Category Archives: crushes

Fireworks

When did you last see fireworks? No, not the kind that’ll be going off in the sky this weekend… the kind between you and another person. That old trope used in everything from classic cartoons to sitcoms to bad teen … Continue reading

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A Spring in Your Step

May is right around the corner. The weather looks like it might finally make up its mind and stay at least spring-like (though we’re looking at temps in the 80s here this weekend, so maybe we’ve skipped spring and gone … Continue reading

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Balanced Views

While I’m still collecting some feedback and shuffling around my own ideas about how (or if) I should rearrange my seven types of crushes, I dug back through my archives of bookmarked articles and found a neat one from Psychology … Continue reading

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What is a ‘Successful’ Crush?

One of the comments I got from last week’s tale of successfully crush revelation raised the question of what a successful crush entailed. The simple answer is this: A successful crush is one that helps you become a better person … Continue reading

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Failure and Success: Telling Someone About the Crush (Part II)

So I’ve talked about how to tell someone you have a crush on them and why you’d want to do that. I figure now it’s time I share a couple of stories from my own life. Just a little while … Continue reading

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