Everyone's familiar with the thinking-you're-bi-before-realizing-you're-gay pathway. But thinking-you're-asexual-before-realizing-you're-gay is my story, and I've heard a few other people who had that experience as well. It's a much less talked about pathway, less common, but it does happen. Particularly for women, I think. (From what I've heard, it's a lot harder to be oblivious to your sexuality when you're running on testosterone.)

Is this a silly, cringey phase that she's in now? Of course. I think it's entirely plausible that this is just a confused baby lesbian still figuring herself out. "If I was to get into a relationship it would be with a woman," I mean, that sounds like she hasn't had her first girlfriend yet, but knows that she would like to have one.