Crush Week: Jessica

"I really didn’t care to watch a lot of the same shows that my peers watched. I wasn’t into the popular movies, or the popular music stars. Most of the time, they irritated me. During the teen years, I spent a majority of my time being annoyed at the social rules of all those around me. My sister told me, years after our high school time, that everyone in the school thought I was a snob. I was surprised by that. I always figured the popular kids didn’t hang out with me because they looked down on me. It never occurred to me that they thought I looked down on them. Later, though, I have rethought, and realized they were right, I did look down on them. Oh my Gosh, I was a snob! I did think their posters, and heartthrobs were silly and childish. I did roll my eyes when they said they “loved” someone (whether a celebrity or a real person). I was a full-on snob!

But, I kept a little secret. My family watched Star Trek every night together. (Yes, I know what you are thinking- “if my family did that, I’d keep it a secret, too.”) I watched it for the humor, the family togetherness, the wit, or not. I watched it because of Wesley Crusher.

That was my secret. All of my eye-rolling, and laughing at their silliness, and I was just like them, with my silly crush. I think only my sister and I talked about him, and she knew my secret.

I did have one real person crush. I met him at my first youth dance. He lived 3 hours from me, and we only saw each other once a month. We did communicate through letters, and he did come down to a dance at my school one time with me. (If you know me, and are remembering that one time, no, it wasn’t that guy. Maybe we should tell stories of guys who tried (and failed) to woo you. That would be a good one.) He was nice, going to be a doctor, kind of the “all-American” guy, except he was Canadian. At some point in time, my crush on him shifted to a true friendship, and we maintained that friendship all the way into my mission. I got a wedding invitation from him, and that’s the end of our story."

Wow, a Star Trek crush. Jess, you are brave to share! I would mock you mercilessly...except I'm a pretty big Han Solo fan and I'm not sure a Star Wars crush is much better then a Star Trek crush.