When someone likes someone else a lot, they
may refer to the someone else as their crush. Crushes are interesting because of their varieties. I’d like to offer two different types of crushes for now.
Little crush. This first crush is on someone the crusher doesn’t know
well. It could be infatuation, appreciation of appearance, a desire to be
friends mislabeled, or simply an admiration of the idea of someone rather than who they are. When the crusher learns more about this person, they
may lose their crush, reaffirm it (see the second
type) or discover the crush was mislabeled. Instead of specifying a different type of crush for mislabeled platonic wanting-of-friendship, it’s included in type one because typically the cause is the same: The crusher doesn’t know the crush
well or is unfamiliar with separating these feelings. Even if this little crush feels intense, it still is considered little because there is little to go off of.
Big crush. When the crusher knows the crush
well and has developed a crush or previously had a little crush on them. Feelings are more fleshed out here, as there are reasons behind the way the crusher feels, even if they can’t name it. However, the crusher should be able to point out specific things they
like other than appearance that they
like about their crush
like actions, hobbies, opinions or little things. Someone with a little crush can do this too, but they don’t know the person as
well.
What’s the name of that blonde
guy in our class? I think I have a little crush on him.
Marco loved the way his crush, Jenna, skated around school. She was so cool!
After getting to know Jenna better, Marco’s crush on her got
even bigger.
I have a crush on my best friend and she doesn’t know. She’ll never know all the little things I notice,
like the way she holds her hair up when she’s
mad, the way she talks faster and less coherent when excited and the passion she has for human rights.