Anyone else still not over their high school crush?

[Anonymous]

Just looked mine up. He's a butcher now. I'm vegan. Good thing we didn't end up together.

It's funny, I was SO scared to talk to my crushes in HS. I never in a million years would have made a move because they were hot and popular. Now, I look at them and think..."meh. I can do better".

[Anonymous]

I married mine, so nope, not over him. 😁

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Same as PP. My youthful crush was all about youthful attraction - unbelievable chemistry and physical compatibility, but lacking in almost every other quality I was looking for in a lifelong partner. I did not have similar instant chemistry with my spouse, but he has stood by my side every step of the way, through good times and bad, and is a devoted husband and father. I think that my crush eventually cleaned up his act, but I would never have been happy with his alcohol consumption or his wandering eye.

I could have written this word for word.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I married mine, so nope, not over him. 😁

Well done!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, you're alone. I am SO MUCH BETTER than my high school crush now. I just looked him up on Facebook - he still lives in our home town and flips houses or does construction or something. He's married to a woman who is not that pretty and 15 yr old me would have thought he'd have married a model. He dated all the prettiest girls (not me) in high school. He is friends with all the dumb guys from high school. It's like he never moved on.

I really dodged a bullet there.

Not OP. To be honest, this post sounded kind of judgmental. "Not that pretty," "dumb guys." Maybe they're just nice people to be around?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you talk to this person?

I think you might just be missing your youth and the feeling that anything was a possibility then and the excitement of having a crush?

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you count first boyfriend or is this just "crush who didn't even know I was crushing"?

But yes still think about first boyfriend at age 55. Pathetic!

40. First real love; one of my high school boyfriends (most significant one). I think what I really miss is my youth. And the nineties.

I mean, aren’t we all longing for any time but 2020?

Also first love is first love. Like a first sunset what are you gonna do?

[Anonymous]

Huh, I just had a dream about my high school crush. I'm definitely over him though. He is two years older and was really popular, I was not. We were friends through a sport we did together, but I'm pretty sure he saw me more as a little sister. Would be fun to talk to him again just to catch up. Definitely not interested in more though, I'm very happily married and as far as I know he is too.

[Anonymous]

Ive had so many crushes and I remember them all! Sweet memories

[Anonymous]

My most notable high school crush is now a tea party congressman. Needless to say, the crush faded.

[Anonymous]

I occasionally still think about my high school crush, who I was friendly with but mostly admired from afar, although a mutual friend told me shortly after we graduated that he carried a bit of a torch for me too. I haven't seen or heard from him in 25 years, though once in a while I hear about him from former classmates who've kept in touch.

I honestly have no idea why I still think about him, as I've been happily married for many years. I don't think about any former boyfriends or other crushes though so I think it's kind of a what might have been thing combined with the age at which it happened-- everything is heightened in adolescence.

Ive almost never dreamt about him though, which is too bad because I would live that lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I occasionally still think about my high school crush, who I was friendly with but mostly admired from afar, although a mutual friend told me shortly after we graduated that he carried a bit of a torch for me too. I haven't seen or heard from him in 25 years, though once in a while I hear about him from former classmates who've kept in touch.

I honestly have no idea why I still think about him, as I've been happily married for many years. I don't think about any former boyfriends or other crushes though so I think it's kind of a what might have been thing combined with the age at which it happened-- everything is heightened in adolescence.

Ive almost never dreamt about him though, which is too bad because I would live that lol.

*love that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I married mine, so nope, not over him. 😁

Same here. Just celebrated 39 years of marriage!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not HS, but a girl just after HS. We dated for three years. Still not over it.

What about her?

[Anonymous]

I’m only 24. Graduated in 2013. But my HS crush is the “one that got away.” We tried to make it work many times after HS and he would always just get away. For me it’s not so much that I’m not over him but I’m upset he never gave the relationship a real chance. He has a girlfriend now and seems happy.