6.19.2013

tbt: elementary school crush

today i'm linking up with the hilarious bonnie and talking about my first crush!
man, oh man. my first crush. we met in our second grade class. he lived up the street from me, he was in the same ward as me... it was inevitable. we traded pokemon cards and walked home together, but i knew things were getting serious when he gave me a stuffed animal on valentines day. my heart broke when i moved to vegas in 7th grade and the distance caused our love to slowly dwindle away. even though we were miles away transforming into completely different people, we actually kept in contact for a good amount of time! we sent the occasional text or email all the way through high school. now i stalk him on facebook from time to time, and we exchange happy birthday posts.

i have narrowed down our experiences together to the two most noteable, and i think you'll enjoy them.

1. msn instant messaging was the only form of communication back in the day, so we were frequenters. we messaged back and forth about our stuuupid elementary school problems or exciting things that happened to us that day at school. on one particular instant-messaging session, he had to sign off because his dad needed him. when i saw he was "now offline," i decided that would be a perfect moment for me to release my true feelings. they had been cooped up in my heart for too long! i typed out something like, "i think you are so cute and i have a crush on you," and pushed enter, knowing he would never see it. i expected a weight to be lifted off my chest, but instead i watched in horror as i read, "this user is offline. (s)he will receive this message next time they sign in." HA! how embarrassing!

2. my mom was driving us home after a successful mall trip. we had both bought sweet new packs of pokemon cards, and were trading in the back seat. i let my feelings take over and got suckered into a ridiculous deal, trading one of my really rare cards for a few of his boring cards. after the exchange, he exclaimed how happy he was and said, "i almost want to kiss you!" my heart flew out of my chest, but i kept my cool by saying, "umm... ew! i'm glad you didn't!" ... and that, my friends, is the first time i ever lied to a boy about my feelings.
those were the days! the funny thing about becoming a teacher is i'll never really leave elementary school. hopefully some of the girls in my classroom will write journal entries about their crazy love lives so i can soak up the drama.

9 comments:

  1. Oh man these are great stories!! Haha! I love how you sent him an offline message on accident, so cute!

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  2. Look how cute you are! Your first born daughter better be this cute :)

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  3. Pokemon cards were a big deal, it must of been true puppy love!

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  4. hahaha! Oh man, that's hilarious. And so super scary when you wrote that message while he was offline!

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  5. Oh no!! That MSN Messenger thing, I would have been a WRECK. And as for the Pokemon cards, that story makes me laugh a lot - one because I always used to trade cards exactly like that with my cousins (my sister and I were the only girl cousins, so in order to form any basis of a friendship with my cousins I felt like I had to try to be a boy a little bit - so I gave them the good cards and I just took the cute ones). And secondly, because that was the first time you lied to a boy about your feelings. Been there. Stopping by from Life of Bon, thanks for sharing :)

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  6. Gosh, I had AIM and had WAY too many moments like that. I can remember 3 off the top of my head. And I love that you still keep up with your second grade crush, even if it is a birthday post once a year! I looked up my second grade crush on facebook and let's just say I'm VERY happy we lost touch. haha

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  7. Great stories. I teach too. I always find it fun/dramatic to see my students in their silly relationships. Glad to be following your blog thanks to Bon's link up. Everything Erica Loves

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  8. MSN...man, those were the days. When having a hotmail account meant you were a grownup and the most stressful thing was figuring out whether Ash and Misty were ever going to get together. Did they ever? You seem to be one that would know.

    Thanks for the post! I'll be back. (You can choose to read this in a Terminator voice or not. Either way, it's true.)

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