summer
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Meeting other fans was THE BEST!!!!!
We used to have a chatroom (yes, A chatroom…as in, ONE chatroom
The internet had only just become a thing and was still very nee) so I had met lots of fans in the chat from around the world. I always went to MJ’s concerts and to his hotel etc. alone but I was never alone. For example, I’d go to the stadium around 3:30-4am on the day of the concert to wait at the gates so that I’d get into the front. (This was when the whole arena was standing space and the ticket price was same for everyone and not too bad..like around 70-90 dollars per ticket. So if you wanted to get to the front, you had to go esrly. The good old days, when it was possible to get to the front as a fan. Nowadays you only get to the front if you’re rich and pay 300-800 dollars per ticket!! It’s ridicilous!! It was way more fair back in the day and you could afford to ho to multiple concerts better!). Anyways, so I’d go there esrly and there was always fans there already and especially around 7-8am even more fans started coming. So you’d just sit on the ground and hang out and chat with other fans and talk about Michael and what concerts you’ve been to if any and some had photos of when they had seen Michael with them and would show them to other fans. So you got to know the fans and where they were from. And I always found some fans who I could go back to the city with in the evening or st least ho look for a taxi together. Because that was always my biggest fear, that I’d end up at the stadium alone at night. That would’ve been scary! But I think everyone had the same fear, so everyone always looked out for each other and helped esch other and made sure everyone got back safely. So we’d agree to stay at the front until we found esch other after the concert snd then ho look for a taxi together. It always worked out. Or you’d take the tube together into the city.
And when you went to Michael’s hotel, you always met tons of fans there…often the same ones, so you got to know everyone, if not personally, at least by recognizing their face or you got to know them by name. And you just asked if they go to the chatroom and what their name is and introduced yourself so that’s how you met in real life.
Or you just met someone at the hotel and immediately became friends. I met one girl in Munich at Michael’s hotel during the press conference in 1999 and instantly became friends and we hung out at the hotel together during the whole MJ & Friends event and then met in London for the Sony Deno in 2002 and stayed at her aunts house and she came to visit me once at my place and I showed her my city and then when MJ had died in 2009, I visited her again in London and met her baby son. So yes, you made really good friends and met a lot of really nice people! Since everyone was from different countries from all around the world, you mostly only met them at the MJ events. So you were not only happy to see Michael, you were also happy to see everyone else again and it was always a good time! You made so many menories by hanging out at Michael’s hotel for days with the same people! You were just HAPPY! Those were literally the happiest days of my life. I had SO MUCH fun! I remember when I went to Warsaw in 2000 to see Michael. Michael was supposed to come there for some amusement park business meeting or something like that. Wayne (Nagin..MJ’s bodyguard), even was there the day before at the hotel MJ was supposed to be in to check it out but MJ then cancelled and didn’t come after all.
So me and some fans from Hungary and Bulgaria were stuck there because we had already come there for Michael and were supposed to stay 2-3 days. So we decided to hang out together and make the most of it anyways. So we decided to go explore the city. Exceot then there was this blizzard of all blizzards all of the sudden! It started snowing so much, you literally couldn’t see in front of you. So I bought a bunch of snacks and sidas and invited everyone into my hotel room and we hung out there and watched MTV all night and had a great time after all. We were disappointed that Michael didn’t come and we didn’t see him but we still had a geeat time together. So it was the fans who saved the day. And when Michael died….I had booked flights and hotels to go see the show and couldn’t cancel them, so I decided to go to London anyways and attended the vigil. And I met with fans from here, from MJJ Community. We had 50 balloons and we wrote messafes for Michael on them and then let them go st the same time at the O2.
And I got to hang out with the MJJC fans the whole night so I wasn’t alone. That really helped! So once again…the MJ fans saved the day! MJ fans really are the greatest, most caring people in the world. At least the ones I’ve met and who went to Michael’s hotel and concerts. Everyone loved Michael and also seemed to feel the same about Michael’s mission about healing the world and helping others. You were accepted the way you were, no matter what race, religion or color, no matter what clothes you were, no matter how loud or quiet, no matter how goofy or serious. You could just be yourself and you were always welcome to hang out with others and you never had to be afraid that you’ll be left alone somewhere, everyone always made sure that everyone’s okay. At least the ones I met.
Also Michael was always so nice to his fans. He’d always come to the window a lot and interact with the fans a lot and send messages etc. Sometimes he’d send pizza or hot chocolate to fans, etc. And if he wanted to sleep, he’d send someone down to ask if we could be quiet so he could get some rest, so we’d always respect that. He would show his kids to us (without masks!) and invite fans up to his room to meet him and his children (guys and girls…not ”little boys”
) and fans were ALWAYS allowed to see his kids, he didn’t make his kids wear masks when fans came up to his room, he only protected them from the paparazzi and media and didn’t want them to see and photograph his kids). You were always able to hive him gifts, he’d send one of his bodycards to collect them. He’d invite fans to go to the amusement park with him. (I got to go with him too once with other fans. Everything was free. The press had to stay out. Michael really genuinly wanted to share and be kind. It is such a rare trait and since most of the people are selfish and wouldn’t dream of giving things to others for free or sharing, they can’t undersrand it and make it to be something sinister. Michael truly was genuinly kind, caring and giving! ❤)BEST memories of my life!
You never knew where you’d see Michael next and most of the trips were very quick and spontanious! Like, you’d hear the day before that Michael was going to be somewhere and you just booked hotels and flights immediately and went the next day to see him!! 
Life. 
) The closest I got was also the last time I saw him in March 2009. 
as to say thank you and then went to greet the other fans quick and then left. And that was the last time I saw him. 
than 
….when ever I saw him at the window or close by. 
