Do crushes last longer for girls or guys, and why?

[Larson7]

Is anyone else like this? When I was in elementary school I would get a girlfriend and really not understand or be really devastated a week later when they broke up with me. I didn't understand that it was normal for it only to last for 8 days or 12 whatever. I was closer to preparing for the wedding. I'm kind of female emotionally. But don't say anything smart I'll still kick your ass dudes. I might not win but I'll never quit LOL. I've lost most of the 30 fights or so I have been in but I've never quit one of them. But I am one of those keep trying something that isn't working over and over for a different result types of people.

[pocketman]

Probably guys, because we have to hope that one day a relationship will happen with the girls of our interest. Girls dont really have to hope for a relationship with guys, they just filter through the men showing interest and select their favorite candidate. It doesn't make sense for girls to have a crush that lasts long. If they stop and think about a guy that they like thats somthing totally different than a long lasting crush.

[Dreamy2020]

I don't think it is a gender issue. I would actually say that the men move on faster than women, since I am a woman myself. But I don't think that is true. It has something to do with crushes in general. We put them on sort of a pedestal, and we see only the good things about them. How can you get over a perfect person? Only way we can get over them is if we found out any dealbreakers, or our attraction for them changed somehow.

[cherryblossomXD]

I don't really know. Depends on every individual and the circumstance. I have seen instances of both lasting long and short. For me, my longest crush is probably 2 years.

[LazarusTheRisen]

Its situational. A crush is really just am obsession until it leads to an emotional connection.. if you don't find that connection the obsession could last a few hours, days, weeks, or last because people just accept what they see and quit trying.

[Zealashton]

i think a crush or i should say the attraction of a woman lasts longer for a guy beacuse, a weoman can easly snare a man, but a man, not so much
so for a guy it lasts longer

[Riot_king]

Well, with everlasting patience I have a crush on a colleague for the last 2 1/2 years and counting. Cccrrraaaaazzzyyy...

[Anonymous]

Case by case basis. There is one girl I've been obsessing over like no other. No one in high school came close.

[serious]

I think that would totally depend on the person and not the gender.

[sheikalana]

OMG when I was a teenager I could have a crush on a guy for years!! Nowadays it doesn't happen anymore LOL.

[JDavid25]

Depends really.. I had a crush on a co- worker for a year even though she rejected me twice officially..

[Anonymous]

Don't know about girls, but I've had a crush on a girl for way over 7 years and even if I have kind of moved on since than, I still long for her sometimes

[Niya2006]

I dunno
some girl's crushes last longer and then some guy's crushes last longer

[zomegagon]

No idea, but I've had crushes that have lasted years. I still love a girl that passed away in highschool, and we were never together.

I think it really depends on the person :shrug:

[Simplismilez]

I think women. Men lose interest over the most simple things.

[Gedaria]

I don't know but I've had a crush on a girl for years, she is as bad as me..

[DamnSam]

I think that depends more on personality than gender...

[Nachowedgie]

Ice had a crush for 7 years so I dunno, you tell me

[Marco10]

There’s no way to tell. Every person is a different case with a different character.

[ItsTheNephilim]

They can or can not. Depends on the individual.

[dreamstar72]

About the same for both

[AlexDeLarge]

I've had a crush on a friend for 2 years now

[ronaldsnugs]

It’s an individual thing not a gender thing.

[meeso13]

I don't really know