Crushing in this day and age is incredibly complicated. With social media and so many options for potential dates, it's hard to not go crazy. The good thing is, Rebecca Bunch and West Covina, California is here to help you sort out your feelings in about crushing and dating in 2016. So, get your crazy self in a comfy chair and relate to this article in ways you have never related to anything before.
1. You've been single for a while now, and are pretty sure you'll never find love
2. Until one day, when you see that guy that you could picture yourself going on a date with, getting engaged, married, having children, growing old together, etc
3. Suddenly you're on cloud 9 (or in the 7th layer of hell) trying to figure out how you're going to get a date with him
4. So what do you do? Stalk his social media to see what his likes, dislikes, and future goals and dreams are
5. And of course you have those friends that will back up your decision to want to date the man of your dreams. They're your friends after all!
6. But then there's that one best friend who is hoping that this happens just as much as you are
7. When you finally get up the nerve to talk to them and then everything starts to move in slow motion
8. And then he turns out to be really cool. You knew it.
9. Now every girl you see him talk to is the competition.
10. When he finally asks you to hang out. Like alone. Like on a date.
11. And getting ready for the date kinda feels like this
12. And then that thought pops into your head. What if he's talked to your exes??
13. Just let all that self- doubt sink in that you will never be as good as his ex...who you hate. And is perfect...
14. Finally it's time for your date. He picks you up, looking as gorgeous as ever.
And you have reached the pinnacle of attractiveness.
15. This date can go either of two way:
First: really well and totally perfect!
Second: just really, really bad. Like, bad.
Quick, think of an escape plan.
16. The truth is, you never really know exactly how a date is going to go
Here's the deal. While this article is all in good humor, it really does show how hard it is to like someone in this day and age. You have to pretend to be perfect and have it all together when in reality: you don't! And that's okay. That doesn't give someone the right to call you crazy or obsessive or any other derogatory term. We're all just humans trying to make the best at whatever situation we've been thrown. So you go ahead and creep on his Instagram from 2014, just make sure you don't accidentally like it. And just remember, when crushes do fail, you will always have the comfort of food.
