Saturday, 10 September 2011

• A Former Crush Facebooked Me

  

  A former high school crush added me as his Facebook friend today. It's been nearly a decade since we last had any contact.

  At age 15, he was the hottest boy I had ever laid eyes on. I had a class with him and we worked on projects together. My crush on him grew serious...for the next two years, I had it bad for this guy. I wished and wished that he would ask me to prom (this is back when I still believed guys should do all the asking). Or I at least hoped for the chance to get closer to him.

  By senior year, an opportunity fell into my lap. Our teacher told us about starting a chapter of a national organization here at our high school and asked if we would be interested in heading it up. He became president. I was vice president. We held a club meeting every week during lunch. He was a charismatic leader; he fired up the freshman who came to our meetings -- many of whom, I suspect, joined just for the eye candy.

  But as time went on, I realized that when it came to actually executing our plans, he was nowhere in sight. He was too flaky, too flighty, and simply didn't have it in him to carry things forward. I had to pick up a lot of pieces towards the end. During lunch one day, he blew up at me because one of our events did not go as planned. One minute he was calm and the next he was screaming. I was horrified.

  I knew then that my two-year crush had been schoolgirlish and silly, and that this guy was far from Prince Charming but really just a jerk.

  He never did ask me to prom, and by then I no longer cared. The last image of him I still remember was at a social right before graduation. He smiled and waved hello to me, seemingly oblivious to the fact that we had had a falling out. Since then, I have put him away into the recesses of my mind.

  ...Until now. I can't deny that he brings back a lot of memories -- some of which I want to forget. But at the same time, I've long since moved past this guy now, so adding him on Facebook shouldn't be that big of a deal, should it? Either way, I can't help but be a little amused: A decade later, the guy who taught me to never fall for someone solely based on looks has resurfaced again.

  Have you ever been disillusioned by a crush? Has s/he ever come back into your life after a long time? What did you do?

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