Do you ever think about what happened to that childhood/teen crush of yours?

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Enough about the little childhood crush from 1st grade. That ole bastard 🤣 I realize that crush isn't going anywhere until i fess up to him. One crush and I ended on such an emotional note in 6th grade when our parents ripped us away to attend separate HS. I loved that we had everything in common. And i loved his skinny muscular stature. But I saw him at a job interview recently and he's now a personal trainer on the side. I find his new body builder physique to be such a turn off. Man college was the best. In juco, I met James and David. Military dudes are not my cup of tea but these two were some of the most caring guys i ever met. I regret losing touch. I never saw either in a sexual way but i was definitely attracted to them overall. We were def “friends first” but it was clear both wanted to be more than that. It was a total love triangle and i couldn’t choose. But I respect that neither brought up our differences in race. If only more people interested in interracial dating did the same. But they don’t, so I’m pretty turned off to the idea these days. I dreamt of James last night. And we were total goofballs while painting a house together. In school, it was always amazing to see James waiting in the hallway for me to arrive. He would literally jump up and say ITS ABOUT TIME YOU GET HERE GIRL! His hyper energy was such a breath of fresh air. He’d invite me and the fam to his military parades to see him march. I do miss him. And then omg David, he would literally walk across campus and come get me out of class. Then he’d walk me to my next class or to my ride. He was so sweet but also super crazy lmao. I used to want to walk with Nate, Matt, and James sometimes but David would get possessive af. Its why i didn't try to keep in touch with him when he got he got deployed but i do kinda regret that. I hope both are alive and well. 
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BlueWalker · Accepted Answer

Yikes. Sorry for such a long answer, but the words just flowed out of me...

I had a HUGE crush on a girl who was in my click of friends when I was in high school. She was undoubtedly the prettiest girl I have ever known, but she was SO down to earth. She always had a smile and treated everyone with such kindness and respect, and was always so caring and genuine.

At the time though, I was fairly overweight and kind of shy, so I never felt like I was even close to being in her league. Besides, she was always in a relationship with one of our other friends, so I never had the chance... even if I had the courage to ask her out. Which I didn't. But I was always the jokester in our group. I loved (and still love) being a random goofball and making people laugh. I don't know why, but I always had a knack for making her laugh more than anyone else. Even to the point of her boyfriend being jealous of me. lol I just seemed to have a sense of humour that she found really funny - maybe in a way she'd never heard or been around before - and she always used to laugh and grab my arm or lean against me as I had her in stitches. lol

Her and I, and the rest of our friends lived in the same neighbourhood, but the school we went to was a couple neighbourhoods away, so we would take the public transit to school, and we would all take the subway and bus home and get off at the same stop. However, all of our friends lived west of the bus stop and they would walk that way, but only me and her lived east of the stop, so we would walk home together everyday. It was only about 3 blocks away until we parted ways (she lived a couple of streets away from me), but I always liked walking with her and spending some "alone time" with her. Sure, I had a huge crush on her, but I also liked those short times together just because she was my friend.

Sometimes we'd walk fast because we just wanted to get home, but other times we'd walk slow and just talk about whatever. Most of the time I would joke around with her, but those times alone kind of gave me butterflies sometimes too. 😊 It was sort of a Peter Parker/Mary Jane Watson dynamic at times. lol But those are some of the times I remember most.

But how she really stole my heart wasn't just because of how stunningly beautiful she was or how she loved to laugh at my silly, random humour, or any of that. As I said, at the time I was relatively hefty and was bullied pretty bad in high school. But despite that, she always treated me like I was her best friend and was always so kind and genuine toward me. She was a true sweetheart in every sense of the word. Ultimately, she treated me like a human being during a time when most people in school didn't, and that meant the world to me. She made me feel like I was meaningful to her and that I was worth her time, and her genuine appreciation for me always came through. Which are just some of the reasons why I had such a massive crush on her. (more)...

ElvenMr · Accepted Answer

I had a few crushes from summer camps, and from swimming, but i don't even know their full names, except for one girl who is very special to me.. i still want to get in touch with her, but i'm procrastinating it... my life is not where i would like it to be currently, so i guess it's pointless for me to contact her at the moment.

And i know a little about others.. thanks to social media: a few got fat, one dates a guy that looks twice her age, others are well i guess, but i don't know much else about their lives.

Puppystarfish23 · Accepted Answer

Yeah I liked lots of boys at school but none of the ones I liked, liked me back. My biggest crush in school treated me as invisible and didn't accept my friend request on Facebook so I got really upset about that as he obviously didn't like me at all not even as friend. He was a total dick really now I look back. I remember when we first met. He was new at the school and was getting bullied. I was bullied at school myself so took sympathy on him and tried sticking up for him and asked him if he'd like to join my table with my friends. His reply was that he didn't need a bunch of girls fighting his battles and he wasn't very nice to me when I'd tried to help him make friends.

Years on I forgot about it and he got attractive and hung around with the cooler kids. I was friends with one of my friends and she did try and set us up but he wasn't having any of it. He'd always complain but he wanted a girlfriend and but no girls liked him.

He's a trolley boy at Sainsbury's now and has still not gotten a girlfriend.

My other big crush was a Jehovah's witness boy. All the girls fancied him at all and I'd make joke out of it with him and everytime I saw him I'd be all like "omg it Tom", "Tom have my babies" etc. He must have found this funny as he really liked me a lot. I had a crush on him and I'd always tense him. He's got told off by his mother for watching me get changed and she found out we were holding hands lol. We were both 16 years old. He wanted to ask me out but was too shy. He's always hold a torch for me but I'm not converting to being a Jehovah's witness and I'm in a happy, loving adult relationship now with someone else.

Last time I saw him he was hanging outside my college handing out flyers on his religion. He went bright red when he saw me and waved.

Prettygurl12 · Accepted Answer

In elementary school I had a crush on a kid named Derek. I think he's married now 🤔 Or just living with his lady... I want to say they just had a baby 🤷🏼‍♀️ My MIL is apparently best friends with his mom lmao

In middle school I liked a boy named Austin. Austin is... somewhere. I think he works with rocks 🤷🏼‍♀️😂

In high school I dated a boy named Peter. He is a rocket scientist now and married a girl with my same name lol I think their wedding pictures showed up on Facebook in late 2020?

My husband and I dated in high school. Peter and I dated for a few months in 9th grade. My husband and I started dating in 12th grade. And obviously we got married so... 😂

jennifer_bloom · Answer

I never did unless it was a recent crush from less than 3-4 years ago, my life is too busy for me to dwell on past events.

Diodoro · Answer

I've actually bumped into most of them years later. Girl I liked in kindergarten I saw again when we were like 13-14.
Girl I like at 14-15 I saw again at 18-19. Girl I like at 16-17 I saw again at 21-23. Friends sister I liked but did nothing with added me on Facebook when I was 25.

In most cases the girls put on a good bit of weight or I just wasn't attracted to anymore. But one was still pretty cute, just not my type at that time and the other was married with two kids lol.

Others were in and out of relationships. Going to work/school and so on

Inexpensivefurniture · Answer

There was a guy (Austen I think his name was) I was really good friends with in kindergarten/grade one. I developed a crush on him, but shortly after we wound up at different school and I never saw him again. I kinda wonder what he's doing now, more because we were friends than because I had a crush on him

humpbackjack · Answer

Not really except my wife has been on this weird trip lately asking a lot about my ex’s she’s even gone as far as finding them on Facebook and getting even more jealous of them which is crazy since she has stepped out on me before and the fact that I’ve invited one of her ex’s to stay at our house for a week so he could see his daughter and the fact that I haven’t seen any of these girls in more than thirty years

kellytheman · Answer

I had a foreign exchange girl from Brazil and a little fling nothing like sex or anything but we made out for awhile in her bed one time when I was helping her with her Algebra. We kept on contact for when she went back to Brazil but the long distance kinda made hard staying in touch.

Relux47 · Answer

When I was in middle school there was a girl that I had a crush on. One day I never seen her so she had to switch schools, that hurt deeply. I went through high school and college without ever seeing her. I haven’t forgotten her name so thanks to Facebook I found out that she’s a mother of a girl.

Rob70 · Answer

I have thought about a couple of them. I have even looked on Facebook to try and find one of them. I don't know if I would ever want to meet in person. It would be cool to see how their lives have been. Do they have children/married what they ended up doing for a career.

Anonymous · Answer

I do from time to time and used to break out my old yearbook to search their name on social media or google. Most didn't go far in life and/or lost their looks that was pretty much the only reason for my crush. That makes me sad to see but I guess it's a good thing they didn't like me back.

hahahmm · Answer

Not anymore because if I even try to talk to them in a platonic way they act flustered like somebody is planning a bank heist or hookup. Doesn't matter if they're married with kids or what. So I stopped cause I'm not looking to go there.

Wester1967 · Answer

I know. She ran off telling me I wasn’t good enough for her, chasing a jock who had another girlfriend. Then she got knocked up by another dude. Now she’s on her third marriage.

I guess I wasn’t good enough for that.

electromagnetic · Answer

I used to have this fling thing with a Cuban dude back in ninth grade. I ran into him halfway cross the globe in Morocco. He ended up moving there to be with his wife.

Mac-One · Answer

I had my first and only crush when I was 18 (she was 16); I married her when I was 21 (she was 19) and we are still together and in love after 56 1/2 years.

ewok737 · Answer

Yes, a girl I went to grade school and high school with she always sat close to me due our last names both started with R.
Haven't seen her since high school graduation 47 years ago.
Have no idea how her life turned out.

BareNecessary · Answer

Which one hahaha? I had like 20. All great candidates just on a completely other path than mine. Still see if they post anything new if I think about it. More like an old friend you used to care about or unless they turned into a bi stripper at clubs in Dallas. Thats different

exitseven · Answer

The thing about the internet is that you can track down just about anyone. So I know what happened to her.

Justneedtokno · Answer

I already know about mine he has about two kids and he’s unhappy. At least that’s what he told me and the other one was trying to get back with me and still trying to do the school thing

spartan55 · Answer

No, because I married her. 10 years later we are divorced.

JennBITx · Answer

I actually did not focus on dating in high school, but the one crush I had looks horrible now. He is married and a pathetic human being

abc3643 · Answer

I know what happened to them because I am connected to them via social media.

Den1971 · Answer

I saw one of my childhood crushes when I was like 25 she was much older than me it was one of my buddies older sisters and yes all of the above happened 😉

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