Girl Crushes

Tonight my girlfriends and I were talking about girl crushes. No, not lesbian crushes. Just girl crushes.

I define a girl crush as a feeling of admiration towards another woman. The object of such admiration may be beautiful, generous, funny, driven or any other trait I wish I saw in myself.

My most recent girl crushes, going back to junior year of college, have been: Angelina Jolie, Jenna Elfman (Dharma & Greg), Jenna Fischer (The Office), and Taylor Swift.

What do I do when I have a girl crush? I find out everything there is online about them, watch every video, see every picture, read every blog or twitter entry made by them. It’s infatuation in full action.

At the time of the crush, I feel like I need to be around them and maybe their trait will rub off on me. If I ever got to meet Taylor Swift, I would want to know everything that goes through her mind. I’d want to know what makes her tick.

Girl crushes also happen in real life. Back in 2005 I saw a wonderful woman in my company who appeared to be leading a whole conference on her own. I went up to her and talked to her. I followed up and ended up working alongside her in organizing the same conference for the next 2 years. She was a true inspiration and I felt like I was a better person just for being around her.

Now, about my crush on Sarah Palin… that’s just 100% superficial 🙂 The woman is just freakin’ gorgeous.

Do you have admiration crushes? Who are they on?

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