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Hey, everyone, I'm Andy Tegel in for Maryell Seguera.
Today we're answering listener questions about the juiciest topic, crushing and crushing hard.
We'll tackle the high highs.
It's a perfect relationship that exists in your head.
It's the closest blend between fantasy and.
Reality and the low lows.
Unrequited love is one of the most painful feelings.
That's Shan Boudram.
She describes herself as a public facing sex and relationship expert.
You might have seen her on her.
Lovers and Friends podcast on YouTube, or as an intimacy expert on tv shows like Netflix's too hot to handle.
She's bringing years of crush experience to the table.
I am somebody who affectionately refers to myself as boy crazy, and I have been from probably like five years old.
Crushes on teachers.
I had crushes on tv members.
I went through, like, the craziest of craziest boy craze phases in my preteens that I had the posters.
I had a poster from this group called imagine, and I would sing to that poster teacher by George Michael every single morning, like, do you know what song that is?
Like what?
This edition of Dear Life Kit, let's talk about crushes today on the show.