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I was totally obsessed!!! When I was 11 (I think) I went to my first NKOTB concert, my second at 12, my third at 13.\u00a0 But the “best day of my life”, as it was known for the following 5 or so years, was Dec. 1989.<\/p>\n
( this is a scanned in photo of my bible- Not exactly what it was intended for LOL!!!!)<\/p>\n My friend Nicci and I were going to a NKOTB concert that night so I was spending the day with her and her mom.\u00a0 It was right before Christmas and Nicci’s mom needed to go get some shopping done, so Nicci and I decided to go with her.\u00a0 For some reason the mall was almost totally empty, Nicci’s Mom said we could shop around and meet up with her in 1 hour.\u00a0 We were wandering around talking about which New Kid had the cutest eyes, best smile, ect… when all of a sudden Nicci turned as white as a ghost!\u00a0 She started getting tears in her eyes and stuttering… “The New Kid…” and pointing behind me.\u00a0 “Ha Ha really funny Nicci.”, I said- but she was NOT kidding \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 I turned around to see all the NKOTB (along with a few huge bodyguards).\u00a0 Crazy, I know- but it is true.\u00a0 We spent the next 30 minutes following them from about 15 feet away and randomly shouting out “I love you Donnie, Joey, Danny, Jordan, John.”\u00a0 Poor guys \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 The boys decided to separate and we followed Donnie.\u00a0 He had two BIG bodyguards with him.\u00a0 We walked behind him, but had finally stopped shouting.\u00a0 He got on the escalator to head up to the second floor, we got on the escalator- At the top of the escalator he stopped and waited.\u00a0 As we moved closer and closer we began to lose it!\u00a0 He stood there and waited for us to get to the top.\u00a0 He said’ Hi, I’m Donnie.” (Like we didn’t know lol) And shook our hands!! He asked us our names and if we were going to the concert that night. We stuttered out “Ginger, Nicci, and YES!”\u00a0 He said “I’ll sing you a song.” Then kissed his fingers and gave us the “peace” sign with them. Well, we both totally lost it!!!! But we did stop following him- which I am sure was what he was hoping for \ud83d\ude42 Nicci’s mom found us a minute later, in a panic, we had not shown up to the meeting spot.\u00a0 But quickly forgave us once we told her the reason.<\/p>\n We pulled ourselves together and finished up shopping with Nicci’s mom, then went home to get ready for the concert.\u00a0 By the way Donnie didn’t sing us a song \ud83d\ude42 But we didn’t care, we floated around on cloud 9 for a long time after that!!! I still get a little excited when I go to the mall and ride that escalator.<\/p>\n So the reunion CD came out last Tuesday, I was afraid it was going to suck…. But it is actually really good! I am sure I will have the words memorized in no time.\u00a0 And if you, like me, have a 12 year old hiding out secretly doing backflips inside you.\u00a0 Don’t hide it… Just wave you hands in the air and swing “em like you just don’t care! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n