This is a poll for gay/lesbian/bisexual people. When did you actually figure out that you were different? That you liked the same sex? If your journey to realization spans over many years, write about it in the comments.
I first thought that I might 'like' other girls in a different way than they 'liked' me when I was about 10 years old. By the time I was 14 I had fully realized my sexuality.
I first thought that I might 'like' other girls in a different way than they 'liked' me when I was about 10 years old. By the time I was 14 I had fully realized my sexuality.
Then I spent a huge part of my teens fantasising about threesomes with The White Stripes and trying to make myself be interested in only one gender, before eventually discovering I liked both genders after having my first serious boyfriend in my early 20s
I think I was having a play-date with my friend who was also 6. I believe on this occasion we were in her mother's car en route to our destination. There was a plaid blanket and my friend and I got underneath it. She asked if I knew how french kiss and I said "No." So, she explained it to me. We did it and mixed it up with regular kissing. I remember her telling me to keep it a secret, but the part that really baffles me is how her mother didn't know what we were doing. Yes, we had the blanket psychically covering us, but there's no mistaking the sound of kissing! Anyway, I remembering it being late and at some point her mother was driving me to my home. When, I got there I still had the bubbly sensation in me, but I was filled with huge amounts of guilt. I didn't understand what homosexuality was and I felt like I had committed a crime:/ We continued to kiss every now and then over the course of a few more years, but the feeling of guilt continued to follow me for years.
Eventually, I discovered what my sexuality was and I stopped feeling guilty. Also, when I look back on it it really wasn't good. "Good" as in there was nothing great about it. The kissing was absolutely horrible, but when you're young you often fail to notice things like that.
Sorry :/ lol