And I thought: Oh. There it is. Entry #315.
To understand the "Dad Crush," one must look past the surface. Yes, the aesthetic matters—the flecks of gray in a beard, the comfortable flannels, the rolled-up sleeves suggesting a man who knows how to fix a sink. But the true engine of the Dad Crush is competence . 315. Dad Crush
The crush faded, as crushes do. By seventeen, I was annoyed by his dad jokes. By eighteen, I was embarrassed by his old sneakers. By twenty, I was gone to college, calling home once a week, keeping him on speaker while I scrolled my phone. And I thought: Oh