I MET MARILYN MANSON

long story short

  Basically how i met him was back in march i bought meet and greet tickets as soon as they were released.I had to wait 5 months for this meet and greet so it was pretty agonizing.
The day came and me,my friend and my mom were staying in a hotel for this because it was a 3 hour drive.we got to the venue,picked up our meet and greet package at 3:30 and waited to get taken to meet him.you had to wear your meet and greet lanyard the entire time or else you couldn't get in.Before we left we had to give any gifts or letters that we had for Manson over to the girl who ended up taking our meet and greet picture,I gave her a letter i had written the night before along with my mom's and my friend's.
So we were all taken down to a tent and had to wait about an hour in the heat for his bus to get there.4 buses backed in to a gate and his was the last one.A little while later about 10 people were taken down to his bus (there were about 40 of us).
Soon enough the rest of us were taken down and we had to line up against a white bus that was right in front of his.You couldn't take anything on his bus with you i guess just for security reasons and you had to hand your bag and anything else you had over to security.You had the option to go on by yourself or with a friend but i obviously wanted to go on alone just to make the moment more special.
When i was next in line a tour bus guy asked my name and i told him Amanda,so he yells to Manson on the bus "her name is Amanda" or something like that and after a few seconds he told me to go ahead and get on.
So i walked up the steps and i could see his outline and in my head i was like oh shit there he is.
He stands up and goes "Hi Amanda" and i was like hey.I was trying my hardest to stay calm but when the door shut behind me i turned into a nervous wreck.He could tell i was nervous and instead of shaking my hand he took me into the longest hug i think i have ever received from anyone.When we both let go he put his hand on my back and led me to the couch and we both sat down.I don't know if he was expecting me to say something or what but i was way too nervous to even utter a syllable.
He grabbed my left wrist and squeezed it super super tight without even realizing it because i think he was talking.Then he goes "woops sorry got a little rapey" i still laugh when i think about him saying that to me.Then he brought me in really close for the picture,with his hand still on my wrist,and the next thing i knew the picture was already in his hands and he was signing it.
As he was giving the sharpie back to the girl who took the picture in my head i was screaming "say something to him what are you doing" so i quickly asked him if he could please sign my arm and he was like yeah sure which one? I told him my right one so he took my arm and wrote "MM" with the double cross symbol.
I was in such shock i don't even remember leaving i just remember turning around and saying bye and thanking him.The entire time i was on the bus i could feel his hand rubbing up and down my back he was just the sweetest.
I really regret not saying more to him but i think he understood,at least i wrote him a letter.I don't remember all the small details because i was just in such shock that i actually met my idol and got a really tight hug from him.I'm not writing this to make anyone feel bad who hasn't met him,i just wanted to write it to inform people about what he's like in person <3