Is it normal to keep everything your crush gave you?

You need to steal his underwear and wear them to church.

Crazy!!

Don't murder him.

I have this tendency too. I used to do it compulsively and it made me ashamed, so I stopped. If something feels creepy I don't do it. If I wouldn't want someone keeping something like that of mine, then I don't do that to them.

These kinds of crushes are a facade. The degree to which you're compelled to save their garbage isn't the degree to which you genuinely care about them or have interest in them, it's actually the degree to which you're focused on yourself.

I could write like a fucking essay about all the implications of it, but I'll just say that this does not get you closer to people. Whether they know about this specific behavior or not, the attitudes that underly it are not conducive to making a real connection with someone.

TL;DR relationships are about respecting another person and doing shit together, not furtively saving their garbage in the corner away from them.

Sorry honey, but that's just too damn creepy! It's almost as if you're worshipping "your crush", which by the way is not normal.

This is normal but not normal, lol. Harmless, I suppose. Kind of obsessive, but that's what crush chemicals can do to somebody's brain. You're flooded with dopamine. These objects trigger more dopamine.

Keep the things. When this eventually wears off, you will have a huge laugh over it.

I've been there twice. Post-crush, I realized, omg, don't let that happen. I ended up in a relationship with both guys. After getting to know them, all my interest just faded away. It's dopamine. Resist, resist! Resist! Ha ha.

Depends on what it is, I guess..Crappy stuff like candy wrappers? Uh, no..Maybe a wine bottle from that one time you hung out? Sure.. I kept a lighter that a woman I dated left in my car, mostly b/c it's good to have one, but, also b/c it reminded me of her. Stupid, I know..But that red lighter means something to me.

Then again, a woman I briefly dated kept a mini mart coffee cup I took to her house one night. Not plastic travel mug..The regular, paper cups..Just because it was mine.

Do you go through his garbage too? you'd probably find some pretty good stuff in there

That seems like compulsive hoarding.

even his jism and poo poo?