I can tell you of several times when I lost interest in a crush.
There was the one who cursed out a waiter in the very restaurant we were sitting in. There was another who bullied a student in full view of our classmates.
Needless to say, those crushes were over right away.
We can all relate to the moments when we "uncrushed" on someone.
That was the basis for the question VICE writer Nicole Clark put out into the Twitterverse.
Alright Twitter—tell me about the time you uncrushed on someone. I'll start: He was a transfer & flirted with me al… https://t.co/SOSwkKs5ER— Nicole Clark (@Nicole Clark)1553706556.0
People soon responded with their own stories.
Grammar is essential.
@nicalexiac some dude i was texting replied with "defiantly" instead of "definitely" and i never texted back— Petrana 冰冰 Radulovic (@Petrana 冰冰 Radulovic)1553707983.0
Rudeness and entitlement are not.
@nicalexiac @darth One crush got really upset at our server for something completely out of the server’s control. Instant dealbreaker.— ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@¯\_(ツ)_/¯)1553711720.0
WHAT.
@nicalexiac once my hs crush was out sick and the next day i was like are u ok and he told me, ya it just happens i… https://t.co/w2UzY1eLIJ— bettina makalintal (@bettina makalintal)1553707842.0
That's messed up.
@nicalexiac One time I thought this guy was real cute and then he wrote me a haiku to tell me he was going on a date with someone else— Samara Reed (@Samara Reed)1553723896.0
Okay, then.
@nicalexiac I had a crush on someone until they asked me if the pepper icons next to dishes on a vietnamese menu re… https://t.co/qYCN6Je2Jn— Sabrina Imbler (@Sabrina Imbler)1553707332.0
Awkward.
@nicalexiac My crush took me to see Rocky IV, he loved James Brown and when 'living in America.' played he got up a… https://t.co/lJcaPGZ5WR— ALISON HORAN (@ALISON HORAN)1553774376.0
Somehow even more awkward.
@nicalexiac i saw him naruto run and it was all over— morgan sung (@morgan sung)1553707310.0
Who could it be?!
@nicalexiac I had a crush on an actor for 40 years until he turned out to be a political Twitter ignoramus. I was s… https://t.co/IXXBJLMSTm— Kim L (@Kim L)1553708725.0
Um, thanks, cigarettes?
@nicalexiac @darth I was engaged to someone else, but met her through work. It was getting really intense until she… https://t.co/AaKZjaOVng— Willy Lee (@Willy Lee)1553708989.0
What a piece of work.
@nicalexiac The one time I tried to briefly use a dating app, I got messages from around 30 people asking if I was… https://t.co/hLvGJ5BSnz— Jampot (@Jampot)1553760748.0
Red flags!
@nicalexiac went on a first date with a guy and he told me during the date that his last relationship ended bc he w… https://t.co/xX8MuJl1be— kaylie 🏳️🌈🐍 (@kaylie 🏳️🌈🐍)1553732520.0
Even bigger red flag!
@nicalexiac Really cute guy I met at the gym, super fit, studied fine art (sculpting) at a prestigious U, on the fi… https://t.co/Dc0kMyxNcO— KerryOutside (@KerryOutside)1553715996.0
Gross.
@nicalexiac This guy I had a huge crush on asked me if he could tell me a secret and I said yes thinking he was goi… https://t.co/XISHRAMmdY— Abby (@Abby)1553745479.0
That would do it.
@nicalexiac I was sleeping w a guy from one of my Criminal Justice classes back in 2016 and one night I met up with… https://t.co/FjQBimdBpZ— Lᴀᴅʏ Jᴀᴅᴇ🌙 (@Lᴀᴅʏ Jᴀᴅᴇ🌙)1553774735.0
Amen, sister.
@nicalexiac I liked someone who would constantly lead me on... then when I thought were getting close they immediat… https://t.co/Xu5VEuO3k1— Alexis Clove (@Alexis Clove)1553746744.0
Don't do any of this, kids.
Do better.