Should I Tell My Crush How I Feel?

You all know the feeling. The pervasive butterflies doing their thang in your stomach. The giddiness you feel when you think about that special someone. The endless stalking on instagram or facebook or what have you (don’t deny it, we’ve all been there).These are some tell-tale signs of having a big ole' crush!

Having a crush can be both sickly sweet and infuriatingly annoying. We can’t help who we have crushes on, and sometimes they come about when we least expect it.

However, the eternal question is whether or not we should follow through with confessing our love to our special someone. There’s a few simple questions you can ask yourself that will help in making the decision to jump fearlessly into the deep end or not. ❤️‍🔥

Crushes can come in many shapes and forms. I’ve had crushes on television characters and I’ve had crushes on childhood friends. These were not the same by any means, but differentiating the two whilst you’re so caught up in your emotions during the midst of a crush is hard to decipher.

If the crush is consuming your every thought, and making you crazy at the thought of them, you have to think about what will alleviate the stress that comes with being so lovey-dovey. 

If you’re in a position where telling the crush how you feel wouldn’t have any negative, lasting consequences on you or the people around you, go for it. Even when faced with rejection, your crush will be flattered, and you’ll know for certain that it’s not meant to be. Crushes are temporary, let it fade.

Telling your crush about your feelings can sometimes end up in success. Usually, if there’s a vibe, there’s a vibe, and it’s worth pursuing.

However, if that crush is a friend, you need to ask if it’s worth potentially jeopardizing the platonic relationship you’ve already established. There is a chance that a friend can turn into a crush and then a lover and then back to a friend, but you need to be aware of the risk. 

Overall, when being thrown the question of whether or not you should tell a crush about how you feel, it can help to put yourself in your crushes shoes.

If you were to be approached by someone, who was confident enough to say how they felt about you, chances are you’d be flattered and impressed with their gusto. Regardless of whether or not you were into them too, no harm was done by confessing whatever feelings were felt, and you got a nice reminder that you have something worth being into.

You shouldn’t worry about what the end result may be, just take into account all the pros and cons, jump into the fire with your crush, and know you’ll make it out on the other side, regardless if you’ll be hand in hand with someone else.