Letter #2: To My Crush

I know that this letter was probably supposed to be a mushy love note to my old flame, but it's turned into quite something else:

Well hello there...
I used to really like you. I thought you were wonderful. I thought you were harmless. I was told that a little outside crush was good for a relationship, even a marriage. They were wrong. YOU were wrong!
To give you credit, you never even knew I liked you. And, really, it wasn't even you I liked. It was parts of you that weren't being fulfilled in my life. What I mean is that where my current boyfriend or husband may have not been a good listener, you were. Or if he wasn't enough of a knight in shining armor, you seemed to be.
But what you really were was a hindrance to my relationship. You built on my dissatisfaction and made me less than I could have been for my partner. You took my focus off of what was important and put the focus on me. (As in ME, ME, ME!)
I'm glad you're out of my life, Crush. I'm glad I haven't had you in my life in many years. And the fact that I no longer have you in my life now that I'm not in a relationship proves to me that you were only a symptom of problems in my relationships and there was nothing good about you.
You have your place, Crush, for teenage girls just learning about their feelings. But not for mature adults who really want to build and keep a relationship.
Go bother someone your own age...
Sharon