“The mark of a true crush… is that you fall in love first and grope for reasons afterward.”
The late 60-minutes journalist Shana Alexander gave us this quip and ain’t it the truth? Having a crush is exhilarating, but it’s also highly inconvenient. You find yourself liking another individual through no will of your own, often for inexplicable reasons that are out of your control.
Cupid has launched biological warfare and we’re all susceptible to his arrows. We never know when one of those dreadful darts might hit, but when it does, you better hope the paramedics are there to rescue your lovesick ass. Here are a few signs you’ve been hit hard by the god of love.
You’re feeling over-eager:
A tell-tale sign of crushing hard is wanting to spend all your time with this person. You send text messages and then anxiously wait by the phone. Any other person in the world wouldn’t matter if they didn’t respond quickly. However, if you find yourself texting your crush, you think you might die before they answer.
The hardest part of having a crush on someone is accepting the very scary reality that you may feel something for someone who may not have felt it back. Patience is the best way to deal, and goodness, it’s so much work.
You overthink everything:
The second the crush sets in, I feel bad for you friend. You used to walk through the door every morning with enough swagger and ease to charm a fleet of hunky sailors. Now, you find yourself awkwardly tripping over your own feet and holding your breath each time the two of you make eye contact.
If you’re overthinking what you wear, how you dress, the way you act, and basically everything else, you officially have a crush. Now try not to choke on the air the next time they say “hi” to you.
You literally can’t think of anything to say:
The most annoying part about having a crush is wanting to say everything (or at least anything) and simply choking out, “the weather is nice today.”
You clearly know you like them, and they may like you back. However, your attraction to them and desire to not screw things up leads you to be self-conscious and over-aware whenever they’re around. Sure, you might be a beautiful, witty girl, but the second they talk to you your brain turns to jello and you can’t think of anything worth while to spit into the conversation.
Instead you just feel like:
You giggle too much:
Apparently, we laugh harder at the jokes of those we find attractive. In our desire to be accepted by our crush, we find ourselves laughing harder than necessary at their mildly funny jokes.
And then, if you are anything like me, you probably choke on a breathe of air and nearly throw up on your crush (it’s not very attractive).
Even if you don’t do as I so, you likely find yourself laughing too hard, smiling too much, and left without anything to say.
The only thing worse than having a crush is being crushed by that crush.
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