My First “Dorky” Crush is a Famous Medium Writer
On my unlikely pre-teen dreamboat
Hi, Wil Wheaton. I know, you likely don’t actually read anything here. But it’s fun that you write here, and I always enjoy seeing your name in my feed when you do.
I hope you don’t take offense at my title if you do happen to be reading, Wil, but unlike you I need all the clicks I can get!
When I described you as “dorky”, please know it’s not and was never my own opinion of your appeal.
You were my first introduction into what it’s like to have a non-cool crush (back before dorky* crushes were made hip by Gen Z/the internet — we pre-date all of that stuff, don’t we Wil?).
I adored Stand By Me. I was just the right age for it, and I must have seen it dozens of times growing up. Stand By Me was my Goonies. It seems like everyone forgets about what a great coming of age kids film Stand By Me was.
It made me, a kid from an often tumultuous home, who played outside a lot with my friends, feel seen. And it gave me a lifelong terror of leeches, so thanks for that!
I loved the bond of friendship as it was portrayed in the film. The painfully accurate portrayal of clinging to childhood when we know it’s vanishing, how hard it is to grow up, and how bittersweet…
