Online "crushes"

I get them. Alot. Sometimes, I think I get them too much. They always end up being disconcerting and uncomfortable in a vague, nonsensical way.

I suppose they aren't actual "crushes" the way you may be thinking of them. It's more like I see a kindred spirit on the other side of the screen. Someone who reminds me of myself in some strange way. Either someone who is in a place I have been or someone who is in a place I am going. I have this desire to know where that person is at in their life. Sometimes it turns into a desire to actually know the person literally, as opposed to just in the text I read on the screen. Usually doesn't become the "I want to jump your bones" kind of crush, though.

There are a few exceptions to that, however. Most of them already know who they are. :-p

In a way, it's a method of reaffirming who I am and the direction my life is going. I can see that the path that I tread on is not a solitary one and that others have similar paths.

It's strange that I can look at a person and say "That was me 4 years ago" or go "That could be me in 5 years'.

Hmmm. Too tired to fully form the thoughts in my head...