Urban Dictionary defines a mancrush as “A hetrosexual man admiring another man to an extreme in a non-romantic or sexual way.” I remember when people first started throwing this phrase around as an insult back in the early aughts—I was always terrified to use it because I have so many obvious mancrushes.
So if you look through the CD case in my car, you’ll come across a couple of pages of Ben Folds albums. His work when he was with Ben Folds Five, his solo CDs, a few EPs that you could only buy from his website… I’ve seen him in concert a few times. He’s on my MySpace buddy list. That’s clearly a mancrush.
I watch Army of Darkness annually. I stood in line for two hours to hear Bruce Campbell speak when he came to FSU in 2007, and I giggle like a schoolgirl whenever he makes a 30-second appearance in a Spider-Man movie or an Old Spice commercial.
I can’t go a month without comparing myself to a John Cusack character. I keep cheering for Rafael Furcal and Trevor Ariza even though they don’t play for my favorite teams anymore. If a woman tells me she wouldn’t be interested in Ben Harper, it makes me seriously question whether or not she’s relationship material. These are mancrushes. I’m going to make a list at ManCrush.com and document all of these, adding the people who I think should be on there (like Furcal and Tito Ortiz).
This will be a waste of time.
