First crushes
It saddened me to find out Davey Jones had passed away. He was the first star I ever had a real crush on. (Though Tom Jones was a close second, I must admit.) Unfortunately, I have no posters from the past to remember him by. In all honesty, I don't think I was even old enough to have posters on my bedroom wall at the time that I swooned over Davey.
While Davey may have been my first celebrity crush, my first forever crush was on someone else. I do, thankfully, have a poster of him:
That is my own personal rock star.
That is Jim.
Husband to me. Dad to my amazing daughters. PawDad to my awesome grandsons.
That's Jim as he looked 31 years ago, when I very first crushed on him.
The groovy colors weren't part of the original photo, of course.
I added those yesterday.
Because I still have a crush on him.
And crushes make you do crazy things.
And because I wanted a groovy photo to add to his birthday post.
Today is Jim's birthday.
Thirty-one years later, Jim is still my rock star.
Thirty-one years later, Jim is still my one and only forever crush.
Happy birthday, Jim.
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Today's question:
What posters or pictures did you have on your bedroom wall as a teen?
Friday, March 2, 2012
Reader Comments (11)
Happy Birthday and Best Wishes to Jim... rock star Hubby, Dad, and PawDad!
I met my own rock star at a very young age, so my posters were quotes vs. cute guys. They may have been on sale at The Poster Palace:
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade
If you love something set it free, if it comes back to you it's yours, if it doesn't it never was.
Can picture them as clearly today in my mind as I could back then hanging on my wall.
Awwww...you're right. Jim was and still is groovy! Happy birthday to Jim. I hope he has an awesome day!
My bedroom was plastered with Tom Cruise posters. I was sooooo in love with him. But then he went crazy and I was sad.
Handsome then. Handsome still. I'm so glad you two are still in love. Awesome post.
Happy Birthday, Jim!
Happy Birthday to Jim!
I never had posters or photos of anyone famous on my walls -- just wasn't my thing. I do love the poster you created! Are you going to put it on the wall?
For a son-in-law to look even better today than when you two were first married says a lot about how great you two have been together.
Happy Birthday to Jim and a great day to you, too.
Happy Birthday to Jim! Definitely a Rock Star! Love the poster!
I actually had a poster of Davey Jones on my wall when I was 13 or so. I also had one of the Monkees as a group. I never missed their show on TV. Davey Jones will be missed!
Awesome poster of Jim...what a hunk!
I had posters of the Monkees on my wall too....my favorite was Micky Dolenz. I never missed a show and me and my girlfriends would do the walk that they used to do in their opening song! I also loved Star Trek during my teen years and had a poster of Mr. Spock...he was my favorite.
Happy Birthday Jim, do hope you have a wonderful day.
I also was saddened by the death of Davey Jones he was very cute.
Use to have Paul McCartney posters all over my bedroom walls including managing to get one on the ceiling so that the first thing I saw in the morning was him. Must admit to having a huge crush on Gene Pitney.
Elvis was my first celebrity crush, and he lasted the longest-- until he died. The others were secondary crushes, but there was always Elvis. Next came Paul McCartney (I was 5), then Davy. I was 8 when the Monkees came on the air. Then there was Bobby Sherman and David Cassidy. After that the teen idol crushes sort of dwindled away. Donny Osmond should have been next, but we were too close to the same age; it just seemed silly to have a crush on a boy my age. ;-)
Happy birthday to Jim! I hope you and your rock star have many more birthdays together.
Should have mentioned in my previous post.
Had a crush on Cliff Richard who is not well known in the States & of course Rod Stewart.