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[–]reluctant_commenter 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When I was a little kid, I knew I was fascinated with certain female characters from shows in a way that was different. I think the first time I explicitly realize I liked girls, though, was when I was about eight-- there was this one girl at school I thought was just so pretty, and then I freaked out and apologized to God (lol) and then buried it and forgot about it, resurfacing a few times over the years and only moments at a time.

Took me til I was 19 to actually admit to myself and accept my same-sex attraction, and assumed I must be bisexual. The idea that I might be exclusively attracted to women didn't even enter my head. (My brain is good at thought-censoring, unfortunately.) Took til early 20s to realize that I might actually be lesbian.