Karin is Flashing Back this week about crushes….well, I just had to add my little story about my first major crush.

It all started when I was 14, E, who was friends with my cousins started attending our church. He was older than me to say the least. My cousin, her husband and E would eventually form a Christian band, and I was my cousins babysitter for the majority of the time when they played. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

E was always nice to me, and I think he knew I had a major crush on him but he never let on. He became very active in our church and through the years we became friends. We played softball together on the church team and saw each other a lot through church activities.

Now I never looked my age, I always looked older, at that time I loved it! When I was 16 I passed for 21….believe me I worked it. LOL

Well, on my 16th birthday E told me he’d give me a ride home from church, well……my heart was just pitter pattering. He had giving me rides before but for some reason this time I knew it was different! He told me when we got in his little truck that he needed to stop by his family shop to pick up something, well, I was all for that it just meant that I got to spend more time with him! When we arrived at the shop he asked me if I wanted to go in and look around and I did. Anything to prolong this night. After we got back in the truck he turned to me and said,

“So you are 16 now? And never been kissed right?”

At this point my heart was beating so fast but I was so cool, I batted my eyes and looked at him and said,

“Sweet 16, and never been kissed.”

Then and there, he kissed me! I thought I was going to faint but I kept my cool, because he was older than I was by five years, I didn’t want him to think I was a child by any means! He told me that he had grown very fond of me and really liked me but he waited till I turned 16. That night when he dropped me off at home, my aunt and mom were in the kitchen drinking coffee and I came in so love struck that my aunt honestly thought I was high. She came to my room and asked me if I had been smoking pot or drinking, because I was sure acting like it! I had been babbling about how E kissed me and he liked me, so I guess I did sound pretty stupid to them.

E and I dated for quite awhile, but the age difference started to come in factor when he showed signs of wanting to settle down before I was even out of high school. My crush ended when I felt smothered. But I’ll never forget the way I felt, I know it was a crush and not love, because when I found love it was BAM!!! and that my friends is a whole other story!!

*UPDATE*

I had to add this….

I developed a small crush on my dad’s heart surgeon. He was tall, dark and handsome, had a wonderful Irish accent that made my knees weak. And of course the man is rich so that is a plus. To top things off, he saved my daddy’s life!!!! When I called Big D and told him I was crushing over dad’s heart surgeon, he replied,

“Oh ok….”

After 22 years of marriage not much concern!