You Are Who You Love

When I was three years old, I was in love with my babysitter's 25 year old son. I wanted to marry him and I was quite jealous of his finance. For some reason, they liked me and I was invited to their wedding. I can still remember it- my embarrassed dad carrying me out of the church, while the ceremony was in progress, as I kicked and screamed and wailed that I didn't want him to get married! I shudder at this memory, luckily, years later, the happy couple like to tell it as one of their "funny wedding stories," of which I am the highlight/punchline.

It seems that this was a foreboding omen of the boys/men I would come to like in the future- The Unattainable One. Okay, now I realize that celebrity crushes are completely unrealistic and fantastical, but even most of my celebrity crushes were the bad boys. It all started with Uncle Jesse.

Uncle Jesse was the first poster of a male that I had hanging in my bedroom. Please note, it was Uncle Jesse, not John Stamos! And when he'd play his bongs- pitter patter went my heart!



Next came Jordan Knight from New Kids on the Block. He wasn't the bad one of the group, but all of my friends loved Joey McEntire. (This was when we were 8-10yrs old) My first concert was actually the New Kids, with Tiffany as their opener. We were like 2 rows from the top of the stadium, so I had to watch the whole thing on the jumbo tron, but it was one of the most exhilarating moments of my first eight years on Earth!

I first saw Gone With the Wind when I was in the 3rd grade and became immediately infatuated with the great Rhett Butler. I even made my mom buy the book- which took me about 2 months to finish. I still remember how crestfallen I was when I realized that Rhett Butler wasn't real and Clark Gable was dead. But he was so passionate, and he bought Bonny Blue a pony, and I loved that.

Now we get to my first real lusty crush- Chris O'Donnell. I fell in lust with him during Mad Love and even more so after Circle of Friends. I still have this huge (5ft x 3ft) Mad Love movie poster that I got for my 14th Birthday from some equally infatuated friends! No, it's no longer hanging up. Most of my tweeny crushes now cause me mild embarrasment, (like Scott Baio) but not Chris. He was on NCIS the other night and he is still foxy.

I was never a Leonardo DiCaprio fan, but I really loved Romeo & Juliet; hence, my temporary crush on Romeo Montague, as played by Leo DiCaprio. He looked really good in that movie, way better than in Titanic! (at least I think so.)

Jordan Catalano. Made my heart swoon with all of his bad boy, emotionally stunted-ness; Jared Leto, not so much. I have probably watched the Boiler Room episode of MSCL like 30 times. One of my first realizations that it seemed possible that the good girl could tame the wild boy. That she was so great he would change his crazy ways for her. Please note, this is an Urban Legend.

What about the rest of you? Who were you're crushes in during your pre-teen, teen years? Any really embarrassing ones?