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Old 02-10-2007, 09:31 AM   #1
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Talking May-December crush

I just have to share this cute story about Shelby (9YO)... Even tho she can play softball & basketball & give her older brothers a run for their money in sports.. she is ALL GIRL as well & loves frilly things, make-up ( I could make another post on the mascara incident last week!! ) & BOYS!!! She has started reading the teen magazines & thinks Zack Ephron <sp?> is 'hot'..

As most of you know, my brother is the basketball coach of a local college basketball team here & we try to go to the games when we can.. Well, last year Shelby came home from a game & told me she thought Denny ( a player) was cute. his parents & my brother & SIL are good friends. Denny & my niece Emily were born within months of each other so I've known him all of his life.. Last year I mentioned to Denny's Mom that Shelby had a crush on him & she thought it was soooo cute.

Fast forward to this year.. She still has her crush on Denny but she has now taken to wearing 'dressier' clothes to the games so Denny can see her. Last week I was talking to his Mom & told her Shelby still had a crush on Denny.. so after the game his Mom told him & he came over to talk to Shelby, & my not EVER shy daughter blushed & hid behind my back...

Last night I had a meeting to go to at Jamies school so my SIL took Shelby to my brothers game.. (Brendan works at my brothers games as a water boy) . Shelby asked me to please bring my camera to take a picture of Denny. I brought Jamie, his friend & Shelby's friend to the game .. We got there a few minutes after the game started & Shelby was beside herself with excitement when I sat down.. My brothers team is doing great this year & is nationally ranked & if they won last night & today they take the Championship ( & get an auctomatic bid to Branson!) so the school put on a mini pep rally before the game handing out towels to wave, auctioning off signed balls & as each player was announced they gave a T-shirt to a person in the crowd.. well, beforehand my brother had asked one of his star players to give Shelby a shirt.. (here's a pic of him, in the white jersey )

Ryne gave Shelby his shirt & she was sooo excited but the last player announced was Denny & Denny walked over to Shelby & bent down & gave her HIS shirt... My SIL said Shelby was so cute.. she blushed & everyone cheered ( knowing of the crush) I sooo wish I had been there to see that . Then my brother gave Shelby a shirt.. Shelby was nice enough to give her friend, Rachel a shirt

After the game the team had a pizza party met & greet.. Well Shelby & Rachel wanted to get their shirts signed by the team so my niece took them around & got the shirts signed by everyone.. Denny took a while to come out of the locker room & usual MO is to walk over to his parents first thing for a hug.. Well, his Mom told him how excited Shelby was to get the shirt & then I asked him if we could get a picture of him with her.. He gladly posed & put his arm around her.. look at the smile on Miss Shelby's face.. Rachel was kinda befuddled



I remember when my brother was playing basketball, I had 2 big crushes on his teammates.. My brother is 11YO older than me & I was like the little mascot at his high school basketball games & Hayden, the object of my crush knew I 'liked' him & always made a point to say " Hi Annie" & give me a wave at all the games & I would squeal..
When my brother was in college I had a crush on Les.. my brothers roomate.. He resembled Mark Lindsay of the group the Raiders (I know i'm dating myself, here) & he too would play up the crush.. My brother has stayed friends with Les and Les' brother is Jamies basketball coach so we see each other frequently & we always giggle about the crush!

So, obviously.. like mother, like daughter!!

So... did you ever have a crush on an older man ( teacher, etc RLP)? care to share any good stories.. or we're you ever the object of a kids crush?.. I don't think I ever was... a couple of years ago the 3rd graders in the elementary school I work at had to write a story on their favorite person in the school & Brendans friend Danny wrote about me... I still have that story!!
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That's just adorable; Shelby's just glowing in the picture... too funny!

I remember having a crush on my neighbors brother... he was so cool; and my brother had a band, and they sometimes jammed in the garage, and I know I used to hang out and think I was so cool, with all those guys around (he was 10 years older than I was)... oh, the good ole days!
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I had a crush on an older guy in my sister's grade - she was 2 years ahead of me in school, and he was 3 yrs. older than me. Took me 2 years to get his attention. He's Samantha's biological father.

Years ago, when I was 21, I worked in community theater, and one of the extras in a play that I was conned into actually going on-stage for (I usually worked behind the scenes doing costuming and make-up and some prop stuff) had a huge crush on me. He was 15, and was so sweet. I had just broken up with a guy, and was pretty depressed. This kid made me feel better about myself. He was also really upset when I explained that while I thought he was very mature for his age (he was), and very cute (to die for!), we'd have to wait at least 3 years, or I could be in some serious trouble. He was happily into his first high school girl friend when I got married.
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Bless her, Shelby looks so cute in the picture.
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My dad started taking my sister and I to minor league baseball games when I was 10 by the time I was 12 it was a family afair and we would go to EVERY game of the season (even some out of town). I can't tell you how many "crushes" I had...but there were alot! When I was a bit older I actually started hanging out with the players (ssshhh...don't tell mom...she was clueless half the time). Most of the ball players were trouble with a capital "T". One of the worst troublemakers was Rob Dibble....boy could that guy drink. Now he is on ESPN...go figure
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History does repeat itself. Cute tale
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