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Revisiting teen celeb crushes as an adult (Lighthearted)

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OhPatti · 18/10/2021 18:03

Bit embarrassing, this Blush but I'm curious as to whether it's happened to anyone else.

I'm in my early 50s now, happily married, but happened to be watching old pop videos from the 80s recently on YouTube, including some by a particular artist who I used to crush on majorly at one time… and was slightly weirded out to realise the ‘crush’ feeling was coming back in spades. Shock

This has never happened to me before, and I had a lot of pop star crushes in my teens. lol But the reason I say I was weirded out is… the crush feeling seems to be getting directed specifically towards the person as they looked and acted back then, i.e. more than 30 years ago. They're not remotely like that now. (I don't mean that to sound ageist, just obviously that we all change as we age, Gawd knows I have Grin )

So it's like I’m not really crushing on the person at all, but on the memory? Or maybe I’m just experiencing nostalgia for the feeling of crushing? Dunno... Confused

I'm rather enjoying it, but I'm also curious as to whether this is something that happens to other people when they get to a certain age, or whether I'm the only saddo out there. lol Anyone else experienced this kind of thing years after the event?

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Kanaloa · 18/10/2021 18:32

My daughter has recently started getting into the jonas brothers - showed her the video for mmm bop and told her about how much I loved Hanson when I was her age. She looked at me quite sympathetically.

GoingOutOutNEVER · 18/10/2021 18:48

I live watching 80s music videos the man King.. was weeoooooooooo but now not so much and Owen Paul, my biggest crush was on Glenn Madeiros

KILNAMATRA · 18/10/2021 18:56

Bros!! When will I, will I be famous?? … and they actually released a cat wailing song called ‘There’s a cat among the pigeons’!!

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BuckyBarnesArm · 18/10/2021 18:59

I'm 45 and have celeb crushes all the time! I think it's pretty normal. (Though I would say that haha)

LettertoHermoine · 18/10/2021 19:00

Limahl!

LagneyandCasey · 18/10/2021 19:07

Michael J Fox. I still swoon over him when watching Back to the Future and Teenwolf Blush

OhPatti · 18/10/2021 19:47

@KILNAMATRA

Bros!! When will I, will I be famous?? … and they actually released a cat wailing song called ‘There’s a cat among the pigeons’!!
I probably shouldn't admit this, but I quite liked that song. I'll get my coat. Grin
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