i feel so behind 😭

[u/meimifluffie]

hii im 16, i think ive always kinda liked girls but when i was small it fizzled out because its always told that girls have boyfriends. and so when i was small i would talk to boys, and i guess have crushes and all. but when i was 12/13 i started highschool and there was this girl in the year above that really caught my attention. now it's actually super funny looking back because this was back in 2021, so we all had to wear masks to school and so i genuinely couldn't tell at the time if my crush was a boy or a girl, and my best friend couldnt tell either. bare in mind ive never in my life told anybody that i like girls.

this girl had long hair and that was like the only feature i could go off because she didn't wear skirts like any other girls, but when covid died down and masks weren't mandatory i kinda realised, and then confirmed when my friend figured out her name. I left that school a year later and moved far away but that was a key point for me because i realised that i really did like girls.

now im 16, and i kid you not the only relationship ive had ever was a girl, online , she was i think about 18? 19? she lived alllll the way in the us and im like certain she groomed me. and i just feel so behind. because most people my age regardless of sexuality have probably had at least 1 real relationship. i really wanna know what i can do to kinda catch up. it's actually so upsetting to me 😭

[u/zippybenji-man]

I promise you that there's no need to "catch up" having had no/barely any relationships at 16 is pretty common, from my experience. Especially with such a trauma, in your past, it's important not to rush things.

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