[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Jamie89

I don't think it's that tbh. Friendships at school weren't really anything to do with it. Most of my friends were boys but I wasn't attracted to them, and most of those boys turned out straight. It's hard to explain though because I don't know what it is. It's not attraction in a sexual way and I think it's not an obvious thing, the only thing that really makes it obvious is that it's directed towards boys not girls and that's why it stands out, because from a very age you're taught that that's not normal, so whatever it is maybe young straight people do feel it too it just doesn't stand out to them because it's in line with what they consider to be normal, there's no reason for it to alarm them or for them to even really notice it.

But who told you it was not normal when you were that young? At that age, most thought processes are taught or learned behaviours. My son is 7, I have gay friends and straight friends, he doesnt think anyone is normal and others abnormal. No one has ever told him that being in love with someone of the same sex is abnormal so he doesnt think it. I think its awful that at that age you thought any thoughts or feelings you had were perceived abnormal