As an adult - whats the craziest thing you have ever done?

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Anonymous wrote:As much as I love your story, OP, how did you waltz into all the nice restaurants and, more so, the cooking school without booking well beforehand? Just finding a place to stay would have wasted one of the days right off the bat.

all credit goes to teh amazing concierge at the Ritz, he made it all happen! Plus getting a spot for one is a lot easier than say a table for four,etc...there are many cooking schools, I told him any one of them was fine. Turns out I got lucky and go into one on the best (last minute cancellation) when the stars are aligned it all works out.

I looked up prices at the Ritz and I believe you You probably just bought the culinary school of your liking.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As much as I love your story, OP, how did you waltz into all the nice restaurants and, more so, the cooking school without booking well beforehand? Just finding a place to stay would have wasted one of the days right off the bat.

all credit goes to teh amazing concierge at the Ritz, he made it all happen! Plus getting a spot for one is a lot easier than say a table for four,etc...there are many cooking schools, I told him any one of them was fine. Turns out I got lucky and go into one on the best (last minute cancellation) when the stars are aligned it all works out.

I looked up prices at the Ritz and I believe you You probably just bought the culinary school of your liking.

Teacher here, I laugh at how much of my yearly salary I would blow on a trip like this. Sigh.

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Anonymous wrote:I was going through a rough time last year,it was a combination of becoming an empty nester, saying goodbye to my youngest, trying to find myself again (and feeling very lost). I suddenly felt like the world was moving without me and I was losing precious time.

One day (after my husband said he wasn't wanting to take a short trip to Paris) at my suggestion, I was feeling super edgy and literally bought myself a ticket to Paris for that night. Packed my bags and left for the airport bout the time my husband was coming home. I left him a letter telling him for once I was doing something for me, I was only going for 4 days. My son incidentally was away for a break with a family friend.

I have never ever done anything like that and the Valium and martini I had right before boarding were very much needed as my liquid courage. I spoke on the phone to him as I was boarding, he was dumbstruck and I explained i just needed to do it. We spoke at length once I landed and I kind of unleashed of all I had been feeling for a long time, that he in his defense knew nothing about. He ended up being really cool and understanding about it.

I spent four blissful days going to a cooking school I have dreamed about attending, eating in some of the restaurants I have had on a list for a long time, stayed at the Ritz, and treated myself to a few wonderful "souvenirs". I spent long days at the museums, walking along the Seine and room service last night there. It was heaven. I came back feeling totally recharged and like a new person. I never looked back, now I am so happy I acted on impulse as crazy as it seemed at that time. So much so I will do it again in Sept. but this time my husband has a heads up

I love this story. This is so great.

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We went to the beach with two other families the Summer of 2019. All our kids were classmates/teamates on sports teams.

Each couple got a master suite and the kids split two bunk rooms. Our master had a jack and jill bathroom with a huge mirrored wall. I was showering and saw that the door to the other bedroom wasnt fully closed and I could see the mom watching me in the mirror, so I jacked off and she watched. Not a word was ever said about it.

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Off topic, but that last story reminded me that the Bryan Adams song "The Summer of 69" is not about the year 1969, but of activities performed during the summer.

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Anonymous wrote:Now I’m jealous!

My best friend does stuff like this all the time. She has lived on and off communes (currently lives on one). Got upset at her kids school, took them out that day, and now homeschools all 5 (she does have a PhD). Quite a few times she sold or donated everything she owned and then they packed up the car and moved away. In high school she would donate all her clothes every season. She had really great clothes, but only like 10 pieces. She’s basically a nomad. Her and I backpacked Europe one summer, zero plans, and we slept under bridges. It was epic.

How are her kids? How often does she shake up their lives like this? It seems like a truly awful way to grow up, IMHO. Unstable and governed by the unpredictable moods and whims of their parent.

Agree. She sounds really unstable and manic.

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Anonymous wrote:We went to the beach with two other families the Summer of 2019. All our kids were classmates/teamates on sports teams.

Each couple got a master suite and the kids split two bunk rooms. Our master had a jack and jill bathroom with a huge mirrored wall. I was showering and saw that the door to the other bedroom wasnt fully closed and I could see the mom watching me in the mirror, so I jacked off and she watched. Not a word was ever said about it.

Oh, now I know why they are called “Jack and Jill” bathrooms. Thanks for the clarification.

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Probably sex in an art gallery and poop in a picnic field.

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Anonymous wrote:As much as I love your story, OP, how did you waltz into all the nice restaurants and, more so, the cooking school without booking well beforehand? Just finding a place to stay would have wasted one of the days right off the bat.

Nah. In the 5 minutes since I read this thread, I have looked into flights to Paris tonight (about $1,400 for a 4 hour layover in Iceland, or $2,150 for nonstop, both leaving at about 11pm from DC and returning on the 11th).

If I had to pick a hotel RIGHT NOW I'd pick Hotel Pilgrim, which is about $375/night. Never been to Paris but I've been to France. If money was no object I might choose differently.

Restaurants and cooking? There are so many. Just pick one! Not all will have availability, but some will, and they will ALL be in Paris!

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S/of the other thread but I bought an $8,000 handbag on a whim a few years ago. I felt a little ill immediately afterwards, and it took me a few weeks to mentally recover and be willing to unwrap it, but I really love it and use it a lot now. I don’t use it for work. DH was not exactly supportive but said we could afford it. I might buy another one of these days.

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Tried to breastfeed twins at the same time.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We went to the beach with two other families the Summer of 2019. All our kids were classmates/teamates on sports teams.

Each couple got a master suite and the kids split two bunk rooms. Our master had a jack and jill bathroom with a huge mirrored wall. I was showering and saw that the door to the other bedroom wasnt fully closed and I could see the mom watching me in the mirror, so I jacked off and she watched. Not a word was ever said about it.

Oh, now I know why they are called “Jack and Jill” bathrooms. Thanks for the clarification.

Since when does a master have a Jack and Jill bathroom? Fake post

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Anonymous wrote:As much as I love your story, OP, how did you waltz into all the nice restaurants and, more so, the cooking school without booking well beforehand? Just finding a place to stay would have wasted one of the days right off the bat.

This. Smelled a fiction writer immediately.

+1 not only goes to four full days of cooking school with zero notice, but somehow also spends full days at the museum. and leaves a letter for her husband, not a text or an email, because it's 1988.
lies and then comes fishing here for ideas.
please, failed screenplay writers and novelists -- chat gpt is your idea farm now.

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Anonymous wrote:Same vibe as you, OP. Except I booked a day trip down to Disney because I'd never been.

I wanted to see what I was missing.

It was fine. I had fun, but I don't get the Disney adult hype.

I now follow a woman on social media who does day trips from DC all over the US and gives an itinerary. My next day trip will be Nashville next week. I'm pretty much following her itinerary.

I follow her too, and while I've not actually followed in her footsteps I've thought about it a lot. Maybe I should just do one for myself, one time.

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1. On my 50th birthday, I went to Tanzania, did the Serengati safari and climbed Kilimanjaro without DH and kids.

2. Went to Iceland in 2021 alone, just when it was opening up. The covid test on the way back was stressful, the rest of the trip was like a dream.