matters of heart

yesterday my little cousin(well...for me she is still little...anyway...) told me about her crush...not as shocking as the fact that he is my friend...hehehe...ah!!! i can't imagine what she sees in him..but i guess even she doesn't. after all crush is not supposed to be sensible or whats the fun...
over the years i have had loads of crushes myself...i have heard about my friends' crushes...(oh!!! i have stopped counting for some of them... ;)), i have jumped up and down with my friends when we met our crushes somewhere...(always by accident though... ;) !!), i have nursed my friends' through heart-breaks...and myself through life- shattering-seeming-but-next-day-it-gets-ok-heart-breaks...though, the last line always is that why do you have such feelings...
i remember one of my friends asking me this at the end of one such midnight discussion in my hostel room...(what am i?? some know-it-all??) but it did set me thinking....wouldn't we much better without these things to add over the exams, GPAs, peers, parents etc....????
but the question is would we???
naaaaaaaa.....life would be too dull!!! teenage pathetically businesslike...running down the corridor to get a glimpse, behaving as if you hardly noticed when all you can see is him...its fun...more than anything its a stage...a stage of life which you have to go through to be....complete, i guess...every girl dreams of a prince in a shining armour....some grow out of them, some grow over them...but they are an important part of being a girl...a special part...
i still remember telling my sister about my first crush...all embarassed at having such feelings....more embarassed coz i never needed to tell her his name....SHE GUESSED IT!!!!(oh gosh!!! imagine how obvious i made it...sheesh!!!) but she didn't scold me or anything...she told me something which i tell everyone who asks me for an advice on crushes...that there is nothing to be ashamed of...if anything...its a sign of your being absolutely normal...but always remember in this search for your perfect prince -charming, among the frogs...you don't have to kiss all the frogs to find your true prince...when the time comes....you'll know..
i told my little cousin the same thing...(though i had half a mind to tell her that this could lead to a heart break and all...knowing my friend very well...) but i decided against it...i thought she had a right to try out things...this was life's school and i had no right to interfere...it is an experience of a lifetime...first crush!! besides you get over crushes even if they hurt...after all if it didn't hurt why would they call it a crush???