skyesspot 0 #1 March 1, 2004 I've wondered this for awhile and it may have been asked before but... I am planning my trip through AFF right now and would never have thought about doing this if it hadn't been for Lummy. How many people got into skydiving because of a relationship?Life is too short. Don't sweat the small stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dove 0 #2 March 1, 2004 I didn't get into skydiving because of a relationship, but I got out of a relationship because of skydiving. Fall in dove. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #3 March 1, 2004 You left out the most important option.... coz chicks dig it Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bkdice 0 #4 March 1, 2004 QuoteI didn't get into skydiving because of a relationship, but I got out of a relationship because of skydiving. Ha! Me too. I think a LOT of people can relate!!! Now I'm lucky enough to skydive and have it part of my relationship. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Girlfalldown 0 #5 March 1, 2004 I got into it because I always wanted to. Plus the guys dig it . -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Misslmperfect 0 #6 March 1, 2004 i dunno if b/c of a relationship applies to me, but the reason i did my first jump was because i had gotten a tandem for my husband, and when i took him to jump i got jealous. so i jumped too! waiting waiting waiting to do it again......Oh Canada, merci pour la livraison! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Lee03 0 #7 March 1, 2004 I started skydiving because I had always wanted too do it, it just took me awhile to get around to doing it.-------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Nutz 0 #8 March 1, 2004 I went for the first time on a dare, the rest is history. The other two guys who went with me have never jumped again, my wife did until she broke her back on level four that is another story. "Don't! Get! Eliminated!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Beeron 0 #9 March 1, 2004 I just got tired of sittin' around the house lickin' the cat's butt....so I thought skydiving would be a nice alternative. B~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Michele 1 #10 March 1, 2004 I did it all on my own, for myself, by myself. I had never even met a jumper before my first day at the dz, during my AFF ground school. Shoot, I hadn't even wanted to jump. Nope, not me, no way. That stuff is craaaaaaaaaaaaaazy. Decided on a Thursday, was airborn the next Sunday. Kinda surprised everyone. And surprised myself completely. And then when I continued, boy howdy. Especially after the mal and all. Now, family and friends are used to it - they even ask me if I've been jumping, and how the sky is. I'm not used to it yet. Still amazes me everytime I play in the sky that I am really here, really doing this...and really loving it. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites turtlespeed 221 #11 March 1, 2004 I started skydiving so that I could post here and have more than just a few jumps while I post whore!I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites WrongWay 0 #12 March 1, 2004 QuoteI didn't get into skydiving because of a relationship, but I got out of a relationship because of skydiving. Hey me too!!! Welcome to the club!! And there's nothing better than being in a relationship with someone who is equally obsessed with skydiving!! Edited cuz I'm too dumb to spell things correctly. Wrong Way D #27371 Mal Manera Rodriguez Cajun Chicken Ø Hellfish #451 The wiser wolf prevails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites seedy 0 #13 March 1, 2004 Well, the sky was there and this airplane was sitting there and this guy had this tandem rig on and he said" Let's go". And so I did. And that's my story and I'm sticking to it! I intend to live forever -- so far, so good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kelel01 1 #14 March 1, 2004 I got into skydiving because of all the boys! Mostly kidding. Kelly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Faber 0 #15 March 1, 2004 i guess my x wife could say becourse of a relation ship... she hatede me skydiving as we were together,we got a divorce and i took the chance to take up BASE,which caused me to not beeing so popular at my dz..Now 2 years later my x shows up more often at the dz than i do..Not making it more fun to me to show up there.. however i wont ask her to stop as she got freinds there aswell(as i lost some of thouse i thourght were my true freinds..) So you can kind of say im walking out from the dz,not only based on my x but it has a big factor.. Atleast i still have BASE,and found out who i could trust and who NOT to...including the loss of what i thourght were one of my best freinds..,and well found out all this as i were down by a broken leg... What dosnt kill you makes you stronger(or perhaps it should be colder ) Stay safe Stefan Faber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Faber 0 #16 March 1, 2004 Quote got into skydiving because of all the boys! Mostly kidding why lie Stay safe Stefan Faber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites caress 0 #17 March 1, 2004 MY HUSBAND----HIS FRIENDS----- TERRY!!!-----PAT!!!!!-----MIK-EEEEE!!!!!! ITS ALL BECAUSE OF YOOOUUUU!!! I'm just too Happy I've learned.... That being kind is more important than being right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jtval 0 #18 March 1, 2004 I got into it because life was boring (actually I didnt know how boring it was unitl I did my first jump...then I had to get MORE. now life is good)My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites peacefuljeffrey 0 #19 March 1, 2004 I think that I have wanted to skydive ever since I was a kid and first became aware that people could jump from aircraft. It just always looked so cool, and free, and exciting. So when I was old enough, I went out and found out where I could jump: I ended up doing a static-line skydive at Skydive Long Island, back when they were at Spadaro Airport ('91). Certainly no one brought me to do it or tried to encourage me to. I just did it.-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites pleifer 0 #20 March 1, 2004 Yea i did it cause I lost the remote to the tv.... and figured hell since i am up!!! posted this cause to lazy to type the real story..'' but for the readers digest version.... ex gf wanted it as a b-day present..... my goal after jump #1 was to make one jump solo (ie after aff) jump #4 thought this is cool jump #6 was addicted.... jump 14 gf became ex because of anomosity of me jumping and her not! _________________________________________ The Angel of Duh has spoke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #21 March 1, 2004 The military said it would be nice of me to attend Jump School. It was in my blood anyway. Dad was a skydiver and pilot, older brother is a pilot. I just found that I liked jumping a lot more than flying planes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kris12 0 #22 March 1, 2004 My friend Jeff brought it up. While in college he and some friends went, got trained and then got winded out. Fast forward a couple of years and he decides it's time to go again. This time when he asked me I had both the money and the time. After deciding that I would jump, I saw the Golden Knights jump into Veteran's Stadium (in Philadelphia) and knew that I just had to try it. Did my tandem and 2 weeks later I was back to continue the progression with my father and sister who made their first jumps that day. I'm kind of glad that they got winded out the first time so that I was able to go the second time. My 2 year anniversary of my first tandem is at the end of April. kristen swooo #3 MB #3587 P.M.S. #66 "so let go, jump in...what're you waiting for? it's all right 'cause there's beauty in the breakdown" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TheBachelor 5 #23 March 1, 2004 I didn't know anyone in the sport, and none of my friends had the balls to try it, so I went by myself. Now I have a whole bunch of new friends. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sdgregory 0 #24 March 1, 2004 Because if I went another day without fullfilling a 27 year old dream I was going to loose my mind. Because I knew it was the one thing I was absolutely born to do. Because it was a fire in my blood and each day that I did not try it my blood burned inside and it was painfull. Because . . . it is a deep seeded NEED! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybytch 273 #25 March 1, 2004 It was my ex's (b/f at the time) fault. I'd wanted to do it for about 10 years at that point. He found a dz within 45 minutes of home. I had a bunch of excuses why I couldn't do it yet and insisted that we do it together. He went and did a static line jump one Sunday without telling me he was going to jump. I didn't let him talk about it to me for the first three hours after he got home (yes, I have always been a bytch). Then I let him tell me everything, and he babysat my kid the next Sunday so I could jump. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
Girlfalldown 0 #5 March 1, 2004 I got into it because I always wanted to. Plus the guys dig it . -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Misslmperfect 0 #6 March 1, 2004 i dunno if b/c of a relationship applies to me, but the reason i did my first jump was because i had gotten a tandem for my husband, and when i took him to jump i got jealous. so i jumped too! waiting waiting waiting to do it again......Oh Canada, merci pour la livraison! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee03 0 #7 March 1, 2004 I started skydiving because I had always wanted too do it, it just took me awhile to get around to doing it.-------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nutz 0 #8 March 1, 2004 I went for the first time on a dare, the rest is history. The other two guys who went with me have never jumped again, my wife did until she broke her back on level four that is another story. "Don't! Get! Eliminated!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beeron 0 #9 March 1, 2004 I just got tired of sittin' around the house lickin' the cat's butt....so I thought skydiving would be a nice alternative. B~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #10 March 1, 2004 I did it all on my own, for myself, by myself. I had never even met a jumper before my first day at the dz, during my AFF ground school. Shoot, I hadn't even wanted to jump. Nope, not me, no way. That stuff is craaaaaaaaaaaaaazy. Decided on a Thursday, was airborn the next Sunday. Kinda surprised everyone. And surprised myself completely. And then when I continued, boy howdy. Especially after the mal and all. Now, family and friends are used to it - they even ask me if I've been jumping, and how the sky is. I'm not used to it yet. Still amazes me everytime I play in the sky that I am really here, really doing this...and really loving it. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 221 #11 March 1, 2004 I started skydiving so that I could post here and have more than just a few jumps while I post whore!I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WrongWay 0 #12 March 1, 2004 QuoteI didn't get into skydiving because of a relationship, but I got out of a relationship because of skydiving. Hey me too!!! Welcome to the club!! And there's nothing better than being in a relationship with someone who is equally obsessed with skydiving!! Edited cuz I'm too dumb to spell things correctly. Wrong Way D #27371 Mal Manera Rodriguez Cajun Chicken Ø Hellfish #451 The wiser wolf prevails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seedy 0 #13 March 1, 2004 Well, the sky was there and this airplane was sitting there and this guy had this tandem rig on and he said" Let's go". And so I did. And that's my story and I'm sticking to it! I intend to live forever -- so far, so good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #14 March 1, 2004 I got into skydiving because of all the boys! Mostly kidding. Kelly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #15 March 1, 2004 i guess my x wife could say becourse of a relation ship... she hatede me skydiving as we were together,we got a divorce and i took the chance to take up BASE,which caused me to not beeing so popular at my dz..Now 2 years later my x shows up more often at the dz than i do..Not making it more fun to me to show up there.. however i wont ask her to stop as she got freinds there aswell(as i lost some of thouse i thourght were my true freinds..) So you can kind of say im walking out from the dz,not only based on my x but it has a big factor.. Atleast i still have BASE,and found out who i could trust and who NOT to...including the loss of what i thourght were one of my best freinds..,and well found out all this as i were down by a broken leg... What dosnt kill you makes you stronger(or perhaps it should be colder ) Stay safe Stefan Faber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #16 March 1, 2004 Quote got into skydiving because of all the boys! Mostly kidding why lie Stay safe Stefan Faber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caress 0 #17 March 1, 2004 MY HUSBAND----HIS FRIENDS----- TERRY!!!-----PAT!!!!!-----MIK-EEEEE!!!!!! ITS ALL BECAUSE OF YOOOUUUU!!! I'm just too Happy I've learned.... That being kind is more important than being right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #18 March 1, 2004 I got into it because life was boring (actually I didnt know how boring it was unitl I did my first jump...then I had to get MORE. now life is good)My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #19 March 1, 2004 I think that I have wanted to skydive ever since I was a kid and first became aware that people could jump from aircraft. It just always looked so cool, and free, and exciting. So when I was old enough, I went out and found out where I could jump: I ended up doing a static-line skydive at Skydive Long Island, back when they were at Spadaro Airport ('91). Certainly no one brought me to do it or tried to encourage me to. I just did it.-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pleifer 0 #20 March 1, 2004 Yea i did it cause I lost the remote to the tv.... and figured hell since i am up!!! posted this cause to lazy to type the real story..'' but for the readers digest version.... ex gf wanted it as a b-day present..... my goal after jump #1 was to make one jump solo (ie after aff) jump #4 thought this is cool jump #6 was addicted.... jump 14 gf became ex because of anomosity of me jumping and her not! _________________________________________ The Angel of Duh has spoke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #21 March 1, 2004 The military said it would be nice of me to attend Jump School. It was in my blood anyway. Dad was a skydiver and pilot, older brother is a pilot. I just found that I liked jumping a lot more than flying planes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kris12 0 #22 March 1, 2004 My friend Jeff brought it up. While in college he and some friends went, got trained and then got winded out. Fast forward a couple of years and he decides it's time to go again. This time when he asked me I had both the money and the time. After deciding that I would jump, I saw the Golden Knights jump into Veteran's Stadium (in Philadelphia) and knew that I just had to try it. Did my tandem and 2 weeks later I was back to continue the progression with my father and sister who made their first jumps that day. I'm kind of glad that they got winded out the first time so that I was able to go the second time. My 2 year anniversary of my first tandem is at the end of April. kristen swooo #3 MB #3587 P.M.S. #66 "so let go, jump in...what're you waiting for? it's all right 'cause there's beauty in the breakdown" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBachelor 5 #23 March 1, 2004 I didn't know anyone in the sport, and none of my friends had the balls to try it, so I went by myself. Now I have a whole bunch of new friends. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sdgregory 0 #24 March 1, 2004 Because if I went another day without fullfilling a 27 year old dream I was going to loose my mind. Because I knew it was the one thing I was absolutely born to do. Because it was a fire in my blood and each day that I did not try it my blood burned inside and it was painfull. Because . . . it is a deep seeded NEED! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #25 March 1, 2004 It was my ex's (b/f at the time) fault. I'd wanted to do it for about 10 years at that point. He found a dz within 45 minutes of home. I had a bunch of excuses why I couldn't do it yet and insisted that we do it together. He went and did a static line jump one Sunday without telling me he was going to jump. I didn't let him talk about it to me for the first three hours after he got home (yes, I have always been a bytch). Then I let him tell me everything, and he babysat my kid the next Sunday so I could jump. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
