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How about the craziest thing I was asked to do for love, but DIDN'T do?
Change religions.
My first serious boyfriend (let's call him "Asshat") was in his first year of grad school at my alma mater while I was a junior. Asshat knew one of my sorority sisters because they'd gone to high school together - and she set us up. At the time, Asshat was a Conservadox Jew, and I was a lapsed Catholic.
The relationship seemed promising for a few months. And THEN, I got the ultimatum. He told me: "You must convert to Judaism, or we are breaking up." I informed him: "I will choose my own religion for my own reasons, and will not be coerced by anyone else." That was the end of our relationship. (BTW this conversation took place over IM, as Asshat is ... well, an asshat.)
Two funny things here:
1. Asshat has had more than one girlfriend who was willing to convert for him. OMFG. What kind of woman has so little backbone that they will convert to a religion just because their boyfriend belongs to that religion???
2. I did later convert to Judaism, specifically Reform Judaism. Why? I fell in love with my now-husband. He told me up front, "I don't care what religion you are, I love you. I only want our children to be raised Jewish." So, knowing that my husband and potential future children would be Jewish, I undertook a formal study of Judaism, and ended up realizing I had a Jewish soul, so I converted.
Oh, and AFAIK, Asshat is still single. Perhaps because he is an asshat.
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