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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 11:23 AM
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Poll question: Do you still get crushes?
I'm 32 and still do. I'm not married, so I'm not sure how much of a difference that would make.

Biggest celeb crushes include: Amber Tamblyn, Sharon Case, Adrienne Frantz, Zooey Deschanel, Kaley Cuoco, Salma Hayek, Marnie Schulenburg, Natalie Portman, Minka Kelly, Jennifer Connelly, Alyssa Milano, Alison Lohman, Alison Sudol (A Fine Frenzy,) Leslie Mills, Michelle Branch, Andrea Corr, Joanna Pacitti, Anna Nalick, Katy Perry (Katy seems cool in interviews, making some of her lyrics seem less unattractive.)

I have some crushes on DUers, but I won't name them.

In real life, I have one who works at the bank. My doctor is young (late 30s,) but I don't get crushes on doctors easily.
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 11:27 AM
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1. yep
:)
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 11:28 AM
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2. Nope.
I only get those when I'm not in love...
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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 12:01 PM
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16. freaky. nt.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 12:08 PM
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17. Well played.
:hi:
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 11:29 AM
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3. Kinda.
That's all I'm sayin'. (But CMW totally understands the thing with Leonard Cohen and me.) :shhhhhhhh:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 11:30 AM
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4. My dear mvd!
Of course I do...

I may be 64, and married, but I'm not dead yet!

:hi:
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 11:31 AM
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5. Hi, Peggy!
Well, that makes me feek ok about getting multiple ones in my 30s. :hi:

Have a good day!
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 03:31 PM
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26. when was that new york city meetup, again?
:*
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 11:31 AM
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6. Of course I do
I don't think you ever really "grow out" of crushes, and they are fun!
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 11:35 AM
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7. Oh, god, yes. I've had one on Mariska Hargitay for years.
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Fran Kubelik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 11:41 AM
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9. i was going to say no
but yeah...she's hard not to crush on. :)
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 11:54 AM
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13. OH, yeah.
:pals:
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 02:38 PM
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23. Me too!
Now I have a girl crush on Rachel Maddow!



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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 03:33 PM
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28. And Jamie Lee Curtis . . .
. . . i sense a "type" trend . . .



And why NOT post the cover of AARP Mag? I dare someone under forty to say "ew, AARP!" :7
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Connonym Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 04:49 AM
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42. I wonder if I could pull off a haircut that short
She only gets more gorgeous as time goes on
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 11:40 AM
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8. I have so many crushes that I cannot keep them all straight!!
My wife knows what kind of women I like, and she will call me on it while we are watching tv.

She'll say, "You have a crush on her, don't you? She is exactly your type!"

On the other hand, I call her on her crushes, too.

By the way, a few of your crushes are also on my list!
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 12:01 PM
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14. I still keep a list just for fun
A few more: Bree Sharp, Bonnie Somerville, Thandie Newton, Keesha from Big Brother..
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Fran Kubelik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 11:43 AM
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10. I still have a crush
...on my partner. :loveya:
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 11:49 AM
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11. Yes. And I'm old and happily married and
faithful to my wife.

I don't think anyone ever outgrows it.

Redstone
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 11:53 AM
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12. Well, then---you clearly need to hear this new song! "CRUSH":
Edited on Mon Aug-04-08 11:58 AM by WinkyDink
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 12:01 PM
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15. yup. angelina jolie, for one.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 12:09 PM
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18. I'm single right now, so I'm free to crush on whoever I damn well please.
:P
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madeline_con Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 12:11 PM
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19. I have a mad crush on a guy named Barack. n/t
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 12:47 PM
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20. Definitely understandable
:hi:
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unpossibles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 01:05 PM
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21. of course
last weekend, even.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 02:33 PM
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22. Sometimes. Rarely on anyone popular, but I do on a couple of DUers.
:)
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Missy Vixen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 02:40 PM
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24. I have a crush on a professional football player
My husband thinks it's funny, especially since I'm one of those people who abhors exercise.

Julie
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 03:25 PM
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25. Hell yes!
Don't know most of those you listed but Jennifer Connelly will always be a main crush.

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Brigid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 03:32 PM
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27. Obama and Clooney.
You're never too old for crushes.
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 03:33 PM
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29. No way! I'm married!
Ha!
Ha!
Haaaa!

:rofl:

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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 03:38 PM
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30. A little bit.
Let's just say I wouldn't mind being in the middle of an Isla Fisher/Colin Firth sandwich.

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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 10:02 PM
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31. OK, if I made an official list, here's what it would be now
Actresses -

Amber Tamblyn, Sharon Case, Adrienne Frantz, Zooey Deschanel, Kaley Cuoco, Salma Hayek, Marnie Schulenburg, Natalie Portman, Minka Kelly, Jennifer Connelly, Alyssa Milano, Alison Lohman

HM: Bonnie Somerville, Thandie Newton, Elizabeth Hendrickson

Singers -

Alison Sudol (A Fine Frenzy,) Leslie Mills, Michelle Branch, Andrea Corr, Joanna Pacitti, Anna Nalick, Bree Sharp, Lucy Walsh

HM: Katy Perry

Other -

Keesha from Big Brother

I'll stop there as that's a good biggest crush amount.
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suninvited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 10:03 PM
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32. I don't bother
I am old and practically sexless by now. I don't even think that way anymore.
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 10:04 PM
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33. **checks around**
OK, my apartment is small, granted.


But it's not THAT small. Or lined with quilted satin. Or six feet underground.


That's when I might stop having crushes....but probably not because there are probably hot beings in the afterlife too.
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 10:06 PM
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34. Viggo
always...

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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 10:29 PM
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35. YES!
Too, too many to list.

Pictures

















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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 10:31 PM
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36. yes, because
I'm too scared to let anyone in for real.
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 10:32 PM
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37. Even when you do...
...crushes don't stop. :)
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zingaro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 10:36 PM
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38. What would life be without crushes? I don't have celeb crushes but
the irl ones are killers.
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crimsonblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 10:46 PM
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39. nope
I'm trying to steel my heart so I can be an emotionless bastard.
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Lethe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 10:50 PM
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40. all the time
it's kind of silly but fun....

i have a big imagination so I let it run wild. I never get crushes on famous people, just like checkers at the grocery store and people like that.
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RFKHumphreyObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 04:27 AM
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41. Yes I do MVD
Not so much in my daily life but certainly as far as celebrities are concerned

My latest one is Marguerite MacIntyre
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 07:23 AM
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43. Once in a blue moon.
It's always a little humiliating when it happens.
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regularguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 07:37 AM
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44. More like mini-crushes. On the Subway. Every day. nt
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Mad_Dem_X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 07:39 AM
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45. On celebrities, definitely.
I'm 41 and I sometimes feel like I'm still 13. LOL The thrill of the unattainable, I guess. My current main crush is Jake Gyllenhaal, but I have several, smaller crushes (one is even on a gay porn star).
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 07:39 AM
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46. I have two celeb crushes
Bettany Hughes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettany_Hughes

and

Miranda Otto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_Otto (although I think this one is more about her character of Éowyn)
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Courtesy Flush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 10:45 AM
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47. I think crushes fade with age.
When I was younger I had plenty of them. But I'll be 49 this month, and I'm not prone to sentimentality like I used to be. I appreciate beauty as much as I ever did, but I don't lose any sleep over it.
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