when and how did you know you were gay? (lemm.ee)

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mine was when i was 13. i always thought one of my friends in middle school was good looking…too good looking. a month later we had a sleepover and he took his shirt and shorts off to change… and that confirmed it. side note, did anyone else find the guys on underwear really hot? when i get new underwear, i kinda can’t help but stare at it for a bit until i remember that i’m in public and people could notice that i’m staring. also, i’ve recently fully accepted myself as gay and that’s really helped me mentally. for a few years i would beat myself up about it out of shame. anyways, i was just curious about when and how you found out you were gay?

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[-] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It took until I was about 18 for it to “click” and make sense to me that I was actually bi, not straight and not gay. It was very confusing growing up having attraction to both females and males.

I had the same “damn my friend(s) are TOO good looking” experience as you, but also had crushes on girls and went on dates. I also “experimented” with a male friend of mine (also romantically), and even after all of this, it took a few years more for it to click lol.

Also, yeah, guys on underwear.. oh boy

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