Sayings beyond "He gives me butterflies"
Let's talk about 'sects, baby.
Sorry to bug you, but when it comes to feelings and insect metaphors, it feels like we need some more options. So, I'll bite.
When he makes you feel loved:
"He gives me butterflies."
When he doesn’t quite yet give you butterflies:
"He gives me caterpillars."
When he’s giving you butterflies, but you feel kind of weird about it:
"He gives me moths."
When he’s trying to get in your pants:
"He gives me ants."
When he just outright sucks:
"He gives me mosquitos."
When he’s in the doghouse:
"He gives me fleas."
When he’s bugging you in general:
"He gives me flies."
When he likes something you put on the web:
"He gives me spiders."
When he’s jumping to conclusions:
"He gives me grasshoppers."
When he’s got morning wood:
"He gives me termites."
When he makes you scratch your head:
"He gives me lice."
When you're buzzed and he sends a sweet text:
"He gives me honey bees."
When you're buzzed and messaging him on a dating app:
"He gives me Bumble bees."
When he upsets you in a way that makes you want to speak to the lord:
"He gives me praying mantises."
When you're getting played and it stings:
"He gives me hornets."
When you get played again because you didn’t learn your lesson:
"He gives me murder hornets."
When he mentions his hometown of Westport, CT:
"He gives me WASPs."
When he’s ghosting you:
"He gives me crickets."
Sara K. Runnels is a seasoned humor writer, copywriter and writer-writer living in Seattle, WA. She is a regular contributor to The New Yorker & her sharp social commentary can be found, quite literally, all over the internet under @omgskr.