Remember that guy I had an obsessive crush on for years? While going through some random people on Facebook, I saw his sister’s profile. Curious, I checked out some of her photos; lo and behold, crush boy was there in a smattering of family photos. I’m a stalker, I know. Now, I’d always been curious about what he looked like since I gave up my Friendster account eons ago, because he apparently never got into Facebook.

Not to be shallow, but the first thing that came to mind was “Whew, thank goodness he never paid attention to me back then.” What a disappointment! I had a huge crush on him forever and he looked almost nothing like the disarmingly cute boy he used to be. I’m sure he’s doing okay now (I honestly have no idea what he does), but man, oh man. I shouldn’t have looked at that photo—it completely changed the (glowing, backlit) image I had of him since then. He should be about 28 now—more than twice the age he was when he was my busmate. Ah well, reality bites!

So kids, when in doubt about the quality of your photos online, delete. Or untag, at the very least.