Maybe it’s been awhile since you’ve had a crush on someone , and you’ve forgotten what it feels like .
Sure, it’s kind of exciting to feel your heart flutter and anticipate what could happen, but for the most part, having a crush can turn an otherwise reasonable person into an irrational mess.
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If you’ve ever done something dumb in order to impress a crush, don’t feel bad. This Reddit thread proves that you’re hardly alone.
I really feel the cringe with this one.
“I found out his favorite band and found a deep cut song to play in my car when I picked him up. So he was excited that we shared that interest. The literal next day he played that bands most famous song and I asked him who the artist was. The look of confusion and disappointment on his face still haunts me and that was when I was 14. I’m 30 now.”
Sometimes the one you have a crush on is a certified manchild.
“I walked three miles in a snowstorm to buy a PlayStation so I could let my ex-boyfriend borrow it because his mom took his away.
He was 21 at the time.”
When you’ve tried everything.
“I’ve played paddle, fútbol, watched basketball and fútbol muches, I became a huge F1 fan and I watched all the seasons of House of Cards . The best part Is that I used to hate sports and I don’t like Kevin Spacey.”
Lesson learned.
“After first coming out as a lesbian I was exploring my sexuality. My crush was pretty into kink. So I told her I was also into kink and down with anything.
I was not.
Went to a kink club with her and did a whole bunch of things I shouldn’t have.”
Underwhelming, but props for showing the bravery.
“I wrote him a gushing email. I still cringe about it to this day (with a tinge of pride for my bravery).
We did meet at some point after the email but nothing really happened.”
Did she even try getting into sriracha?
“Saw a him wearing a sriracha shirt and somehow mistook it for a Red Hot Chili Peppers shirt and proceeded to binge all of their music in a few nights just to realize he wasn’t actually a Red Hot Chili Peppers fan. Discovered I liked their music at least lol.”
There are situations in life where it’s best not to fit in.
“Started drinking when I really didn’t want to, he just only hung out with the cool girls who drank, so I tried to become one. Worst decision of my life.”
The ugly cry never works.
“I climbed over a fence, got my leg stuck, bust my lip and now have a scar. I wanted to seem cool and impulsive but I think the gross ugly crying with a bloody swollen lip kinda ruined that impression.”
I hope she’s a full-blown economist now.
“Ugh where do I begin? Took an economics class in uni just because it was his major. He wasn’t even in the class, he went to a different school altogether. I just thought it would make me feel closer to him.”
No way this one’s real.
“I had a crush on one of the older brothers of a school friend. He was three years older than us. In 6th grade, I pretended to trip in front of him so I could ‘accidentally’ run into him. He steadied me and said, ‘watch your step or I might marry you some day.’ Everyone was waiting for the bus or getting ready to walk home (he walked his sister home a lot)… that got a lot of play until the end of school. Kids coming up teasing me about getting married. Lol funny thing. I ran into him years later in a neighborhood grocery store. We got together, got married and had a daughter.”
– u/DAecir
Maybe there’s something to this.
“Tried to race him and then my foot fell in to a hole and I fell on the ground flat on my face and just laid on the ground… he realized and came running back for me and now we are married so yea it worked cause he thought I was cute.”
When you think it’s getting hot, but it’s just you.
“A crush liked an outfit of mine on Instagram so I wore it to our first date. Black turtleneck, black moto leather jacket, black Aritizia’s, Melina leather pants. It was during a heatwave.”
Aw, that’s a cute one.
“Way back in school in the ’90s, I had a crush on the boy everyone fancied in school. But I hashed up a genius plan to win his heart, and would leave him notes in his locker with my poetry, birthday cards, lyrics from my favourite songs (lame, I know) I was head over heels for him at 15.
Skip to two years later on the last day of school for him (year above) I told him everything, admitted the cards, all of it and he knew the whole time and asked why I never told him sooner. I got a kiss from him later that weekend.”
At least they discovered some new music in the process.
“I listened to alternative/indie music because I thought they liked that type of music and we would have a common interest. I ended up liking the music, but not the person…. Oops”
Much ado about nothing.
“One time (I was 13) I really had a crush on my next door neighbour — let’s call him Benji. My friend Louise was round at my house and we were just playing Mario Kart on the Wii. My mum left us two at home whilst she went to the shop. I came up with this amazing plan that I would invite Benji round to play on the Wii, like a date, whilst Louise hid in the cupboard underneath the TV. Why you ask?? I have no idea man, I was a weird kid. I gave Louise a summer fruits oasis and a pen and paper, to write down everything me and Benji spoke about (obviously), and off she got in the cupboard whilst I went to knock on Benji’s door. —— so now Benji and I are playing Mario Kart whilst Louise is in the cupboard, it’s probably been about 20 minutes at this point, Benji asks me if I have a hamster as he can hear scratching coming from the cupboard, I laugh and say no… my mum comes home and says ‘oh hey Benji. Where’s Louise?’ So I’m like ‘oh Louise went home ages ago’. Benji leaves shortly after that and Louise is released from the cupboard… my mum was like what the heck are you doing!? Benji never knew about Louise in the cupboard. So yeah, that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever done to impress a crush— although not sure what I gained from it haha.”
Thanks, Will Forte.
“The night before a first date I was super depressed and decided to get wine drunk by myself and I ended up texting my date a bunch of pictures of Will Forte. For some reason I thought it would be really funny and i would impress him with my great sense of humor. I was so ashamed the next morning I almost cancelled our date but thought the least I could do was buy the guy lunch. We have been married five years now, together for eight.”
This is known as failing upwards.
“Got absolutely trashed at a club I was too young to be in, forgot how to get home, ended up back at her place and she let me sleep it off on the couch
Ended up having brunch the next morning and convinced her to give me another shot. Been together ever since.”
Guitar isn’t for everyone.
“Lied and said I knew how to play guitar, as he is a guitarist lmao
Good news is it worked and we’re planning on getting married next year.
No, I still have no idea how to play the guitar, he has tried.”
That’s very forward.
“[I] broke his tailbone. I was trying to flirt in class and pulled out his chair from under him (soooo stupid) and he sat down so hard on the floor he broke his butt. I wanted to die.”
At least it worked (kinda).
“Joined the US Marines. No joke. We’ve been together 7 years, started shortly after I was discharged. Although I found out much later after the fact that that he had loved me all along or whatever even before the marines, so…”
