The biggest OMG moment of ANY gig I've ever had!

[AniaR]

So today at a gig, mermaid Mimi and I were sitting on a bench outside one of our fav shops. People were coming over and sitting between us for photos. I saw a few teen boys making fun of us, so I heckled them a bit and invited them to come get pics. Their parents thought that would be funny and egged them on. The first guy came through and put both arms around us for his photo. The next kid came through, he was 13, and one of the ones who was saying stuff so I thought I'd ham it up. He sat down too and put his arms around us. Just as he said "cheese" I turned to plant a kiss on his cheek for the photo. Well... the joke was on me...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/527030_632156116809478_1925457818_n.jpg


... yeah. He had the same idea. LMAO I was mortified and he had this giant grin and turned red and his parents were yelling "yaaay go (insert name here!)" There was a huge crowd of people and everyone cheered and laughed and clapped and it lasted a few seconds longer than it should have because I was in SO MUCH SHOCK lol. Finally I turned away, laughing my face off, and a bit worried, but his parents reassured me right away, then he went off telling everyone he got his first kiss from a mermaid. LOL. I was so embarrassed and in that stupid panicky state where you cant stop laughing.

Eventually his folks came over and talked to me and calmed me down, lol. But yeah, haven't had anything like that happen before, and people from the gig posted it all over the internet. LOL

[AniaR]

It was so crazy I decided to share it on reddit, http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1k4cv8/today_a_13_year_old_boy_stole_his_first_kiss_from/ you can upvote it if you like!

[Mermaid Varshana]

http://youtu.be/3YAzGEjFF-s


http://youtu.be/O3id-Fb8ooY

:rotfl:

[Mermaid Veruliya]

LOL I'm pretty sure your eyes are open in the picture like UM WAIT hahaha
"Work hard play hard"... Kissing mermaids at thirteen wowie

[MerEmma]

OMG! This is just...my absolute favorite. Awfully brave of that little boy, and I guess Sean was there to capture it and hopefully not be too jealous, LOL! Omg, just, this is too cute. Very silly. xD

[AniaR]

Sean was almost in tears from laughing so hard, he was no help at all lol

[MerEmma]

I can only imagine, just, ahhhh, I would have been laughing so hard too. xD That's just...so great. xD

[Mermaid Marius]

That kid is gonna tell the story of his first kiss to everyone once school starts:lol:

[Mer Vee]

That cheeky blighter.

In other news, I think I lost my reddit password.

[Anahita]

Oh man, I think you set the bar too high for him now Raina! No girl is ever going to be good enough, I mean, how do you top a MERMAID ;) Hahahahaaa

Your expression is priceless too, which makes me giggle all the more at this :D

On another note, pardon the terrible joke about to follow: Maybe you made a merman out of him ;) Ok, but seriously on that, who knows, maybe he'll get into mermaiding now- and that'll mean more mermen for the next generation to get into professional mermaid performing, which is always awesome!

[PearlieMae]

You know you've ruined him for all mortal women, now. ;)

[Mer Vee]

I mean, how do you top a MERMAIDSame way you top anybody, really.

[Ashe]

Oh my god :rotfl::lol: :lol ^: :clap:

[AniaR]

this went to #1 on reddit!

[MerMarla]

this went to #1 on reddit!

LOL... Congrats, I think! Too funny!

[Mermaid Caspiana]

That's hilarious! I wonder if they weren't making fun but his friends were daring him to? Maybe maybe not...? Lol

[Ariel-Starfish]

Omg!

[Merman Dan]

Ummm.... he does realize that on the next full moon he sprouts a tail, right? ;)

[Merman Arion]

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m339bsnn8I1r4fuk0.gif

My god, Raina, you just can't stop being a naughty mermaid, can you? ;)

he's no longer a virgin when it's about kissing.

Classy! LOL :cool:

[Arella]

That's great :lol:

[deepblue]

You know you've ruined him for all mortal women, now. ;)


Exactly! LOL

Ah, I love it.

[Merman Arion]

BEFORE THE KISS

Mermaid Mimi :

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3095bFSqK1r4fuk0.gif

The kid :

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4bla40D9n1r4fuk0.gif

Mertender Sean :

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m95fdlegEx1r4fuk0.gif

Mermaid Raina :

http://media.tumblr.com/018d50145db7ccdef85195fad6ef360a/tumblr_inline_ml1dbfg49M1qz4rgp.gif

AFTER THE KISS

Mermaid Mimi :

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m303q6EUf41r4fuk0.gif

Mermaid Raina :

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2zcwaEWHB1r4fuk0.gif

Mertender Sean :

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2zkhnv5dm1r4fuk0.gif

The kid :

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2ztvt2uPX1r4fuk0.gif

[MerAnthony]

LOL now that is classic.:jawdrop::rotfl:

[Mermaid Kelda]

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xD I loved this!

[AniaR]

Thanks everyone and omg those gifs lol

[Merman Dan]

I dare you to contact the kid in three months and tell him you're pregnant... ;)

[Joy&RaptorsUnrestrained!]

No, tell him HE's pregnant, like seahorses!

[Merman Dan]

No, tell him HE's pregnant, like seahorses!

Bwahahahaha!!!

[Anahita]

No, tell him HE's pregnant, like seahorses!

Bahahhaaa omg I can't stop laughing! The poor kid will probably scared to even hold hands after that. :D

[MerAnthony]

No, tell him HE's pregnant, like seahorses!
OMG !!! THat would be hilarious. :rotfl:

[Merman Arion]

No, tell him HE's pregnant, like seahorses!

That's better than making him to believe that, thanks to the kiss, he can breath underwater from now on :crazy:

[Merley]

Bahaha boys...You guys and your reaction gifs are too much.

[AniaR]

I love the reaction gifs.

So this image itself has over 1 million views. From the total combined views from all over the web it has over 4 million. It netted me 200 facebook fans over night which is what I usually get in two weeks or two and a half weeks currently. My "reach" on FB went from 1500 to 24,000+ on everything that I had posted too. it's pretty freaking crazy. But from the most part the feedback has been positive and everyone's been interested in the mer-community which is cool!

[Merman Dan]

You should take an example from the GIF in your signature. Always keep your mouth full of water. ;)

[Merman Arion]

I love the reaction gifs.

So this image itself has over 1 million views. From the total combined views from all over the web it has over 4 million. It netted me 200 facebook fans over night which is what I usually get in two weeks or two and a half weeks currently. My "reach" on FB went from 1500 to 24,000+ on everything that I had posted too. it's pretty freaking crazy. But from the most part the feedback has been positive and everyone's been interested in the mer-community which is cool!

Are you serious, Raina? :eek:

I had a bad feeling and was worried about you when i saw this : http://9gag.com/gag/apqveND

Most people on Facebook are so stupid and mean with their nasty comments ! :(

[Mermaid Kelda]

Ugh, I hear you Frenchie... the number of likes on all of the sexist comments by men kind of makes me sick.
"And yet no one will call you a pedophile. So much for equality" - over 2000 likes
"Double standards, women want equality but just want to be a little more equal than men" - over 500 likes

It makes me mad and depressed when I see this kind of sexist hyperbole. :(

[AniaR]

yeah 9gag isn't quite the same I'm not too worried. They removed the context on purpose.

[AniaR]

left this comment on 9gag:

Gotta love posting without context. Hey there. this is me. This post was lifted off a reddit post I did, obviously without context. This kid was waiting to take a photo with me, and was hamming it up. He went to kiss me on the cheek but I didn't realize it and turned and he got me in the mouth. This was in front of at least 50 other people, including the boys parents. And if you haven't noticed, I'm in a costume that binds my legs, not like I can get up and run away. I turned away the instant I realized what was happening, totally mortified. But the kid's parents assured me it was okay and an accident, and that the kid was bragging to everyone his first kiss was with a mermaid. When you so disingenuously apply the label of sexual harassment or pedophile over everything, you undermine ACTUAL situations in which these things are occurring. And you know what? Little girls DO kiss men all the time in very similar scenarios. They kiss Santa. They kiss characters at Disney, there are famous photos of them kissing celebs and politicians. He's a kid who tried to kiss my cheek and missed. Seriously, check your privileged and get over yourselves.


9gag is really a place for angry guys, lol.

[Mermaid Kelda]

Great response Raina. People say Reddit is a haven for middle class white males with privilege, but really I've seen very little sexism there that isn't downvoted to oblivion. Why 9gag is still a thing, I cannot fathom. Probably because those sexist a-holes can't find camaraderie on Reddit.

[Anahita]

Every time I hear comments like that from guys, all I think of now is that they also probably have their faces posted on that "Nice Guys of OKCupid" site.... Because those are totally the same douchey personality types. :D

It's pretty easy to write them off and ignore them after that conclusion is reached.

[AniaR]

those are the guys that complain about being friendzoned too. Yeah 99% of the bad comments on reddit got downvoted. I also got 3 months of reddit gold for the post which is cool, but I'm actually not a big redditor lol.

[Anahita]

Yep, exactly!

That's pretty awesome that you got 3 months of reddit gold for that, even if you're not a big redditor, it's nice to have 3 months free with no ads and betta testing (see what I did there? my terrible fish pun - ok, sorry to unleash that on the everyone :D ) :)

[Mermaid Kelda]

Ugh don't even get me STARTED on the friendzone xD

[Anahita]

Ahaha same here. Nothing I could ever say would ever be nice or decent enough for public ears about guys who complain about the friendzone. Of course, my personal experience with it is probably why. My stalker used to tell me his woes with these girls he liked and complain about the friendzone all the time, despite the fact that he always went after girls in relationships and I pointed this out as being his problem. (including me at the end, which is how he went from "guy who used to come to Disneyland with me that I would listen to complain" to "psychotic stalker".... and I was engaged to my current khastegar when I first met this dude.... So yeah.)

[AniaR]

there are guys like that in the mer community. Lose it when you don't give them the attention they THINK they deserve for being a fan or supporter.

[Anahita]

There's guys like that in any community though, and of any background really. I think that's what makes them so unsettling. You can't just pick a certain group and be like "Ok, that's where they are. Avoid the drama by avoiding there" kind of thing. I know personally, mine came from a historical reenactment... I feel bad saying this, but uh... This is what I get for being nice to FARBs. :p

[deepblue]

DOLPHINATELY.

LOL and the hair and a whole THING. LOL

Am dead. lol

[Mermaid Varshana]

Every time I hear comments like that from guys, all I think of now is that they also probably have their faces posted on that "Nice Guys of OKCupid" site.... Because those are totally the same douchey personality types. :D

Here's a simple chart to follow for pretty much ANY site:

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[Anahita]

Here's a simple chart to follow for pretty much ANY site:

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AHAHAHA omg that had me rolling! :rotfl:

[AniaR]

So true.

In other news, the image has gone insanely viral and I've been getting phone calls and emails all day. If you google the title I gave it, it's popping up everywhere! Pretty crazy.

[Anahita]

Squeeeeee! That's awesome!

[Mermaid Momo]

left this comment on 9gag:

Gotta love posting without context. Hey there. this is me. This post was lifted off a reddit post I did, obviously without context. This kid was waiting to take a photo with me, and was hamming it up. He went to kiss me on the cheek but I didn't realize it and turned and he got me in the mouth. This was in front of at least 50 other people, including the boys parents. And if you haven't noticed, I'm in a costume that binds my legs, not like I can get up and run away. I turned away the instant I realized what was happening, totally mortified. But the kid's parents assured me it was okay and an accident, and that the kid was bragging to everyone his first kiss was with a mermaid. When you so disingenuously apply the label of sexual harassment or pedophile over everything, you undermine ACTUAL situations in which these things are occurring. And you know what? Little girls DO kiss men all the time in very similar scenarios. They kiss Santa. They kiss characters at Disney, there are famous photos of them kissing celebs and politicians. He's a kid who tried to kiss my cheek and missed. Seriously, check your privileged and get over yourselves.


9gag is really a place for angry guys, lol.
Man I really wanted to see what kind I crap the angry dudes replied to you with but couldn't find your comment. Is in the heck is those comments organized?

[Mermaid Momo]

*how in the heck..

[AniaR]

I think it was deleted I went through all of them and couldn't find it

[AniaR]

reposted my comment. If you click the arrow next to the number of comments you can click by time to see it.

[Mermaid Dottie]

Can't....stop.... tears.... abdomen.... the lols......

[Mermaid Momo]

Man! On mobile there isn't an arrow, I'll have to try It later when I get on my computer. Lets hope they don delete it again. They're all about the ratings and hype as they don't want people to know the context lol.

[PearlieMae]

9gag...Land of the Tiny Penis.

[XMermaidMarinaX]

omg that killed me lol I'm sorry, dying quieter HAHAHAHAHHA! THAT WAS PERFECT RAINA!

[AniaR]

it's going to be on my local news tomorrow

[MerEmma]

OOH! Hopefully we'll all get to see it!!

[PearlieMae]

it's going to be on my local news tomorrow

That is great!!
Please post a you tube link if you can! Congratulations!

[Spindrift]

Oh my god, wow. This thread is amazing.

[angelstarfish]

I don't know who I feel sorry for, Sean or you!!!






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[MermaidSaku]

Omg! When i saw this on facebook it really made me think about being a pro mermaid lol. Crazy things happen xD

[Lyna]

That's crazy awesome! I love it! And the photo is priceless. I would kill to be that boy to be able to say my first kiss was from a mermaid. AND have photo evidence to prove it! Lucky kid!

[MermaidAmestris]

Hooray for my super quick reply, but OH MY DOODIE RAINA YOU'RE A REDDITOR?!?!?!

[AniaR]

Yup. Got reddit gold twice for that post

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[mermaidtigris]

omg can't. stop. laughing. stomach. hurts. so. much. ROTFLMFAO!!!!

[AniaR]

It was on tosh. Lol

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