Then upon finding that another girl had a crush on him, he ran away from her in fear. For some reason, Matt and an increasing number of people are drawn more to the wonderful relationship that never happens than the relationship in reality. At the daily complain-fest in the computer lab, my friends and I continued to mock Matt's devotion to his imaginary girlfriend, yet none of us could deny that a relationship that never begins is often the best one. Unrequited love never has a chance to end because it never really starts. Having just exited a relationship herself, she might have said this with a smidgeon of bitterness, but we still agreed with her.
Crushes are wonderful.
You feel giddy while you're in them. Because we're terrified of knowing the truth. But that would involve knowing them and that ends the relationship that never began. The problem with crushes is they don't change like relationships. They don't evolve into something more passionate and meaningful, nor do they diminish into mere friendship.