Crushes are something all of us get at some point in our life. What makes us feel this way about people? And how old is too old to still crush on someone? Most of us have crushes from the time that we're toddlers to well in our adulthood. Often times their people that we interact with in our daily lives from classmates, teachers, neighbors and so on. But sometimes these crushes are people plastered on our walls, they sing our favorite songs, are the heartthrob of our favorite movies and so on. But nonetheless a crush is still a crush whether or not you see them in your day to day life or not.

I think that the hardest crushes are celebrity crushes. My celebrity crush is very well known in the Detroit music scene. I’ve never met him and probably never will but I seriously have a 12-year-old 7^th grade crush on this guy. Even if I did I think that I would be too timid, shy and self-doubting to approach him with every fear that you can imagine. And maybe a little bit stalkerish as well.

Whether or not we know our crushes personally or not seeing them involved with someone else can send a knife straight through our heart. Because as crazy as it sounds we have put personal claim on that person.

Seeing them sends our heart in to a frenzy and in our minds, we’ve planned out our whole lives together detail by detail. One of my very first crushes was AJ from the Backstreet Boys. When I was in high school, I had a class where I had to plan a wedding. There should be no surprise that AJ was my husband and I was his bride. Even after all these years he’s still at the top of my list of crushes.

While some people may think women (or men) of a certain age should put crushes back into their childhood. Many of us will continue to fond over the next handsome guy or beautiful girl that sits next to us in history class or becomes our next favorite actor or singer. So, to answer the question of this article. It’s never too old to have a crush. So, keep crushing to you hearts content.