My birthday is on Thursday! So many November birthdays.
I had a small realization as to why I didn't want Hinata to get Naruto.
When I was in 1st grade, I loved Joey Gobbel. Massive, huge, EPIC crush. He looked like Naruto, come to think of it. Blonde spikey hair, blue eyes, quick grin.
I chased that poor around the playground and traumatized him for life. He never did return my affection, not even a decade later when we went to high school together briefly. Instead, I dated his best friend for a month. That didn't work out either.
When I was a little kid, I didn't know what real love was. When I was in high school, I DID know what real love was, and it wasn't what I was getting from Barry (the aforementioned best friend.) Took me another seven or eight years before I met a guy that was actually worth my time and attention. And we've been together ever since...
So, I see too much of my youthful self in Hinata. I grew out of my stalker phase. She could have, too.