Unsurprisingly, a lot of friends on Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook started sharing stories of crushes on Donny.
My days of crushes were earlier -- and my major crush was Paul McCartney, the "Cute" Beatle. I knew he was meant for me. Why else did he have the EXACT same bangs I'd cut a few months before ever hearing of him? It was definitely a SIGN! (Hmm. Looking at them together, am I the only one who sees a remarkable resemblance between Donny and Paul?)There's probably nothing more memorable than those early crushes. Something I was recently reminded of when I received an email from an old 8th grade crush. Looking back on it, the only two things he had going for him were Bambi brown eyes and dark hair that flopped over his forehead.
Oh, and every other girl in junior high had a mad crazy crush on him, which also gave him a value-added factor. (Thirteen-year-old girls are so shallow!) Many fathers hated him because he also happened to be the afternoon paper boy and their papers were always hours late arriving because all along his route we'd come out to the paper box to flirt with him.
So, fast forward many years. At first, when I saw his address on the email, I felt this little twinge, of Wow, he finally noticed me! (Yeah, shallow thirteen-year-old made a flash, unwelcome appearance. ) Then I began reading.
First he accused me of becoming a hillbilly, having read on my website that I'd moved from Oregon to Tennessee. Not exactly an auspicious beginning.
THEN, after insulting me, he actually had the nerve to ask for a free autographed book for his wife!
Duh. Like that's going to happen any time soon.
So much for teenage crushes and I am now so glad he never asked me out because what a waste of time that would've been!
But even though my first crush turned out to be a jerk (one of the more polite descriptions that comes to mind), I do think a possible outpouring of phone and text votes for the cute boy singer who made so many innocent hearts go pittypat could well prove the enduring power of a girl's first unrequited crush.
Stay tuned.
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