{"id":2334,"date":"2013-09-19T19:54:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T03:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=2334"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:11:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:11:50","slug":"ive-got-a-new-crush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/19\/ive-got-a-new-crush\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve got a new crush&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/19\/ive-got-a-new-crush\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2013%2F09%2F19%2Five-got-a-new-crush%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p><a href=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Google+-Hangouts-logo-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2336\" alt=\"Google+-Hangouts-logo-1\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Google+-Hangouts-logo-1-300x98.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Google+-Hangouts-logo-1-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Google+-Hangouts-logo-1.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Is it wrong to have such a deep crush develop right away? I&#8217;ve had challenges for a long time with somebody I wanted to love. I threw him out of my life years ago. He just didn&#8217;t give me what I needed, even though I wanted to embrace everything he had to offer.<\/p>\n<p>But then, friends kept telling me had changed, he had gotten better&#8230; he could now offer me what I wanted &#8212; what I deserved, dammit! So I took him back. I gave him yet another chance. And he failed me again.<\/p>\n<p>Damn you, Skype &#8212; I&#8217;ve got my eye on you now. But we never had an exclusive arrangement, and I&#8217;ve fallen in love with another. His name is <a href=\"http:\/\/theunwrapper.com\/live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Hangouts<\/a>. He makes me feel giddy, and I am totally head over heels for him!<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and just to be clear&#8230; Phone, I don&#8217;t want you to feel left out. You know that you&#8217;ve always been my first love.<\/p>\n<p>You were there for me as a teenager&#8230; you let me sob on you when things went bad and scream into you when things were awesome. You were my standby when all the new,\u00a0flashy technology failed. You and I have created thousands of hours of interview content together, and I&#8217;ll always love you.<\/p>\n<p>You also know that when the younger, hot and sexy guys flash their features and I hop over to check them out, you&#8217;re the one who will be in my office when I come home.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t offer me all the eye candy that my new crush, Google Hangouts, does&#8230; but you&#8217;re honest and dependable, and I appreciate you!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping Your Success!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Heather Vale Goss\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" width=\"205\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it wrong to have such a deep crush develop right away? I&#8217;ve had challenges for a long time with somebody I wanted to love. I threw him out of my life years ago. 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