Is it normal that i've fallen in love with my teacher?
This is going to sound incredibly stereotypical and cliched, but please listen. I think I've fallen in love with my teacher. He's more than twenty years older than I am, and I understand fully that there can never be a relationship between us and that I can never pursue him or act on the feelings I have. However, these feelings that I do have are overwhelming my life. He's one of the most intelligent, compassionate, funny, and generally amazing people I've ever felt in my life. It began with a purely emotionally based attraction that's since branched off into a physical attraction as well (I'm a personality person, and generally not physically attracted to people on first sight). It's a joy to watch the way he does things, from undoing his tie to the serious tone in his voice when he tells us something important or intelligent. I've never felt this intense about any other person before. Are these feelings for my teacher normal?