What To Do About the Crush?

We have all been there...

Our palms are sweaty, we talk louder than normal, we constantly flip our hair an make a giggle noise, and our face is red the entire time.

It's called a crush.

And I know what it feels like because over my life I have probably had about one hundred crushes. I got around, not really.

Before this summer I pretty much had a different crush on someone new every other month, or week, but this has been the first time in my life when I really don't have a crush on anyone.

And I love it.

But still the love cycle turns, and some of my friends have crushes. I guess now that I don't care about dating I get to help them with their love lives.

Like my friend Alice. ( http://positivelyalice.blogspot.com/ )


She just recently figured out she has a huge crush on someone, and I absolutely love it.

It reminds me whats its like to have a crush on someone, and I want nothing more than to see her happy. Even if her and this guy don't end up together I just love to see the looks on her face when he walks by her, and I secretly know she is jealous of anyone who gets to talk to him without her in the conversation.

Personally, I have come to the realization that crushes are completely pointless.

A crush is pretty much sitting around thinking about someone all day, but if you don't actually go up to this person and tell them flat out how you feel, then what are you getting out of this crush besides a heartbreak when they move on and you never tried to stop them?

So this is my challenge to all of you Diamonds:

If you honestly have a crush on a person tell them. First I would advise you to make sure they actually want a relationship, and I would think it'd be helpful to make sure they are interested. Also keep in mind that you have to be totally OK if they say no.

I flat out told Derek that I liked him, and look what that got me! The best summer ever, and such a good friend now! However I probably would have been just fine if he had said no.

So go out there and take a chance, or else you'll just get nothing.