Crushes

Wiktionary defines a crush in the romantic sense as; A short-lived and unrequited love or infatuation alternately; the object of this infatuation.

Others usually add the notion of love at a distance.

It seems to me that your interest in her is reciprocated, even if not in the same way and to the same degree.

It sounds like your level of interaction may make her more than a crush. At least by my notions of the term.

I think it is possible to have a crush on someone you interact with provided that you don't see them regularly, that your interactions are more random than volitional, and that you still don't really know anything significant about their feelings regarding you.

Ferinstance I haven't seen Sarah at all this season even though I halfway suspect that she might be back from school for the holidays. Whether I see her entirely depends on actions outside myself. And I don't even know whether she's interested in passing through my workplace this busy holiday season or not. I still don't know if our encounters are incidental as to why we meet, or whether she looks forward to it as I do in the intervening weeks and months.

If I started dating her ( hope springs eternal,) or if we saw each other regularly as friends then that degree of familiarity would move it beyond the crush stage.

At least that's how I use the term.

And BTW, cute GM :)

Dante