Who's Your TumblCrush?

fatmanatee:

A moment of seriousness about tumblcrushes.

I don’t know how seriously people should be taking these crushes, but I’m just going to throw it out there anyway: guys, if you’re interested in a girl from one of the meetups, just put it out there.  No games, no pretending to be Mystery, just ask her out.  And ladies, be courteous about it either way.  If you are uninterested, that’s cool, just say so, and we can all return to being friends.  Hopefully with minimal awkwardness and hurt feelings.  Nobody wants to see a potential connection screwed over because of worries about it getting plastered here.  We should be smarter than that.

Okay, I’m done.  Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Wise words from Fatmanatee. Tumblcrush is for those who want to flirt, play, put their crush out there without much seriousness. Personally, I think there is something extremely freeing about telling someone—maybe it’s your crush or maybe it’s other Tumblrs. This site allows you to do just that without having to even consider their reaction. This is a fear for some, but not for all of course.

But, really why should you worry? You all are intelligent, thoughtful, funny, attractive, successful (some may be more one thing than the other) Tumblrs. You got a lot going for you! So don’t be shy.

As a verse from one of my favorite Smiths songs goes, ”Shyness is nice, but shyness will stop you from doing all the things in life you want to.”

Now, if you’re not willing to put it out there all the way, well this is the place for you. Just one day in, I’ve already received emails from fellow Tumblrs stating that the shout out made their day. And, that my friends makes me happy!