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"This morning we&amp;#39;re helping a reader who is a senior in college. But it&amp;#39;s not an upcoming graduation that has her stressed out.\nPinterestFacebookHere&amp;#39;s our soon-to-be-graduate&amp;#39;s dilemma:\nHelp! I&amp;#39;ve been super bummed-out for the past few days after seeing a guy that I&amp;#39;ve had a total crush on for the past three years! I&amp;#39;m a senior in college and I&amp;#39;ve never had a boyfriend, let alone a date. I&amp;#39;ve always tried to convince myself (and my friends, when the topic comes up) that it&amp;#39;s because I&amp;#39;m too busy concentrating on my academic life, but in reality it&amp;#39;s because I&amp;#39;ve been holding out for this guy! The absolutely crazy part is...he&amp;#39;s taken! I know, then what&amp;#39;s the point, right?\nIt&amp;#39;s just that he&amp;#39;s so perfect. And I compare every single guy I meet to him, and they never seem to measure up in my head. But now that he&amp;#39;s graduating and moving on to the world of professional sports (typical, right?), I&amp;#39;m realizing that this is the end of my daydreaming road. And it&amp;#39;s making me depressed! Any tips on how to get over this? I feel like a freak for even still believing that I could have a chance, and it&amp;#39;s sabotaging my potential dating life.\nAnd here are my thoughts:\nCongratulations on your upcoming graduation! Honestly, I love commencement ceremonies; something about Pomp and Circumstance always makes me shed the happiest of tears. But about that dilemma of yours.\nI&amp;#39;m so sorry to hear how stressed this is making you feel. Unrequited crushes can be so painful. I think those boys we love from afar can seem so perfect because we want them to be. You may have passed up on some absolutely wonderful guys simply because they weren&amp;#39;t your crush.\nKnow that just because he seems so perfect doesn&amp;#39;t necessarily mean he&amp;#39;s perfect for you. Getting to really know someone by going on a few dates and eventually starting a relationship will help you discover if he really is a good fit for you.\nIs it closure you&amp;#39;re looking for? Normally, I&amp;#39;m all for telling people how you feel but in this case, I&amp;#39;m not so sure. The fact is, he has a girlfriend. If he&amp;#39;s as perfect as you say, he&amp;#39;s fully committed to his relationship. And he&amp;#39;s moving away. Not exactly ideal circumstances for getting romantically involved with him. I think it&amp;#39;s best to move on and remember this fellow for what he was: your college crush.\nWhether you&amp;#39;re headed off to grad school or to the workplace, you&amp;#39;ll soon be exposed to a whole new world. You&amp;#39;ll meet an entirely new set of people, guys and gals alike. There is so much for you to look forward to. Think of it this way, you&amp;#39;ve been working so hard in school for the past few years. You&amp;#39;re on the edge of a new frontier in your life. You get to apply all of those skills you&amp;#39;ve learned in school to the everyday. You&amp;#39;ll start shaping your career and your future. I&amp;#39;m getting excited for you!\nIt&amp;#39;s not too late (in fact, it&amp;#39;s never too late) to take control of your dating life. You&amp;#39;re going to meet new guys in the next few years who will make your former flame look like chopped liver. You&amp;#39;ve just got to see them for who they are instead of comparing them to someone else.\n__How have you dealt with unrequited crushes? What do you think our reader should do? What do you think about guys who are &amp;quot;perfect?&amp;quot; Does Pomp and Circumstance make anyone else cry? __\nYou&amp;#39;ve got questions, we&amp;#39;ve got answers\u2026\n\nDo I tell new guys I&amp;#39;m dating that I&amp;#39;m moving in a few months?\n\n\nWhy do guys Google pre-date?\n\n\nI&amp;#39;m 24 and I&amp;#39;ve never had a boyfriend!\n\nMore Ways to Get Glamour\nVisit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10!\nEnter the latest Glamour sweepstakes!\nFollow us on Twitter\nAdd us to your iGoogle homepage\nPhoto: Stockbyte. Image used for illustrative purposes only."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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