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Flirting among young people: but actually, what is a crush?

2024-03-26T09:15:32.801Z

Highlights: The word crush is omnipresent in conversations among those under 25. For an adult, crush is a difficult mystery to grasp. We can neither classify it in the category of love at first sight nor in that of flirtation. You can also have someone in your sights when you are really interested. But the crush is different because we are not necessarily going to talk to him and even less tell him. The term is a term of endearment for young people, but it is also a derogatory term for adults.


If it makes defenders of Molière's language jump, the word crush is omnipresent in conversations among those under 25. A term


“I have a new crush, he’s in my class!

» The message from her friend that appears on the phone screen provokes in Jade a wave of questions and an irrepressible need to immediately know more.

“It’s her third of the year, the first was quick, but the second was more serious so now I want to know who it is,” confides the 13-year-old schoolgirl.

Our message thread talks a lot, a lot about this.

This is one of our main topics of conversation.

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For an adult, crush is a difficult mystery to grasp.

We can neither classify it in the category of love at first sight nor in that of flirtation and even less in the register of serious relationship.

“That’s for people in relationships, but there are very few of them in college,” Jade continues.

You can also have someone in your sights when you are really interested.

But the crush is different because we are not necessarily going to talk to him and even less tell him.

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