a chain link fence--thankfully I was only going about 5MPH, so there was no real harm done!!

i can imagine your dads' face, too hehe

had sex ?My reaction was "So that's it? That's what all the fuss is about?" It was a HUGE letdown....fortunately, I did eventually discover what all the fuss is about!

that was me EXACTLY !. i was like "is this all you do ? ... that's not so great"

got a job ?I was 17, and I spent the summer babysitting four yr old twin girls, at their father's house, complete with pool. We had a BLAST!

oh, for a job that involves swimming and giggling with kids in the sun !. what a dreamy introduction to work, poetmom

thanks everyone

vanessa/mig XX

Kayles

on Jul 09, 2004

1/ fell in love ? It hurts!
2/ got drunk ? I don't know, I blacked out. My ex told me, though, that before I passed out, I managed to name all of the condiments in the fridge and dance in my bra on the dining room table. This is in front of three male housemates, mind you! Not only that, I was only 16. I was a wild child, oh wait, I still am!!
3/ drove a car ? It was scary. I was 18. I waited to drive because I was so scared, but I'm just fine with it now!
4/ had sex ? It was a horrible, awful, experience. Maybe I'll talk about it some day.
5/ got a job ? I loved my first job! I worked in an after school program for grade school children when I was in highschool.

Poetmom99

on Jul 09, 2004

oh poetmom, that's so sweet. the bliss of first love is the ignorance that it can ever end. do you know what happened to him ?

Last time I talked to his mother, I found out that he's married, has a couple of kids, and is a TV news anchor in Cleveland.

shadesofgrey

on Jul 09, 2004

1/ fell in love ?
I think Macky summed it up pretty well--it was blissful hell.

2/ got drunk ?
I don't remember the first time at all--but I do remember the first time I puked--not a pretty sight--it is also the last time I threw up due to alcohol. Sometimes I'm a quick study.

3/ drove a car ?
The first time I crashed into a car was when I was six and riding my father's riding lawnmower up and down the street until I crashed it into the side of his truck...quite a bit of damage too...oops

4/ had sex ?
due to actually knowing people around here in real life, and not wanting to offend anyone, I'm just going to skip right over this one.

5/ got a job ?
My first real job was working at a seafood restaurant in the summer--quickly followed by a winter job at Taco Bell--yup, I went for the glamor jobs! I'm pretty sure I detested both.

WiseFawn

on Jul 09, 2004

1/ fell in love ? I was 11 and fell in love with Donny Osmond. I daydreamed for hours on end.

2/ got drunk ? I was 14 and found out that I am one of those that get very, very sexual on alcohol.

3/ drove a car ? I felt like I was playing grown up.

5/ got a job ? I'll always remember spending my first paycheck. I got a purple lamp and a blouse. I was so proud!

And you know what I'm going to ask!

psychx

on Jul 09, 2004

1/ fell in love ? I was 15 I dated a girl that was 3 years older than me, consequently she had me around her finger. I also realized that pain comes in 2 flavors physical and emotional.

2/ got drunk ? Heh I still remember this as if it was yesterday. I was 15 and I got drunk with a few friends and throughout that night I told everyone I loved them, told my life story to one of my buddies, told a table at a restaurant full of guys that I would beat them all up and ended up in my house 4 hours later not remembering how I got home.

3/ drove a car ? In school in a drivers ed class with a teacher. It came natural to me so I really have no story here.

4/ had sex ? The same girl I fell in love from my first answer. It lifted my ego for a month as I recall.

5/ got a job ? Good old M'CD's coming through and hiring me at 15 to work the drive through. I remember how much I slacked off and the manager even game me what she called a suck award right when she fired me a few months later. I showed her though I got a job right across the street where she could see me the very next week.

Splateaux

on Jul 09, 2004

1/ fell in love ?
I had thought I had been in love before, but when I met my wife, that all got thrown out the window. I was at the dorms (what the Air Force calls it's barracks

), sitting down on the patio getting drunk with some fellow soldier types. Someone mentioned a new girl living in the dorms, so I head on up to her room to talk her into coming down and drinking with us. She came. She then proceeded to turn me down over the next couple months (some call it stalking, I call it love), until I convinced her that we should hook up. It was great!

2/ got drunk ?
As someone mentioned above, I remember the first time I got REALLY trashed! It was great... until I tried to sleep. It was at my first base, Brooks AFK in San Antonio. The whole dorm had a party, like they did most weekends, and I was meeting all sorts of new people. Nothing really special happened, except that I decided to never drink Screwdrivers again. When I finally "felt" my way to my room, I tried to go to sleep. I laid down, but the room kept spinning. I got up and realized that I needed to throw up. Well, the sink was next to me, the bathroom was about 10 feet away, even some grass was only about 15 feet away through my door... I figured the corner of the room would probably be the best place to throw up though... My room never lost the stink.

3/ drove a car ?
The first time I tried to drive a stick, my friend said, "just let go of the clutch, and hit the gas" So, I did. He forgot to mention I would have to change gears REALLY fast since I had peeled out rather badly by just 'releasing' the clutch and slamming the gas

He didn't let me drive his car again.

4/ had sex ?
Bah!!! It sucked! I barely like the girl. I had barely a clue what to do, and of course it was over WAY too fast. Took a lot of practice to get it right

5/ got a job ?
I've always had a job, but my first would be walking around base housing with a lawnmower asking to mow people's yards. Then my friends and I would walk around asking to wash people's cars. The lazy brats in my neighborhood now never ask to wash my car

David St Hubbins

on Jul 09, 2004

1/ fell in love ? I was in university, we were together for 2 years, it was on the whole intense, fun, innocent.

2/ got drunk ? I was 13 and split a mickey of vodka with some other neighbourhood kids down by the river. When I got home my mom and her future husband announced they were getting married. I don't know how they didn't notice I was drunk.

3/ drove a car ? My parents had a strict 'no fun' policy so they didn't let me near their station wagon with fake wood panelling and the bumper sticker that read 'This car stops at all garage sales'. I bought my first vehicle, a van, when attending university in Vancouver, and it felt vantastic.

4/ had sex ? Heheheh, the usual: young and awkward.

5/ got a job ? My first job was at a burger chain, A&W, shortly after I turned 14. I made french fries and onion rings, your basic fast food job. I was big for a kid, so they thought I was 18 and paid me $4.00/hr rather than the under 18 minimum of $3.15. I sure liked the paycheques, but remember taking the bus home after 8 hours of making onion rings and reeking so badly no one would sit near me. I soon found a better job that summer working outdoors.

mignuna

on Jul 09, 2004

i'm going to split this comment in 2. it's going everywhere because i talk (type?) too much hehe. so the responses to kayles, poetmom and shades are in here, and i'll do the other half now. (i can't cut them down, i like doing them too much. mig) XX

Reply By: KaylesPosted: Friday, July 09, 20041/ fell in love ? It hurts!

oh no !. no nice warm fuzzies for you, kayles ?

that before I passed out, I managed to name all of the condiments in the fridge and dance in my bra on the dining room table

that's a fabulous thing to do. i'm so proud of you, kayles

3/ drove a car ? It was scary. I was 18

yeah. my mother was scaring me more than the car though with all her screaming instructions

I worked in an after school program for grade school children when I was in highschool

you worked with kids like poetmom, kayles. that's a great introduction to work. i looooove little ones !

Reply By: Poetmom99Posted: Friday, July 09, 2004 ... do you know what happened to him ? ...Last time I talked to his mother, I found out that he's married, has a couple of kids, and is a TV news anchor in Cleveland.

wow. so life turned out well for both of you. i love happy endings. i wonder if you'd know him if you saw him now ?. were you tempted to try and see him on tv ?. i would have been hehe

Reply By: shadesofgreyPosted: Friday, July 09, 20041/ fell in love ?I think Macky summed it up pretty well--it was blissful hell.

ok, we add shades to macky's growing list of those who had an "i like it/i hate it/ i love this/ i'm miserable" experience (all of us so far pretty much hehe). well done macky ! i wish you'd come back here and see how much your comment was loved

2/ got drunk ?...I don't remember the first time at all--but I do remember the first time I puked--not a pretty sight--it is also the last time I threw up due to alcohol. Sometimes I'm a quick study.

i'm with you there, shades. i got drunk enough to honk in the car just the once in my life

3/ drove a car ?...The first time I crashed into a car was when I was six and riding my father's riding lawnmower up and down the street until I crashed it into the side of his truck...quite a bit of damage too...oops

hehe shades, poetmoms' dad copped a little prang from her first attempt, too. this is so funny !

I'm just going to skip right over this one.

no worries. i'm glad you did so shades. i hope anyone else feels free to do the same with any of the questions.

got a job ?...My first real job was working at a seafood restaurant in the summer--quickly followed by a winter job at Taco Bell--yup, I went for the glamor jobs! I'm pretty sure I detested both.

but i bet at least you got to eat well ? (at the first one anyway)

THANKS YOU GUYS ... other bit of giant comment coming ....

happy mig XXX

mignuna

on Jul 09, 2004

Reply By: WiseFawnPosted: Friday, July 09, 20041/ fell in love ? I was 11 and fell in love with Donny Osmond. I daydreamed for hours on end.

oh, wisefwan. it was those beautiful teeth that did it

2/ got drunk ? I was 14 and found out that I am one of those that get very, very sexual on alcohol.

really wisefawn ?. it made you all frisky ?. i wish that happened to me hehe

3/ drove a car ? I felt like I was playing grown up.

i know that weird feeling. sort of like you're not actually "driving", like it's play acting or something

got a job ? I'll always remember spending my first paycheck. I got a purple lamp and a blouse. I was so proud!

what a wonderful image that presents

... and purple is my favourite colour

Reply By: psychxPosted: Friday, July 09, 20041/ fell in love ? I was 15 I dated a girl that was 3 years older than me, consequently she had me around her finger. I also realized that pain comes in 2 flavors physical and emotional.

that's a great description of pain, psychx. one of the most unique i've seen. you KNOW that i want you to write a blog on that now, don't you ?

I told everyone I loved them, told my life story to one of my buddies, told a table at a restaurant full of guys that I would beat them all up and ended up in my house 4 hours later not remembering how I got home

you i cannot imagine doing any of that. what a mental picture !. you big bully ! tee hee

In school in a drivers ed class with a teacher

first person so far who actually mentioned being of age and having lessons. hmm ...

The same girl I fell in love from my first answer. It lifted my ego for a month as I recall

it sounds like a positive experience, for a first time, psychx

Good old M'CD's ... I remember how much I slacked off and the manager even game me what she called a suck award right when she fired me a few months later. I showed her though I got a job right across the street where she could see me the very next week.

i hope you refrained from cheerily waving ? hehe

Reply By: SplateauxPosted: Friday, July 09, 20041/ fell in love ?I had thought I had been in love before, but when I met my wife, that all got thrown out the window ... She then proceeded to turn me down over the next couple months (some call it stalking, I call it love), until I convinced her that we should hook up. It was great!

you got the prize in the end, splateaux, and judging from your past comments about your wife, i'd say the effort was worth it

I laid down, but the room kept spinning. I got up and realized that I needed to throw up. Well, the sink was next to me, the bathroom was about 10 feet away, even some grass was only about 15 feet away through my door... I figured the corner of the room would probably be the best place to throw up though... My room never lost the stink.

another one for muggaz "spinny whinnny". (and don't feel so bad, spleteaux. one of my friends puked in her handbag in a cab once) ewwwww !

He forgot to mention I would have to change gears REALLY fast since I had peeled out rather badly by just 'releasing' the clutch and slamming the gas

hehe flying gravel, screaming friend ... i like this scenario

/ had sex ?Bah!!! It sucked! I barely like the girl. I had barely a clue what to do, and of course it was over WAY too fast. Took a lot of practice to get it right

that's you splateaux, poetmom and myself who all said "THAT was not so great"

Reply By: David St. HubbinsPosted: Friday, July 09, 20041/ fell in love ? I was in university, we were together for 2 years, it was on the whole intense, fun, innocent.

david, i'm not saying i'd change what i have now, but those times, that age, they are idyllic, aren't they ?

got drunk ? I was 13 and split a mickey of vodka with some other neighbourhood kids down by the river. When I got home my mom and her future husband announced they were getting married. I don't know how they didn't notice I was drunk

i don't know how they didn't either !. maybe they did and just thought "nah, he couldn't possibly be. he wouldn't do THAT" hehe

drove a car ? My parents had a strict 'no fun' policy so they didn't let me near their station wagon with fake wood panelling and the bumper sticker that read 'This car stops at all garage sales'. I bought my first vehicle, a van, when attending university in Vancouver, and it felt vantastic.

you know we don't have those cars in australia ?. i watch chevy chases' "vacation" movies (can you call them movies ?). (of course, i only do it for the escapism), and i can't believe the cars !. that wood panelling is so funky. (and yes, there is no beating that "first car" feeling)

had sex ? Heheheh, the usual: young and awkward.

one more truth teller here. this is great

/ got a job ? My first job was at a burger chain, A&W, shortly after I turned 14. I made french fries and onion rings, your basic fast food job. I was big for a kid, so they thought I was 18 and paid me $4.00/hr rather than the under 18 minimum of $3.15. I sure liked the paycheques, but remember taking the bus home after 8 hours of making onion rings and reeking so badly no one would sit near me. I soon found a better job that summer working outdoors.

we all laugh at the "McJob", but it seems to have served most of us very well in our "formative years". i adore onion and cook with it a lot, so i can sympathise about the smell. there is just NO getting rid of it. (and nice ruse with the wage. you deserved the higher rate for all those onions, nayway)

THANKS EVERYONE ....and yes wisefawn, i notied hehe. thankyou, you never forget me. my fingers are about to fall off now, but i will be back to do mine soon

vanessa/mig XX

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