Category Archives: crushes

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

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. One when things went … Continue reading

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Why Speak Up

After last week’s post about how to tell someone you have a crush on them, I was met again and again with two major questions: Why not just ask them out? and Why tell them? The first I answered a … Continue reading

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Breaking the Silence: 5 Steps to Announcing Your Crush

With International Crush Day having just passed, I hope some of you let fly with declarations of wild interest to some of your crushes. Me? I discovered that I really don’t have many actual crushes around I haven’t told about … Continue reading

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Mending a Broken Heart

Those who’ve read through here regularly know that a crush doesn’t need to lead to heartbreak. Heck, the end of an actual relationship doesn’t need to go there, either. But it happens to the best of us, no matter how … Continue reading

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International Crush Day: February 20

My fellow DC Blogger The Restaurant Refugee created a holiday, by official blog decree last year, called International Crush Day. So says he: So it’s that time again.  I encourage all of you to spend some time this Friday (International … Continue reading

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