So here we are, more than a month into the new school year. You may have spotted a new cutie or two on campus at this point. Perhaps you’ve even developed a bit of a crush on someone. To my fellow upperclassmen, you probably know the struggle all too well and can maybe relate to a few of these. To the freshmen: congrats, you now have someone to send embarrassing texts to when you’re out on the weekends and regret it the next morning! Oh, and you will also run into them everywhere, given that this campus has a mere 2,000 students, so get ready for some awkward encounters. Anyway, without further ado, here are the fifteen stages of having a Davidson crush.
1. When you see your crush for the first time from across the room:
…And they catch you staring.
2. When they talk to you for the first time and it’s absolutely magical:
“They’re so dreamy.”
3. When you realize you’ve caught feelings:
4. When you try to say hi while passing them in Chambers and they don’t see you:
When you try to get their attention and embarrass yourself in the process:
5. But the tides finally start turning in your favor and you start freaking out:
6. You start gushing to your friends:
And of course, your friends look at you like THIS when your crush walks by:
7. When you finally gain the confidence to make your move:
8. But you suddenly fear that you’ll come off as too eager and scare them away:
9. So you continue stealthily stalking them on social media instead:
…And you accidentally like something from a year ago on Instagram.
10. To make matters worse, you realize that everyone on campus knows about your crush anyway:
11. And it definitely doesn’t help when you impulsively profess your feelings on a night out:
12. You eventually come to terms with reality and accept that you’ll never be together:
13. So you tell your friends that you’re “over them”:
Your friends’ reactions when you tell them that you’re “over them”:
14. When you’re ACTUALLY over them and look back at all the foolish things you did:
15. And since we’re at Davidson, when you’re finally at peace, you discover that they’re in two of your classes and are living across the hall from you next year:
“I’m so done.”