You're happily coupled, but that doesn't mean you can't get crushes.
Most of us go through it and never tell a soul. Not because it’s a shameful secret, but because it feels so inconsequential: just a slight preoccupation, the teensiest attraction to a certain someone who isn’t our partner. We might joke about our fascination with a friend or go a little out of our way to feel confident when our target is near — brushing on mascara though we typically go bare-lashed, opting for a push-up instead of a boob-squashing bralette.
Phillips continues, “No one has ever figured out definitively why crushes exist, but there are theories. This other person might represent unexplored possibilities, whether sexually or emotionally or just generally — a means of asking yourself, ‘Have I made the right choices?’” Of course, the two most famous minds in psychology have some thoughts.
Jung and Freud’s doom and gloom aside, Phillips believes an HCC is usually a positive thing. “A lot of the peer-reviewed research on this is hopeful,” she says. “For many adults in committed relationships, a crush is just this exciting thing that makes you feel sexy or flirty and doesn’t do much else.”
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