Beautiful boys

[captivebird]

I hadn’t put two and two together in my mind, so was surprised and somewhat delighted to read this excerpt from Younger Brother, Younger Son by Colin Clark [1932 -2002]:

The need for a love object starts in the early teens for boys, as it does for girls. Just as schoolgirls have fevered crushes on their older classmates in girls’ schools, the real

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[rakspatel]

Calm down dear!

[captivebird]

I need a little Jeremy appreciation post every now and again. I owe him so much, since I would never have read War and Peace without the vision of him as earnest, young Nicholas Rostov from the 1956 film in my mind throughout. Jeremy was a seriously beautiful-looking young man in his day :-)

I love it when things/people I'm interested in cross over or connect unexpectedly.

[rakspatel]

Yes, I too was stunned by the coincidence.

Jeremy does not do anything for me I'm afraid, and nor does Alan Rickman (runs and hides!).

Benedict and Eddie YES!

[captivebird]

Alan Rickman was my first ever celebrity crush - occurring in my mid-forties! Jeremy was the second. Now I'm making up for lost time by having multiple concurrent celebrity crushes on ever younger men... but I remain 'faithful' to my former loves as well. :-))

[rakspatel]

Oh I have always had "multiple concurrent celebrity crushes" from a very early age!

It is very tiring having so many multi-talented men on the go all at once!

[captivebird]

And here I was still merrily blaming having children for my near-permanent state of exhaustion, but now the truth is out - celebrity crushes are the cause. It's just fortunate that they didn't strike to slow me down when I was younger. I would never have been able to cope. :-))