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I may have a new relationship with someone confused about their identity. Please help!

Discussion in 'Family, Friends, and Relationships' started by Asking, Feb 11, 2018.

  1. Asking

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    Hey- it's been about a year I've been on since my bro found me on this site and it became a mess, but if anyone can offer advice, I'd be grateful. Feel free to skip to the last line if I go on a bit. Sorry.

    So I've been grappling with my own gender identity a bit, but I think I'm a lesbian, and about a year ago I found out that my friend thinks she is bi, and we both said that we were crushing on each other. Speaking for myself, I think that once I suspected I was just desperate for some validation, and so having a mutual "crush" would be more evidence if I could get myself to believe it, being in a religious community she's the only other questioning person I know. I strongly believe she did as well, but didn't want to realize it. Ever since I've accepted I probably won't know for sure until I'm in a more serious relationship, but I've always used lesbian porn- sorry for the unnecessary information. We stayed in the same circle of friends but only really were linked through that, but at sleepovers for truth or dare and such I've asked her what her type is, and she said something along the lines of "you know, girls and guys." Clarifying myself I asked again, but she just seemed kind of confused. Not to insult her, but she's a person who seems to think of herself not quite in the spotlight but really just in having to fit certain feelings, a kind of slightly superficial drama she hates in herself and occasionally grates on my nerves myself, though I've never mentioned it, of course. Last night, though, at a friend's sleepover, all our friends went upstairs for ice cream and we just stayed in the close position we were in for the movie, and we got to talking. She told me she still likes me- I won't really say exactly what for her sake of privacy, but something she said made me think she was convincing herself of that to fit her self image. We kept edging closer and though at that point I'd admitted that my previous feelings towards her were forced, I leaned in to kiss her, and we French kissed. I was extremely turned on but felt like an asshole when we were done, but she seemed to be faking passion and dropped another line. Loving her in that moment, I played along, and I'm ashamed but we kissed a few more times throughout the night.

    So now I think that I may be caring about her as a distant friend emotionally and being sexually hungry for the only gay person I know and therefore using her as a resort while she is sexually confused and trying to figure things out. What can I do? I feel like a terrible person to speak my mind and bring her pain, don't want to lie to break things up, and am just a flat out terrible person if I keep going romantically. It's not really that bad though it sounds that way written down, but please, give me some input. Thanks.
     
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    Please help, sorry, I should have posted earlier but I'd really like an answer before I see her at school tomorrow.
     
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    It really doesn't sound like anything was done wrong in this situation, you have no reason to feel bad about it. It's not possible for you to read her mind, so if she says she likes you and wants to be with you romantically, she is probably being honest. Her being the only gay person you know doesn't automatically mean the feelings are forced or a last resort.

    If you want to keep going with it, you can, if you feel uncomfortable with the way things have been going for whatever reason then just tell her that.
     
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    Thanks- reading back I made it sound pretty awful, it was actually really nice, afterwards I just started stressing! Thanks again!
     
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    I have to agree with Niagara here. You can only go with what she's told you, and if she says she likes you, then that's the information you have to work with. If you're uncomfortable working with only that bit of information, then you probably need to find time to talk with her and get some clarification. These conversations are probably uncomfortable, but they're important in achieving the openness and honesty that relationships should have.

    I'll admit to being a total novice when it comes to this sort of thing, but if you two were kissing, that's probably a sign that she likes you.
     
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    I do think she probably means what she says as it does take guts to admit feelings (though who knows) but I also think you need to be 100% honest with her, if she likes you and you don't like her that way you need to tell her exactly that, don't assume that she is faking it as well and both wants the same thing, talk with her, tell her what you want see if she is okay with it, double-check that she is genuinely okay with and not just okay with it because she likes you and see where it goes but be honest and communicate!

    Good luck!
     
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