The Childhood Crush
When I was in high school, I had a huge crush on my childhood best friend, Brian. We’d been friends for as long as I could remember, and I always thought he was the perfect guy. But one day, he asked me out on a date, and it was a disaster. He was rude to the waiter, talked about himself the whole time, and seemed to think he was God’s gift to women.
I couldn’t believe that this was the same guy I’d had a crush on for years. It was a wake-up call that sometimes, the people we idealize in our minds are not at all like that in reality.
But as we started spending more time together, I realized that he was not the person I had imagined him to be.
He would often flirt with other women in front of me and would make comments about my appearance that made me uncomfortable. He would also frequently cancel our plans and leave me hanging.
