This is so irrational. When I was 12 y.o. I fell in love for the first time with a girl in my school. We were so little and she wasn’t really into me although we were kind of friends for a while.
I obsessed over her for like a year and was heartbroken in the way 12-13y.o. can be.
Then I kept living life normally.
15 years later, I am 28 now, have a life and wife. My life is in order and I don’t live in my hometown anymore. I had several gfs and traveled around a lot.
Last month I visited some family and just randomly walked into this girl (now woman): my first crush! 😂
We said hi and chatted briefly in a friendly way and that was it.
I don’t feel anything for her consciously, and she’s probably not remotely my type. I have no interest in her and I’ve almost never thought about her for more than 12 years. Yet, my gut felt the same as it felt when I was a little boy.
That was very funny and completely unexpected. It felt like when I was 12 and grieving her lost love 🤣
Have you met your first crush years later? How did it go?