When Clara first learned that her college crush was getting married, she was heartbroken — because she wished it were the two of them tying the knot. They were friends in college, and this ex soon became Clara’s first queer awakening. “[The crush] was strong enough that I had to admit it, or it would eat me alive,” Clara, who asked to use a pseudonym for privacy, told HuffPost.
At the time, she didn’t pursue her crush, fearing it would ruin their friendship. It wasn’t until years later that Clara finally confessed her feelings. “She was really kind, and even implied she might have felt that way too [back then],” Clara said, but it was no longer mutual.
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