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28 Things Men Have Done for Love
Men do a lot for love but we don’t always get to hear about it. We asked men: “Tell us something you’ve done for love” and they answered. Beautifully.
By Heather Gray
1. Traded a sports championship for a Tina Turner concert: “I took my wife (then girlfriend) to see Tina Turner, one of her all-time faves, in concert for the first time. In a cruel coincidence, the Tina show ended up being on the same night when my favorite college basketball team would play for their first National Championship in 20 years. This was before smartphones and DVRs. I set the VCR at home and avoided the score in the bars on the way out of the venue and kept the radio off on the way home. It was absolute torture for me, but my lady had a great time and that’s all that mattered. We won, by the way.”-Jeff Bogle, Out With the Kids
2. Said “I love you” first: “I told my wife I loved her just a day after meeting her because I knew I had no choice but to be honest and true in that moment. It was a risk, but we’ve been together for 14 years now and I’ve never questioned it since.”-Charlie Capen, How to Be a Dad
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3. Loved from long distance: “I have flown across countries, had 15-hour phone conversations, and ignored…
