Admiring from a safer distance

A crush is something like admiring someone from a safer distance. Its like say there is a girl for whom you can do anything. You think about her constantly. You admire some of her qualities which are very special to you. Thats it.

Beyond that, if you feel that you want to tell her how you feel, but at the same time, you are frightened, then it can either be love or infatuation. Or it can be that you work to be her friend, and then maybe her best friend. At that time, its not crush anymore - its a meaningful relationship.

We should all enjoy being in crush(es). I have always enjoyed a lot all this throughout my life. My crush list included teachers, news readers and journalists, some of my friends (most of them having a boyfriend...lol), music artists. Its just that the the crush keeps on changing, but the crush list keeps on increasing.

Although its a nice and sweet feeling, it can be painful if you let it take over your life. You are not able to balance those feelings with the rest of what is going on in your world, and thus you suffer.