When did you realise you were a lesbian? by CherryLatchmere in Lesbians

[–]CherryLatchmere[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Haha, that's crazy - we absolutely might be long-lost twins :D

When did you realise you were a lesbian? by CherryLatchmere in Lesbians

[–]CherryLatchmere[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Haha, I think Chris Hemsworth is just too aesthetic to ignore! His proportions, man.

Yeah, people like Zac Efron, Jamie Dornan, Channing Tatum...they do nothing for me, zilch. I was the same as you, I was into 'guys' to the extent that I liked their music, or books, lol.

Hm, maybe I should get myself back on Tinder and change my settings.

When did you realise you were a lesbian? by CherryLatchmere in Lesbians

[–]CherryLatchmere[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh, yup...alcohol was involved in every experience. I don't feel taken advantage of, because they were super drunk too (and very kind and considerate, the sex just wasn't great lol) but I wouldn't do it again. I mean, I'm saying it as if it was a singular occasion, but that links me to the next part of your post - it was certainly a feeling of low self-esteem, if I'm being honest with myself. I do get a bit depressive after drinking; hence why I've cut back on my drinking massively. I really had to look at myself and the reasons behind sleeping with these guys to come to terms with that.

That's interesting about the non-sexual scenes, and it definitely makes sense. I think with those scenes I kinda just feel nothing. Straight romance rarely seems to excite me in that way. Everyone I know loved 'Normal People' - and don't get me wrong, I liked it - but rather from the angle of, 'oh, it's interesting to watch these people grow up and navigate life' rather than 'omg yes best couple ever!!'

When did you realise you were a lesbian? by CherryLatchmere in Lesbians

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I think I understand the feelings you're describing with men. I love my guy friends to pieces, but I've never felt that sort of connection with a guy. Like, if I have a crush on someone, I want to be around them all the time. The guys I've met, I can't imagine sitting and talking to them and feeling simultaneously excited yet serene. It's odd, idk.

When did you realise you were a lesbian? by CherryLatchmere in Lesbians

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Don't apologise for the novel! Glad you're out, proud, and happy!

When did you realise you were a lesbian? by CherryLatchmere in Lesbians

[–]CherryLatchmere[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Okay I feel I can relate to this. Only guy friends as a child - loved football, Pokémon, 'boy' books, all of that - but when I hit puberty I wanted girl friends to talk about deep stuff with, lol. I feel like I was emotionally sensitive, I just hated some stereotypically 'girly' things. I kinda wanted the girls to treat me like a boy, but not exactly?? I'm explaining it weirdly, but yeah, I think I know what you mean!

When did you realise you were a lesbian? by CherryLatchmere in Lesbians

[–]CherryLatchmere[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you, those questions were actually super helpful. When I think of attractive people, I do think of guys as well - but, like, celebrities like Chris Hemsworth. When I think of people who I've actually liked, they've been women: I remember in school, I had a crush on this girl in my class, and I used to almost get embarrassed when she walked in the room. I couldn't even look at her, I was that attracted to her. I thought she was perfect. I couldn't vocalise these feelings, though, because I didn't know where to begin and everyone was operating under the assumption that everyone else was straight. I've never really met a guy irl who I wanted to date; and definitely, the guys my friends are head-over-heels in love with, I'm kinda like, eh. You do you, but I don't get why you want to spend every minute of every day with this man.

As a teenager, I was really obsessed with Ellen Page (LOL, should've known I was at least bi then) and all my fixations have been with female celebs. Like I said, I think Chris Hemsworth is hot, but...I dunno, I've never gotten obsessed with him to the extent where I'd watch all his interviews and actually daydream about him, like I have done with female celebrities. As a young teenager, I liked guys, but I think I liked the attention and companionship more than anything. I liked guy stuff: I didn't have female friends, not really, 'till I was around 14. I think maybe I did have crushes on female friends: I would look at my timetable to see if we were in the same classes; I tried to make them laugh, like, a lot.

From all of this, it probably does sound obvious?! I think my issue is I seem to develop all-encompassing crushes on women, but not on men, if that makes sense; however, I do think some male bodies are attractive. I just don't know how I feel about dating them, or sleeping with them. I suppose, though, that's the crux of the issue.

When did you realise you were a lesbian? by CherryLatchmere in Lesbians

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You know, I totally would...but she's married now!

When did you realise you were a lesbian? by CherryLatchmere in Lesbians

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I haven't! The most intense crush I've ever had was on this girl a few years older than me - I knew her from some mutual friends, and we got talking for a bit. We were out at the same bar together, and ended up kissing - it was like fireworks man, honestly lol. I was gonna go home with her but got dragged somewhere else with some of my friends (I regret going with them now lol) and I've just not had any luck/met any women since. Really need to get myself out there, I'm almost worrying I'm too old to be so inexperienced (I'm 21)

I know what you mean about the fixation on girls, for sure