To be glad I'm old enough to enjoy this daft adolescent crush rather than weep over it?

[solidgoldbrass]

I have a glorious crush on a (very) minor sleb who is also a friend of a friend. I am really enjoying it because I know him just about well enough to say 'Hello' when he is doing a performance, and to have to rush off into the loo and giggle helplessly when he says 'Hello' in return. 20 years ago I would have been wetting myself if he said 'Hello [SGB]' and in utter despair if he ignored me.

Tonight he said 'Oh hello, give us a kiss' and I nearly dropped dead with glee.

What I mean is, I am having all the enjoyment of having a crush with none of the anguish. Because I am old. That's something all you youngsters can look forward to.

Yanbu. Advancing age has to have some benefits!

And am very jealous. Can you hint to his identity? . Probably not.

Yabu for not telling us who and a stealth boast at celeb crush asking for a kiss

Btw you still can look forward to getting older again because then you can say how much you fancy him and ask for a kiss and get away with it.

Sounds more dangerous if you actually have contact... easier to fancy from afar and imagine the only reason they haven't swept you off your feet is that they haven't met you :-)

Bwahahah, dangerous? I think not. Crush object regards me as well meaning elderly auntie.

How the mighty have fallen! As Ms Davis opined, getting old is certainly not for cissies.

As for the crush object regarding you as a "well meaning elderly auntie", sgb, if only he knew that under your Miss Marple appearance lies a veritable sewer full of lust given half a chance you'd jump his bones.

BTW, I am reliably informed that a certain product made by Tena Lady can forestall the need to rush off to the loo at inconvenient moments unless you're anxious to partake of another line.

I don't need tena lady, i have leather trousers and large pack of tissues thank you there isn't an [undignified slobbrering] face, is there?

There probably was when you granted his request

do tell who this minor sleb fella is...

From your description of yourself here SGB I have this image in my head

When I say minor sleb I mean 'bloke in band that plays in the local pub' so no one you would have heard of. Honest.

Hee hee hee

Enjoy your fun, Great Aunt Brass

Your minor sleb is a 'bloke in band that plays in the local pub'? You should have no problem whatsoever pulling him, sgb.

Channel your inner Mae West - a woman's only as old as the man she feels

Ah, no, I don't want to pull him, I really am old enough to be his mum. I think he is in a relationship anyway: as I said, I am just thoroughly enjoying the daft teenagerishness of having a massive crush on someone.

That old black magic, eh? Those icy fingers up and down your spine...

Sounds to me like you need a good shag

Oh I don't think I could be bothered with an actual shag. I am so old that I am sort of decaying, really, and it would be a bit off-putting.

YANBU

For some reason I am just sniggering at "Because I am old." I love that it is an entire sentence.

I quite like being a Dirty Old Bat, actually. When I was younger, this sort of thing would be fun for a while and then it would All Go Horribly Wrong. Now it's thoroughly safe and just an amusing diversion.

When I am old
I shall wear purple
And lust after young men in bands