Oh, be honest — we all do it.

A cute stranger on the bus who bumps shoulders with us as they find their seat; a class crush, who sometimes shares in our furtive, secretive glances during lecture; an old flame, who we haven’t seen in years but still think back on fondly, wondering if something could have been different, or if they still sometimes think of us, too. It’s practically human nature: to daydream, to imagine futures that haven’t happened yet and likely never will, to rewrite the past and create a better, happier ending for ourselves. The fleeting fantasies we create to fill the world around us — familial, platonic or, as so often is the case, romantic — are nothing to be ashamed of, no matter how far-off or unrealistic they may seem.

Well … maybe I should amend my statement. The

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