The strict definition of a crush is a "brief but intense infatuation for someone, especially someone unattainable."
Therefore, many crushes are on people we never meet or interact with directly like actors, singers, athletes or other public figures.
My first crushes were when I was about 3 years old and was fascinated by three fictional characters: fireman paramedic Johnny Gage, Ensign Pavel Chekov and Lt. Hikaru Sulu. They were characters played by Randolph Mantooth on Emergency! and Walter Koenig and George Takei on Star Trek, respectively.
I've never met any of them face-to-face, but I ended up working for Uncle George—although I kept my childhood crush to myself until now.
My first "actual human I'm interacting with directly" crush didn't come until I was about 12 years old in 8th grade. This crush ended up liking me back.
Ah, young nerds in love.
However, he moved away to attend a prestigious prep school on a full academic scholarship before my sophomore year in high school.
We reconnected online in our 30s. He later recruited me to join a study he was part of on face-blindness (prosopagnosia) and autism, where my general oddness was finally diagnosed as ASD.
In our 40s, he walked on after a brief battle with a very aggressive, rare, and deadly form of cancer. Rest In Peace, Leith.
Reddit user Potential-Click8696 asked:
"What happened to your first crush?"
Marriage
"I married her."
"Been together for 39 years now."
~ AlternativeMessage18
"You got the good ending that most of us could never get."
~ Desperate-Damage3599
"First attempt. 100% success rate."
~ _Weyland_
?????
"Who knows?"
~ Kyadagum_Dulgadee
"Same here."
"We were six.
"That's a long, long, long, long (f*ck, I'm old) time ago."
~ Avium
Gay...
"My first boyfriend is now gay."
~ Natti07
"Mine too."
~Kittymarie_92
"Sorry, ladies, but they were probably gay then too."
~ Dargek
Gay Pride Love GIFGiphy
...Or Not
"I—a guy—once dated a guy, then after a while he broke up with me."
"He’s heterosexual now."
"That's right, I am apparently so bad at dating that I put him back in the closet."
~ Cashew-Matthew
Lamb Chop's Lady
"She died before I could profess my love."
"Not entirely sure 6-year-old me stood a chance, but RIP Shari Lewis of Lamb Chop's Play-Along."
~ brillustration
Support From Afar
"She published a book which wasn’t successful.
"She doesn’t know I was that one purchase on that online book store."
~ subtorn
Not The Marrying Kind
"I haven't seen her since we were four."
"My dad doesn't remember her last name, so I'll probably never find out what happened to her."
"It's not that big a deal though."
"Our relationship only lasted a short time. It was a whirlwind preschool romance.
"She wanted to marry me, but at age four I just wasn't ready for that kind of commitment."
~ BrimfulOfLa-A
Proud Of Them
"She's gonna be a pediatric oncologist."
"I'm genuinely so proud of her as a person."
~ _34_
Episode 7: An Old Hope
"He got reabsorbed by the Force after fighting his nephew."
~ Beth_Harmons_Bulova
Gone Too Soon
"He died last year. Still in shock."
"He was 36. Heart attack during sleep."
~ NeitherCoconut6253
A Reading Rainbow 🌈
"My first crush was LeVar Burton."
"He is still doing quite well, from what I can see. Still helping spread knowledge and a love of reading."
"I don't think my crush was reciprocated, however."
~ ShinyUnicornPoo
"Can't blame you there."
"Dude's soul shines bright."
~ emptygroove
Unrequited
"She married her high school sweetheart."
"But that was 20 years ago. I have no idea where she is now."
~ RonMexico432
If They'll Cheat With You...
"He cheated on me with one of my besties."
"They got married and she caught him cheating."
~ jessesgirl1956
"A cheater cheating?"
"Who could see that coming?"
~ Bf4Sniper40X
"Stevie Wonder?"
~ ligmasweaty74
Touch Grass
"Let's normalize not knowing."
"Social media getting into everyone's business is poison."
~ emptygroove
"Some of us actually leave the house and know these things by having real life interactions, Donny Downer."
~ Mushroomc0wz
Strawberry, For Sure
"I drank it, and threw the can away."
~ dittybopper_05H
"Nice. Orange or Grape?"
~ discostud1515
Wow!
One of my first crushes was gay too!
Oh, myyy...
So, do you know what happened to your first crush?
