• @[email protected]
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      102 months ago

      I would say most of the time, yes. They still might be your crush if you are rejected though. You also might have a work crush on someone, but know it’s not real or you’re already in a relationship. Then you wouldn’t ask them out for other reasons than being afraid. I probably broke this down too much.

    • The Picard ManeuverOP
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      Yeah, I think it was gen Z that started saying “my crush” instead of “someone I have a crush on” years ago.

      I’ve always thought it was a weirdly possessive way of phrasing it.

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        272 months ago

        I’m a 32 yo millenial and the first time i read “my crush” in a sentence was in a teen magazine when I was 12 yeard old, and from context, it definitely meant “person I have a crush on”

        It’s nothing new

        • The Picard ManeuverOP
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          Yeah, probably. I know nobody who says it is actually thinking that way - it just hits my ear a little differently.