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Originally Posted by Route_2
I think he is asking why you were on the bus. You're being a bit vague on how you got there.
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Sorry, I guess I thought that was obvious, I was friends with them. I have written about hanging out with them here and obviously I know there are a million threads here and no one reads everything, but I guess I thought that it was obvious that if I wasn't in the band or crew, I was just a friend along for the ride. They have a lot of friends! That's it, I was friends with them, 3 of the 5 original members in particular, but on friendly terms with all of them for the period I was actively hanging out.
Sorry if I seem cryptic, but as anyone who is on these boards knows very well, there are rarely people who are or were actual friends with the band who post here openly or say that. At least not who identify themselves that way. I've talked here about my first shows and how I came to meet them, but most of what I post here is from my view as a fan, not anything personal almost ever. And I also go whole years where I don't visit here, so it's almost like being new to a lot of the convos (like this one) when I do check in a lot.
I do miss the Nancies listserve days because there were people who knew them really well on back then and they'd tell so many stories! I always wonder if anyone saved some of those really early days stories, some were very personal but great stories. I don't really see people post those stories anymore for a lot of years on any band's board, at least not the ones I read and also know the bands.
Just for the record, since I'm a woman and sexism probably means my vague-ness makes it seem like there was more to it than that, I'll just say outright no, I never dated anyone in the DMB camp (no band, no crew, no management), and also I met ALL of their significant others during the years I hung out, met all of the original band members' moms at least once, and met many of the kids. It was an amazing community and I really appreciate those times. That time in '00 I left on a band member's bus from a stadium show, it was the band member, significant other, and several other friends and folks on that bus. I'm just not used to giving those details at all but I guess in this case I can see how the absence of them makes it seem even more mysterious or weird. Lesson learned!