Why is it that when people hear you are a fangirl, they automatically say that you are crazy? They question how it is possible for grown women to love a boyband and how that boyband can still have fans. The purpose of this post is not to justify our behaviour, because really we don’t care what the haters say. Rather, this is to explain to those people what they are missing.
When you are a teenager, it is easy to hate all other girls that like or have the same things as you. With boybands, there is definitely no exception. As 13 year olds, we all truly believed that no one could love Nick Carter or Donnie Wahlberg as much as we did. Who needs a man on a horse when you can have a Knight in a Batman shirt? There was no way that I could possibly be friends with someone who thought she loved Jordan as much as me.
Then you grow up and realize that, unfortunately, the relationship you dreamed about as a young girl may not happen. (Although realistically, now you dream of having a different relationship with a grown Joey Joe-we all saw that in London…but that is a topic for a later day). However, something else happens too-you realize that those girls you thought were the enemy are just like you. Although your lives may have taken different paths, you are still there as fans. Many have gone to school, have successful careers, are married, and have had children. Suddenly, you realize that these people can be your friends.
The group of ladies that run this blog are some of the most amazing women I know. We met by going to the same shows and seeing each other at various events. Our group came together piece by piece, as more and more people were introduced to each other. Now, I can’t even consider what it would be like to experience these events without any of them. We just understand each other and what it means to be a fangirl and all that comes with it.
However, our friendship goes beyond things NKOTBSB related-that is where it all started, but definitely not where it ends. Even though we all live in different cities, we are there for each other when needed. Work, school, family stress-we have been through it all together. This is because we all understand how something like a "silly boyband" can help someone through a tough situation. We know what it is like to be looking forward to a concert or to hear a song and have that make you feel better. We may love these nine men, but we love each other more.
New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys are how we became friends, but are not the reason we continue to be. So the haters can judge us and look down on us all they want. We have made friends and memories that will last a lifetime-what is so crazy about that?
