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In reply to the discussion: So, when did you know you were a heterosexual/homosexual? [View all]malthaussen
(18,560 posts)Now, interestingly enough, I didn't know that girls were different from boys -- I missed out on all that playing doctor stuff. In fact, I got into constant trouble for fighting with the girls -- many of whom were bigger than I at the time, lol. But I knew women were sure-enough different, and what they'd got, I wanted a lot of. I think I first "fell in love" around 9 or 10. My puberty was still years off, but there was this cute little blonde girl on my street, a year or two older than I, and I "wanted" her. (Wouldn't have had a clue what to do with her) I also remember a dream, right around or shortly after I reached puberty (12), long before any sex education, when I was dreaming (about Penny Robinson actually, funny you should post this tonight.
and suddenly -- this is gospel truth -- I knew how to "do" it.
Hope all of this isn't TMI, but I've actually been thinking about the same thing recently.
-- Mal