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Just a Little Crush
By Jo Robinson
The last time I had a crush on somebody, I was still in college. Even then I thought I was too old to be having one. "Crushing," as the term is being used now, should've been left behind in high school - stashed inside a wooden chest at the foot of your bed along with slum books, pin-ups of forgone teenage idols, and friendship bracelets. Reading old diaries will indeed make you laugh at how juvenile you were to write the names of the kids you and your crush would have. It is a feeling of adoration in its purest and most earnest form.
To say that having crushes is only for kids is like saying that only fifteen-year-olds are capable of such a feeling: all furry and giddy and warm inside. Adults are entitled to feel that too, even without digging deep for the inner child.
Remember Richard from the second-floor sales department? Didn't you think he had a cute (though quite stubby) nose? Didn't you walk by his cubicle on purpose to display your new mini skirt? Doesn't your heart skip a beat, as many songs go, every time he nods at you when you run into each other at the stairs? But he's married and you have a boyfriend, and you know you don't really want to destroy his relationship or yours. So, yeah, you have a crush on Richard.
I wouldn't call it childish. It's pretty cute actually. To be attracted to somebody without the sexual strings attached, to like somebody just because- how many people nowadays give without asking for something in return? In a way crushing on somebody is an outlet. It gives us the chance to channel some of the good feelings we have in excess. Nothing will probably come out of it - because Richard has two kids, there a close-to-nil chance of hooking up - but still, you let him have that last mint in the candy jar. You give him a copy of music he casually mentioned he liked. And you still pass by his office even if he doesn't notice your short, short skirt because he's on the phone with his wife.
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