You Know You're A Stephen and Mary Beth Fan When.....

You're at the doctor's office as he is telling you that due to eye problems,
you will have to wear a patch.You start thinking about your favorite
Patched
man, and suddenly the doctor is trying to comfort you by telling you not
to
worry, "Like that guy from Days of our Lives", Patches can be cool, says
the
doc...and he has no idea why you're smiling so wide after hearing this.
(YES this actually happened to a Stephen and Mary Beth fan!)
Your child and/or pet is named after Steve or Kayla or other characters
played by Stephen or Mary Beth
You get a warm fuzzy feeling every time you hear "The Lady In Red"...even
in the diet commercials!
You're at a wedding reception and "The Lady In Red" plays--your husband
asks with a knowing grin on his face
"Do you remember that song?"
You're convinced every patched man in the movies is trying to measure
up to the best (and not succeeding).
The name Lizard King no longer makes you think of Jim Morrison
Your friends and family members know there is no fate worse than messing
with your tapes.
Someone calling you Sweetness made you smile for days.
You call yourself a tree and adopt a tree name, and suddenly you take
more time to notice different kinds of trees everywhere you go
You just know anyone who loves yellow roses must have great taste and
could possibly be a fellow Steve and Kayla fan
You rearrange the furniture in your apartment to make your Stephen and
Mary Beth tapes more easily accessible.
You can say Stefan Darius Mikkosovich Cassidine and even without stopping
for a breath
Your VCR had to go in for repairs and you had friends and/or family members
audio tape it for you to play on the
phone, and video tape it to watch later (this was in the 80s before you had
online friends to turn to)
You record audio from some of your favorite Stephen and/or Mary
Beth scenes to play in the car
You have missed work/school more than once to make sure you didn't miss
an important scene/show Stephen
and/or Mary Beth were on - even if 3 VCRs were taping it for you.
You cancel weekend plans because someone sent you a bunch of tapes of
Stephen and Mary Beth that you haven't seen.
You have bought/learned to play/been given a harmonica because of your
love for Steve's harmonica playing on Days
Every time you hear the word "dude" it instantly transports you to one
of your many favorite Steve scenes.
You watch a movie and think, ALL THE TIME, gee Stephen or Mary Beth could
have played that role better than
the person who actually played it.
Your favorite Disney movie? Sleeping Beauty. Why? Because there's
a Prince Stefan in it.
You read a book and imagine Stephen and/or Mary Beth playing the
characters- especially romance novels. For one
example, in Cherry Adair's book, In Too Deep, the main character
is a man coming to terms with having lost an eye
(he wears a patch). And of course, the plot similarity makes you almost
certain that the author must have been a
Steve and Kayla fan too :)
You read interviews/articles (or tape them from tv) about current
or former costars of Stephen and Mary Beth, just
to see if they might mention one or both of your favorites.
You know you're a fan when you buy two fish for your aquarium solely
because one has a spot over his left eye (and
two because Steve and Kayla HAVE to be together). (see picture below)
You prepare items for a garage sale, and decide to keep a set of dishes
only because they're named "Sierra Ware"
- same name as a Mary Beth character.
You visit Ebay religiously, just to see if there's any new Stephen and/or
Mary Beth items you can bid on.
You hear the word "shenanigans" and instantly think of eggs in beer!
You pass a restaurant named Shenanigans and your first thought is, "Wonder
if they have a basement apartment available?"
You buy nice Christmassy glasses with trees on them and your husband says,
"I suppose you have to send one of these to all your friends online now?"
You jump to buy an animated Santa Clause "doll" that wears a leather jacket
and plays the harmonica (on sale at Wal-Mart), because he reminds you of
"Patchy Clause" on Days.
A fellow fan gave you a tree-air freshener with Stephen's picture on it,
and you hung it proudly in your car.
You buy a cake from the day old table at the bakery just because it has
yellow roses on it.
You develop something akin to an addiction to yellow roses, even
subconsciously buying yellow rose themed birthday cards for friends
You think the song "She's no Lady, She's My Wife" is one of the most romantic
songs you have ever heard, and only because it reminds you of a favorite
Steve and Kayla scene
Every lobster is named Larry and Lucy- you can be in Maine in a restaurant
and you see all the lobsters as Larry and Lucy
You teach a girl named Stephanie and you always think of Steve and Kayla's
Stephanie when you have to call on her. The same goes for anyone named Brady
or Johnson.
Friends and family who saw Stephen on GH would always ask "Why isn't
he wearing a patch, and why isn't he with Kayla/Mary Beth?"
You think of the Civil War and immediately think of Emily and Gideon first-
not Honest Abe- and this from a history teacher !
You visit Charleston for the first time, and all you can think is "Emily
and Gideon (or Stephen and Mary Beth) were here",and try to find the exact
sites.
You can't see a harmonica without calling it a harp or hearing Patch
play
You make plans that if there is a fire- you can get your tapes of Steve
and Kayla's storyline out FIRST!!
You teach third grade and every word problem you write on the board features
someone named Steve or Kayla or Katherine or Stephen or Sierra.
Your daughter who was born before you became a die hard fan mysteriously
gets a middle name change from Nicole to Nichole just out of habit
You are on the west coast, and call friends or fellow fans on the east
coast to find out what happened on a particular show Stephen or Mary Beth
appeared on (to get you through the 3 hour wait).
You've begged your online friends on the east coast (who get the soap
magazines earlier than your part of the country) to type out any
articles/interviews and/or scan pictures of Stephen and Mary Beth, because
you just couldn't stand the suspense of waiting a few more days.
You specify in your will who will inherit your tapes and other Stephen
and Mary Beth memorabilia
You've jumped up and down or shrieked with glee at a news stand or grocery
store at the sight of pictures/articles with Stephen and Mary Beth in a magazine.
At an event, you see Nicholas Cage onstage and even though he is one of
your favorite movie actors, your first thought is, ok when are Stephen and
Mary Beth coming onstage? And your second thought is, gee it would be nice
if they hit if off backstage and he got them in one of his movies.
The deaf storyline on Days inspired you to learn sign language.
Your VCR was off limits to family during the daytime; your kids
or grandkids couldn't watch videos during the day when you taped Days or
GH to see Stephen and Mary Beth
You go to Rite Aid for shampoo and rinse, and end up buying a teddy bear
because it's name is "Teddy Sweetness"
Because your VCR is broken, you agree to babysit for a friend just so
you can use her VCR to watch Steve and Kayla tapes
You sell personal items on ebay so that you can afford to go on a trip
to a fan event to meet Stephen and Mary Beth..or you sell items just so you
can buy a Stephen or Mary Beth related item you have been wanting....
You need to have (minor) surgery and you first check to make sure
Stephen is not scheduled to make a public appearance in your area before
you schedule the date for the surgery.
You keep writing your Steve and Kayla/Stefan and Katherine fan fiction
even though you are being teased endlessly by loved ones and/or friends...
just to get your Steve and Kayla/Stefan and Katherine fix.
You stare off into the distance and space out anytime you hear "the
Rose"...and realize you've forgotten one of the signs that Steve used, or
you hear the word Serenity and giggle uncontrollably, or you shoot
pool- and just think of Steve in those jeans
You buy a copy of a hard-to-find movie Stephen or Mary Beth appeared in,
even though the movie is on a European format tape, and you may not be able
to transfer it to the format you have at home.
You find yourself buying three little angels just because they were named,
Kayla, Steve, and Stephanie, and you took the fact that they were sitting
side by side on the shelf as some sort of sign.
You buy postcards because they have the names Stephen, and Kayla, and
tell about the meaning and origin of the names.
You watch/tape an episode of GH , ATWT or Days because you hear that Stefan,
Katherine, Steve, Kayla or Sierra will be mentioned or shown in a clip
during a special episode....even though you haven't watched one or any of
those soaps in months/years.
Kayla's Cookie Castle opens around the corner from your house, and they
instantly have a loyal customer.
When they play "Shall We Gather At The River" in Church, you think of
Emily and Gideon in South Carolina
While fixing a leaky faucet in the kitchen, the water pressure goes out
of control , blows its foundation and starts flooding your house (there is
no key to turn off the water), and before anything else, you run to save
your 20 favorite Stephen and Mary Beth tapes that are in harm's way . Yes
this actually happened to a Stephen and Mary Beth Fan !
You're out having dinner, and your mom asks you if you think Steve
and Kayla would ever be back on Days. On cue, your waiter shows up, wearing
a patch. You take it as a sign :)
You hear on the news that a baseball player broke his orbital socket,
you immediately remember that Steve was told he couldn't wear another glass
eye because of damage to his orbital socket
The name "Mara Beth Stevens" appears on sample return address stamps you
see in a catalog, and you are certain there has to be a Stephen and Mary
Beth fan somewhere in the company who makes them.
You see a commercial for a new tv show, called "How I met Your Mother",
where one of the characters is wearing a patch.
You immediately look online to find out why the person was wearing a
patch.
The little girl you babysit, gets off the bus with a shirt that says
"Sweetness" on the front and you enthusiastically
tell her you LOVE HER SHIRT! She's in Kindergarten and gives you a funny
look.
A family member saw you crying during Steve's "death" and was immediately
*very* concerned; they wanted to have
you committed when they realized you were crying over a fictional
character.
You've been a student in the midst of studying for finals, simultaneously
ill with a flu and high fever, plus there was a storm outside the likes
of which you hadn't seen for years, with road closures and floods, even tornado
warnings, and yet you STILL traveled to the grocery store to get a copy of
a magazine Stephen and/or Mary Beth were on the cover of. And yes, it made
you feel better!
You drive across town through a blinding snowstorm (rainstorm, hail, etc)
to a particular store because they get their magazines ONE day earlier than
the one closer to home (there's a Stephen and Mary Beth article you have
to see)!
You got a speeding ticket rushing back to work after watching Steve and
Kayla's wedding on your lunch hour (because you couldn't wait until the end
of the day)..yes this actually happened to a Stephen and Mary Beth fan!
Your pets are Stephen and Mary Beth fans (see pictures of Lucy the kitty,
below)


Brought to you by:
Members of the Crystal Tree
And Other Fans of Stephen Nichols and Mary Beth Evans
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