I’ve had my fair share of celebrity crushes. I remember when I was younger and I had a huge crush on Justin Timberlake and most of the members of N’Sync but I grew out of those and realized that those celebrities, and celebrities in general, would probably a) never date someone so young and b) care to meet me. In this day and age I see that the celebrity crushes I develop are aimed at celebrities that are awkwardly younger than me.

Yes, it creeps me out too but to be completely honest sometimes I don’t even realize that the person I am looking at is younger than me. Sure, the age difference is small but I’ve been used to forming crushes on people that are older than me. My first example is, of course, one third of the most famous brothers in the world. Little Nick Jonas. I know it seems like I exaggerate considering that I’m only eighteen but I have the right to be a little creeped out by the fact that millions of girls that are older than me find this boy attractive. I do admit that he is cute but he is young and I find it weird that so many older girls think he’s sexy.

Another example is Taylor Lautner. He exploded when New Moon came out all I can remember about him are his abs. That boy has a great body and he’s only seventeen. There are millions of women that think he is attractive. Don’t get me wrong, he can be good looking from certain angles, but, like I said, he’s only seventeen! And I hear women, yes, GROWN WOMEN, talking about him in ways that I don’t need older women to be talking about young men. It’s weird to think that there are people out there who count down the days until these boys become legal. I’ve read blogs about this and it honestly scares me it scares me as much as men who count down until girls turn eighteen. I know that these are just dreams in people’s heads and that people can have crushes but it personally creeps me out. It doesn’t mean I’m going to stop with these crushes and it certainly doesn’t mean that I don’t approve of these crushes but it simply means that I’ll be less creepy about them. Oh young Hollywood, it seems like you’re getting younger each year but I can live with that. So, this rant is dedicated to the next generation of young heartthrobs that will cause older women to swoon and squeal. Hopefully I won’t be one of the many females that get caught up in the hype but if I do then I can live with that.

- Laura
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