A "Crush" On Someone= Lust?

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To like someone…to find them attractive…to desire to date them…does not mean one lusts after them per se…

2351 Lust is disordered desire for or inordinate enjoyment of sexual pleasure. Sexual pleasure is morally disordered when sought for itself, isolated from its procreative and unitive purposes.
 
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Yes or no?

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I don’t think so. If we never felt that spark in the first place, we wouldn’t feel motivated to get to know someone else better - in terms of dating in order to see if you are compatible for marriage.

Having a crush and deliberately encouraging lustful thoughts are two different things.
 
A crush is a crush, and lust is lust. Sometimes they happen together, sometimes separately. I think you can usually tell in yourself whether you are lusting or not. When you think of the person, are you thinking of him or her as a person, or are you thinking of his or her body? Are you thinking about talking to the person and doing things like going biking or going to dinner or whatever, or are you thinking about having sex with them?

Sometimes crushes are purely physical, and then I think they easily veer off into lust. A lot of times, they are about spending time with a person, and are less likely to occur with lust (although sometimes even this kind can fall into lust).

Just MHO.

–Jen
 
Unfortunately for me, crushes have caused me great anxiety over the course of my lifetime. There are times where I really don’t want to think about human females in general. Should I even bother seeking out movies with all-male casts?
 
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