# @thecut on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DW1c7mqDtMX
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/62881406-thecut-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-07T15:17:55.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Cut (@thecut) — https://gondola.cc/thecut

## Caption

The only thing worse than being left on read by a crush? Being left on read by your friends because you can’t stop talking about said crush.

You send a mountain of text messages, detailing your crush’s every gesture the previous night, and your group chat replies, ‘Yeah, that’s wild.’ Or, worse, with a hasty “!!” reaction with no further commentary — universal code for ‘touch grass.’ We know better than to act like this. So why do crushes still make even the most sensible among us so completely annoying, to the level that we push our friends away with our obsession?

For #CrushWeek, writer just_islemcelroy investigated the science behind obsessive crushes — yes it’s science! — and why they can take such a toll on our social lives. Read on at the link in bio.

This story is a part of Crush Week, our series exploring how to survive — and even enjoy — infatuation, limerence, and plain old butterflies.

Photo: Courtesy of Warner Bros.

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