When was your first crush?

4 for me. Met a boy in preschool, got hyper fixated on him and stayed that way for about 14 years (even at age 4 I told my mom I wanted him to be my boyfriend). Told him at age 9 that I liked him, he replied "Ew." We lost touch, then reconnected at age 18. He told me he had harbored a crush on me for years as well but kept it hidden because he thought the other boys would mock him for it. Cooties and whatnot. We almost dated then at 18, but he didn't want to be my "first". I recognize now that I had been building up this idea of him in my head, and I got too excited at the prospect of finally dating him and let that feeling rile me up. But I still think we could have had a great relationship if he would have let it progress naturally. Oh well. He doesn't seem to want anything to do with me anymore. I guess I blew it when we reconnected and he turned me down and my reaction was, "But... Why?? You said you liked me back and wanted to date me?? What changed from yesterday?" And he thought that made me immature. So. That's that. :/

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