What is the deal with crushes, and why do so many people on here have multiple ones?

I read on this forum a lot of people that have crushes. Is this a teenager/pre-teen thing? Maybe I just don't get it, but I don't think I ever had a crush on anyone. If I was interested in someone, I just let them know. I didn't just sit pining over someone.





And more than one? I mean if you're really attracted to someone, shouldn't your attraction be focused on that one person? I mean if you really genuinely like/love someone, shouldn't that one person be the recipient of that attraction/love? I just am not understanding how someone can have 4,5,6 ';crushes';.





Am I missing something?What is the deal with crushes, and why do so many people on here have multiple ones?
I would define a crush as a fleeting attraction. So for some of the young ones, they come and go as often as they change their underwear.





I've had a crush before, I still get a little crush every now and then, but it's completely harmless and as long as you don't take it seriously, a little fun. It reminds me that I'm not as old as I feel sometimes.What is the deal with crushes, and why do so many people on here have multiple ones?
yes u can have more than 1 crush i mean u makin us sound like h0es 4 having crushes on multuple ppl it dont mean that we gonna date 4 ppl at a time we are just sexually attracted 2 more than 1 person
I think it's hormonal and feeling sexually attracted to people for the first time.
Why would I want to focus on just one person at a time when there are so many lookers to choose from? Of course people ';pine'; over more than just one person at a time, its completely normal. The only people who just focus on the ONE person they find attractive are... well, I call them stalkers.
i think different people have different definitions of the word ';crush';. some see it as genuinely liking someone or being in love, while others just see it as someone you find attractive, making it easy for them to have more than one at a time.
I can certainly find more than one person attractive at a time. I have been with my partner 10 years, and I adore him and think he is totally cute, hot, and sexy, but that does not mean that when I see a hot guy I don't go 'damn, he's hot.' I'm in a relationship; I didn't go blind. The same is true, I would guess, for people in school, who are faced daily with a number of people that they think are hot and would like to go out with. Particularly if the crusher is gay, and the crushee(s) are straight or unknown.





I actually think that a lot of young people's ideas about attraction and relationships are naive and unrealistic, lacking any insight into human psychology.
I used to only fancy one person at the time, I'd build my courage up to tell them - along with the guidance of my friends who said I should go for it - and then end up getting rejected.





I now don't even bother letting myself get attracted to anybody, just because there's no point in unrequited feelings.
Let me tell you, I am 14.





I've had my attention on one person for 3-4 years now.





Okay?
You can have more than one crush. And yes you are missing something..


I'm attracted to a lot of people. I mean I only like some of them.


Well then, what if they doesn't return your ';like / love'; do you just move on? I'm the kind of girl that still likes them otherwise. I won't like make them try to like me but I can't help my feelings for them.
Crushes happen.


You can love someone, but have a crush on someone else.


I dont normally do anything about crushes


Because normally they are bound to fade away after a shot period of time


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Personally, I define a crush as that giddy, high feeling you get around someone. When you see them, you can feel the heat rising into you cheeks. After you talk to them, you leave feeling like you're on top of the world. You can lay on your bed for hours and do nothing except think of them.





I've been attracted to more than one person at a time, but Ive never had a crus on more than one person at a time. I don't get crushes a lot. I got them more when I was younger, but, as I've grown, my feelings have become more practical. Crushes are very intense bursts of desire. I would imagine that polyamorous people end up with a few crushes at one, but I suppose it's possible for mono-oriented people to get multiple ones.