Doesn’t Anyone Want To Have A Crush Anymore?

In the immediacy of the digital age, I miss yearning.

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In high school, I liked a guy we’ll call Charlie, who had strict parents. He couldn’t be on the phone without them getting suspicious (these were landline days), so he waited to call me until 10:47 pm every night. That was the minute his dad left the house to pick up his mom from work.