Yes, you can be in a happy, committed relationship and have a crush on another person at the same time. “Having a crush doesn’t mean a person wants out of the relationship they’re in,” said Kathy Hardie-Williams, a marriage and family therapist in Portland, Oregon. “People often talk about the crush meeting needs that aren’t being met in the committed relationship,” Howes told HuffPost. “The deficits in the relationship, whether temporary or permanent, could make the crush seem that much more appealing,” Howes told HuffPost. “If you’re in a committed, exclusive relationship you’ve made a pact to have one relationship at a time, and harboring a crush on another is jeopardizing this.” Should you ever tell your partner about a crush?

Source: Huffington Post March 27, 2018 20:03 UTC