那些年我們一起為愛瘋狂的日子

“Love made me do it”

那些年我們一起為愛而瘋狂

It’s true — love makes you do things you normally wouldn’t do. Guys turn into mush, girls start giggling, and everyone watching them gags in disgust. But, hey, that’s love. What else has the power of love driven people to do? Well, as you’ll see from these stories, quite a bit. Some have happy endings, others don’t (sorry!), but all show that love can make a person do incredible things…

愛情真的可以使人去做平常不會做的事情。男孩變得多愁善感，女孩開始咯咯傻笑，而他們身邊的人也都對他們的可笑行為嗤之以鼻。但是，嗨!那就是愛情。愛情還會使人做什么呢?下面的故事會告訴你很多。有些故事有好的結(jié)局，有些沒有。然而，所有的故事都告訴我們，愛情可以使一個人做出不可思議的事情。

I went to bat for her engagement ring 為購買一枚訂婚戒指，我傾其所有

“My girlfriend and I had been together for about three years, and I was sure she was the one I wanted to marry. Problem was, I didn’t exactly have enough money to get her a good engagement ring. So, in order to raise funds, I put my collection of baseball trading cards on eBay. We’re talking a collection that spanned, like, 20 years, thanks to some cards handed down by my dad. I was totally bummed to part with them because they were so important to me, but I really, really loved this girl. I ended up making more than enough money to pay for a ring. Problem was, when I got down on one knee, she told me that she couldn’t see spending the rest of her life with me.

— Owen, 26, Chagrin Falls, OH

我和女友在一起已經(jīng)3年多了，而且我確信她就是我要娶的那個人。但問題是，我沒有足夠的錢來給她買一個好的訂婚戒指。所以，為了籌錢，我將收集的所有棒球交易卡掛在eBay網(wǎng)上。收集這種交易卡是需要時間的，比如20年，其中一些卡是我父親傳下來的。我忍痛割舍，心情十分沮喪，因?yàn)檫@些卡片對我來說太重要了。但是， 我真的，真的非常愛這個女孩。最后，我換得了足夠購買一枚戒指的錢。然而，當(dāng)我單膝跪地時，她告訴我，她不能想象和我一起過完后半輩子的日子。

——歐文，26歲

His love of exotic food helped broaden my palate 他對異域美食的喜好豐富了我的味蕾

“My boyfriend loves going to exotic restaurants. I, on the other hand, am a ‘burger and fries’ girl. I’d always been able to avoid eating anything too disgusting at most of his favorite places, but then he took me to a sushi place. Despite hearing all sorts of good things about sushi, I couldn’t shake the fact that it was raw fish, and honestly gagged whenever I thought about it. My boyfriend really urged me to give it a chance, though, and I trusted his judgment. I picked up a piece of spicy tuna roll, felt my stomach flip over, shoved it into my mouth, and choked it down. I thought I was going to lose it, but stayed calm — it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, and my boyfriend really loved the fact that I gave it a chance. Who knew that I would wind up eating sushi?”

— Erin, 32, Salt Lake City, UT

我男友熱衷于去異域風(fēng)味兒的餐館吃飯。而我卻是個“漢堡薯?xiàng)l”控。去他最喜歡的地方吃飯，大多時候，我都不吃那些很讓人惡心的食物，后來他帶我去一家壽司店。盡管聽說過各種關(guān)于壽司的好處，我還是不可置否，那就是生魚，而每每想到這個，我就想嘔吐。我男友鼓勵我試一試，我便抱著試試看的心態(tài)，拿起一片辣的金槍魚卷，吞咽下去，就感覺到反胃，要涌向我嘴里，我壓了下去。我覺的我快瘋了，但是冷靜點(diǎn)兒，并沒有我想象的那么糟糕。我的男友很開心，因?yàn)槲抑辽賴L試了。誰知道我吃壽司的時候是多么地緊張?

——艾琳，32歲

I didn’t think before getting her name in ink...我以前從未想過會將她的名字刺青

“Everyone says you should never tattoo a woman’s name on your arm in the name of love. I learned my lesson the hard way. I was so enamored with this girl I dated in college that I marched into the tattoo parlor and had them ink her name on my left arm. Even the tattoo artist discouraged me, but I wasn’t hearing it. Sure enough, we broke up half a year later, and I had to get her name covered up with some stupid design. What can I say? I’m an idiot.”

— Jordan, 25, Las Vegas, NV

“每個人都說永遠(yuǎn)不要以愛情為名將一個女人的名字刺青在胳膊上。我著實(shí)上了一課。我是如此地迷戀這個我在大學(xué)時就開始交往的女孩以至于我去紋身店將她的名字刺青在我的左胳膊上。甚至那個刺青師都勸我不要那樣做，但是我不聽。果不其然，我們半年后就分手了，而我不得不用一些愚蠢的圖案來遮住她的名字。我能說什么呢?我就是個白癡。 ”

——喬丹，25歲

His encouragement helped me hit all the right notes 他的鼓勵使我顛覆自我

“Normally, I’m super-shy – at least, until I started dating my current boyfriend. He’s very outgoing, and he always invited me to karaoke night with his friends at their local hangout. Everyone was getting up to sing... except me. After a few drinks — OK, maybe more than a few — I was able to step out of my comfort zone and get on stage for the first time ever. I sang ‘I Love Rock and Roll’ and completely shocked everyone, including my boyfriend, who said it was one of the sexiest things he’d ever seen. Thank you, Jack Daniels and Joan Jett.”

— Dawn, 23, Baltimore, MD

“通常情況下，我非常害羞，至少在我和現(xiàn)任男友開始交往前。他是一個非常外向的人，他經(jīng)常邀請我和他朋友們一起去K歌。除我外，每個人都會唱上一曲。幾杯酒下肚后，好吧，也許好幾杯。我就走出休息區(qū)，然后第一次站上臺。我唱了一首《我喜歡搖滾》，完全讓每個人都驚呆了，包括我的男友，他說這是他見過的最性感的一件事。謝謝你，杰克，丹尼爾和瓊.杰特。”

——潼恩，23歲

I found out the hard way that our love wasn’t going to go the distance. 我發(fā)現(xiàn)我們的愛情走不了那么長的距離

“My boyfriend of a year and four months had to move for his job. It wasn’t dramatically far away, but it was still three states over. I was living in Ohio then, and he had to move to Maryland. We talked on the phone, wrote letters and all that, and I could tell that he was getting increasingly homesick. I decided to surprise him by ducking out of work early one Friday, driving over to see him — it’s about five or six hours by car — and cheering him up. Turns out I didn’t need to, though, because when I showed up at his apartment that night, I found him having dinner with a woman he met at work. At least I didn’t need to worry about staying awake on the long drive home — I was too upset to fall asleep.”

— Jackie, 27, Manhasset, NY

“我和男友交往一年四個月，因?yàn)楣ぷ髟颍坏貌话峒?。而我們相距不是一般的遠(yuǎn)，有跨越3個州的距離。那時我住在俄亥俄州，而他不得不搬到馬里蘭。我們煲電話粥，寫信等等，而我也感受到他越來越想家。我決定找個周五早點(diǎn)去看他，給他一個驚喜。開車去看他大概需要5-6小時的車程，他一定會很雀躍的。然而，結(jié)果并不是我想的那樣， 因?yàn)楫?dāng)我晚上出現(xiàn)在他公寓時，我看到他正在和一個工作時認(rèn)識的女人共進(jìn)晚餐。至少，我不用擔(dān)心在回去的路上會睡著，因?yàn)槲姨珎牧?，根本無法睡覺。”

——杰基，27歲

Loving her helped me take the plunge 對他的愛使我勇于冒險

“I’m scared to death of heights, flying, even standing on a chair to change a light bulb. Lucky for me, so was my girlfriend. I was perfectly fine being a scaredy-cat, but for whatever reason, she wanted to face her fear and signed us up to go skydiving together. I don’t know how she convinced me to go, but there I was, up in a plane, with a professional instructor and a parachute strapped to my back. After we both landed, she ran into my arms, thrilled and excited, and said, ‘I’m so glad we did that together. I’ll never forget it’ and we kissed. I was just happy I didn’t throw up!”

— Will, 24, Cleveland, OH

“我恐高，害怕飛行，甚至站在椅子上換燈泡都讓我感到恐懼。幸運(yùn)的是，我女友也一樣。我對我的膽小鬼行徑樂此不疲，但是，出于種種原因，她想要直面恐懼并帶我一起去跳傘。我不知道她是怎么說服我的，但是我去了，我們一同乘飛機(jī)飛行到高空中，旁邊坐著專業(yè)指導(dǎo)員，背上綁著降落傘。我們都落地后，她飛奔向我懷中，很興奮，很激動地說， ‘我們一起跳傘了，我太高興了。我永遠(yuǎn)不會忘記.’ 然后我們接吻。我很開心我沒有嘔吐!”

——威爾，24歲