We like to think of love as a force we can’t resist. But when we “fall in love,” what we often mean is that our brains got ...

Having a crush can induce a whirlwind of feelings—and a viral TikTok trend is prompting the question, how far should you let those feelings take you? Over 160 million posts on the social media ...

Ada Calhoun’s debut novel “Crush” is only a novel in the loosest sense. It’s really more of a well-sourced personal essay on love and relationships brilliantly disguised as a novel. Coming out of the ...

In one of the vignettes in Ada Calhoun’s latest book “Crush,” a woman tells the story of her near-death experience on an airplane. Instead of an A-roll of synthesised memories playing in her mind, she ...

Love can be complicated, especially when you’re trying to figure out if what you feel is true love or just a crush. It’s easy ...

Molly and Peter have been dating for five years and are in a committed and happy relationship. One day, Peter accidentally overhears Molly talking to a friend about having a massive crush on the ...

While putting together Bustle’s weeklong inquiry into the pleasure and pain of crushes, we noticed a few things. First, some of you are low-key freaks. Second, talking about crushes can bring people ...

I might be falling in love with my husband’s identical twin brother. My husband and I have been in a traditional monogamous cishet straight marriage for 12 years. It wasn’t until the last few years ...