Is it normal to suddenly realize your gay?

Over the last few months I have found that I had more attraction to males than females, and I realized that girls don't turn me on. I also find that I'd rather be intimate with a member of the same sex. Is it weird to suddenly notice these feeling at the age of 18?

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  • georgienne

    Definitely. Some people don't figure it out til they're married with kids.
    Be happy knowing your mind's made up. :)

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  • soulljos

    I am the same age and literally just told my best friend!!

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    • How did it go?

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  • Pamella

    I was in my 30's when I had my first gay sexual encounter. Since then I dream of sucking guys off. I abhor women and love it when I am with a guy.
    I am very passive and am a bottom and love being the femme part of a relationship. I never knew what I was missing and whne with a girl I felt like it was a lesbian relationship.
    I love snugling with a guy who cares aboutme and we have a night of sex.

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    • volvonut84

      I'm sure that happens alot!! LOL....

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  • SelfConscious6678

    My aunt got married and had a kid before she realized!

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  • LobieVulpyn

    I realized pretty suddenly, I considered myself VERY straight in high school. Haha such denial.

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  • randomjelly

    Absolutely! Some people don't realize this until late in life. Consider yourself lucky!

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  • volvonut84

    Sometimes it is a pain in the ass.

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    • AbductedByAliens1111

      lol

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  • BennyG23

    Lol I thought some people were born gay like some who were born vegetarian

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  • AbductedByAliens1111

    I had a similar experience. My reasons for not knowing earlier were being close to my family, who are all quite traditional and generally seem uncomfortable with just about anybody not like them. My sister married a black man, and it seemed that this drove a wedge between them. So, the idea of being gay was too scary to me to even think of it growing up or to even allow myself to think about guys.

    Also, like this post, I did have an attraction to women but pretty much just like guys now. So, it was easy to fake being straight and not even acknowledge my attractions to men. It worked out pretty good except for the fact that since I'm not very masculine (e.g. not really at all), I didn't have much luck with women.

    I did come out to my family recently. I wouldn't say it went well really, but surprisingly I didn't get disowned or verbally abused so that was a welcome relief. I feel a lot better since people now know I'm gay and I'm not in danger of losing everything I always knew. It's good knowing that everything isn't going to get ripped away just because of who I am.

    The one thing that was the case even before I consciously became attracted to men was that many of my sexual dreams have always been about guys..... at the time I found it rather perplexing that I seemed to really enjoy certain "things" in these dreams so to speak.... yet I somehow had myself convinced that the person in these dreams and me were separate. However, now I don't have to mentally split the two apart like I did and can just be gay which is a relief.

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  • PabloLewis

    I knew from the age of 7!!! that i was different!! I gave a guy my first blowjob at the age of 8,and love every minute off it!!! and guess what??? I STILL DO!! Xx

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  • bottom4u68

    what if you are a guy and only want to play the female role with another guy

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    • I highly doubt it.

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  • Fadina

    totally normal!

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  • Budgiebite

    You are mostly gay.

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  • notoriousD

    seems like u are bisexual, but prefer guys. If you were pure gay i think you would realise earlier!!

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  • DumbGenius

    For someone called Sweetsherry your not that sweet, but thanks to everyone else.

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  • scenequeen699

    That's perfectly normal. Ever since I was in 6th grade I've been curious about girls. In 8h grade I finally came out and told people that I'm bi-sexual. I'm a sophomore in highschool going on junior and I've had a couple girl partners. So once again I feel it's totally normal to feel that way I know people who feel the same way you do. Be happy with the way you are, it's a good thing to know your sexuality at your age :)

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  • U may have been straight at one time, relationships aren't a one trip pony, it cam change over time

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  • Andyen

    Compleatly noraml. I myself find an attraction to both. I realized this at the age of 14 however never ventured passed this until my second year in college at the age of 20. So its compleatly normal. Theres nothing wrong about it. Nothing wierd. and thing is, I really believe that you are born that way. You never were anything else, cause if it feels right in my body and mind even when society may say otherwords. its you. You cant change you.

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  • graydarkness

    Yeah it's normal

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  • ghostmau5

    of course that's normal! ^^

    Sometimes it takes a few failed relationships with the opposite gender to be like, "Hey, wait a minute..." and, yeah... You just kinda figure it out. xD

    As someone said earlier, it takes some people a very long time. You're very lucky!

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  • asdf90091

    Pretty much the same thing happened to me and I'm 18 as well. It's normal, maybe even a part of growing up and realizing your sexuality.

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    • asdf90091

      I forgot to post this earlier. There's a site called thegyc.com you might wanna look at. You're not alone.

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  • luckynj

    Is any particular feeling that you attract to male. Female body has natural attraction for male.

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