# What does a crush feel like?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 12, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-crush-feel-like/602742 "2011-11-12T23:46:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-crush-feel-like/602742/2 "2011-11-12T23:56:23Z")

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It’s an obsession, and it hurts so good. It makes you feel alive. It makes song lyrics have deep meaning. The emotional intensity is druglike.

Ultimately though they’re unproductive. I’ve always gotten over mine very slowly, as I very gradually start to see the object’s faults.

In my experience, lasting love _never_ starts as a crush, and what starts as a crush _never_ lasts.

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