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-- Posted by Anonymous at 2:06 pm on Mar. 5, 2008

I'm 17 years old, and I've got a bit of a dilemma. Since I was in 8th grade, or about 14-15 years old, I've thought that I may be bisexual. I, of course, thought that maybe it was a phase I was going through and would eventually grow out of, but I now believe I'm beyond that. I've had sex with two different girls, but I still have an overwhelming attraction to guys. Especially this one guy.   We did some "experimenting", if you will, a few years ago. Basically just explored each other's bodies and tried a few things out. After that, we basically never spoke of it again. We're still friends, we're still pretty close, but we just never speak of that night. Being the way I am, I want to ask him if he would like to go for a round two and explore each other some more. However, I don't know if he still feels the same way we did a few years ago. How do I go about asking him if he'd like to experiment a little more? I'm confused and embarrassed, because I've been raised in a family that shuns gays, so I've been repressing and questioning my sexuality for far too long. How do you know if you're actually gay? Sometimes it seems like that a lot of guys are labeling themselves as bisexual, almost as if it's the "in" thing to do. I honestly think I'm bisexual.   How do I tell?

I know that was a lot of weird/scattered information in no particular order, and that two questions were mixed together, but I'm really stressed here. For the first time I feel I don't know what to do.  


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