Jonas Brothers

Have you ever had a celebrity crush? Well what happens when that celebrity crush turns into a life long obsession. Imagine even having a “disease” because you are so obsessed. Devoting all of your love, money, and time into this celebrity! Think this sounds funny? It does, but its happening to many teens. The teen sensation the Jonas Brothers have fans all over them, including me.I am a 17, almost 18, year old Senior in high school who pretty much lives and breathes anything and everything that has to do with the Jonas Brothers. And that disease I was talking about, I can definitely say that along with half of America, I have OJD. This stands for Obsessive Jonas Disorder based off of the disease OCD or obsessive compulsive disorder.

Many people may wonder what the Jonas Brothers have that make them so special. I asked my good friend Emily Heinbockel. I met Emily at my very first Jonas Brothers concert, and ever since then we have been able to go to many more together! “I like their music and their personalities. I love the good message that they send. I love that they are strong Christians and very humble and down to earth. They are better than every band because they have good faith and strong morals. They do everything for their fans.” Emily replied.Jonas Brothers Fans are some of the most devoted fans ever. For example, my friend Emily and I drove from Apple Valley, Minnesota to Detroit Michigan in a snow storm, spotting many flipped over cars in the ditch. The snow storm definitely slowed us down making our 12 hour car drive into a 17 hour drive. We also spent a lot of our money by staying in the same hotel the Jonas Brothers were while they were in Detroit, which happened to be the Ritz Carlton. We stayed for three nights and ended up spending a few hundred dollars a night to stay on one of the top floors to get access to the very top floor in which we knew the Jonas Brothers were staying in. We spent many hours just waiting, eight hours in the lobby, six hours in the car in the back of the hotel, three hours outside, and another couple hours in the lobby of their floor. We were fortunate enough to meet the boys, but some times that doesn’t always happen and all that waiting turns out to be for nothing. This is just one example of the many crazy things that Jonas Brothers fans will do just to catch a glance at their favorite boys.

Being an older fan of the Jonas Brothers, you hear a lot of things. Whether people are mean about it or not, I am constantly recognized as the person who is obsessed with the Jonas Brothers. I was curious to see if it affects my family or not, so I asked my little sister how me being obsessed with the Jonas Brothers affected her, or if it did. Her response was “It doesn’t really affect me, but I feel that its taking over your life, and to me I feel that there are better things you could be spending your money and time on.” My sister did like the Jonas Brothers at one point, but living in the room next to me and constantly hearing all of my Jonas Brothers music, and me talking about them all the time has kind of made her annoyed, along with my dad. When asked the same question as my little sister, my dad said “The only way it affects my life is you talk about it constantly, and you’re emptying my wallet because of it.”

Another thing about being a fan of the Jonas Brothers is you make a ton of friends from the fan sites and going to concerts and such. Most fans will get along, because most of the fan’s lives revolve around the Jonas Brothers. However I do have a friend who is not a fan of the Jonas Brothers. Her name is Ariel and she gets really sick of me always talking about them. I asked her what she thought about my Jonas Brothers obsession, and she answered, “Well I think it can be normal to be obsessed with a celebrity, you are just more motivated to be with them where most people would just stare at that person on TV, or maybe have a poster of them, or go to a COUPLE concerts. You are just more obsessed than the normal person, but that’s why people love you.”

Being a fan of the Jonas Brothers really is like having a disease. They are such down to earth people who can write the most amazing songs that come straight from their heart. They are amazing people and an amazing band. It’s so hard not to be in love with them, and these kinds of obsessions are very hard to get over, and in my case, pretty much take over my whole entire life.