1. This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Learn More.

How could she know at such a young age?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by AwesomGaytheist, Jun 21, 2013.

  1. AwesomGaytheist

    Full Member

    Joined:
    May 19, 2013
    Messages:
    6,909
    Likes Received:
    1
    Location:
    Pittsburgh, PA
    Gender:
    Genderqueer
    Gender Pronoun:
    He
    Sexual Orientation:
    Gay
    Out Status:
    Out to everyone
    My aunt who's visiting from California rode along with me when I went to get gas last night and she said she's known I was gay since I was 2 years old. WHAT!?! How could you know that so long before I had any idea that boys and girls had different bodies?
     
  2. Colours

    Full Member

    Joined:
    Jun 26, 2012
    Messages:
    791
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    Amsterdam
    Maybe she just has a really good gaydar.
     
  3. Crow Crippler

    Regular Member

    Joined:
    Jun 13, 2013
    Messages:
    81
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    England
    Gender:
    Female
    Out Status:
    Out to everyone
    It's very possible. I masturbated for the first time when I was 4, so...
     
  4. Tetraquark

    Tetraquark Guest

    I think some people just have a very strong sense of who they are from a young age. Others don't develop a concrete sense of self until adolescence or later. As I fall into the latter category myself, I do not understand people who knew who they were when they were children (or remember who they were as children, for that matter -- my memory is horrible).
     
  5. EscapeArtist

    Full Member

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2013
    Messages:
    93
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    Colorado
    LOL 2 is a bit ridiculous but I had my first same-sex encounter when I was 6-7 years young myself. I believe these tendencies are inherent.
     
  6. Browncoat

    Full Member

    Joined:
    Jul 2, 2011
    Messages:
    4,053
    Likes Received:
    9
    Location:
    Zefram Cochrane's hometown.
    Gender:
    Male
    Gender Pronoun:
    They
    Sexual Orientation:
    Bisexual
    Out Status:
    Out to everyone
    Well, I don't know about 2, but to give you an example:

    If someone had asked me at age 5, "Cameron, do you think you'd ever marry a boy?," my answer would have been yes. :slight_smile:

    And I've thought Brad Pitt (to give a specific example) and other men were "attractive" since I was that young...not in a sexual sense, obviously, but otherwise it would have been fairly obvious that I at the very least had no problem being male-sexed and liking men if someone had questioned me then..
     
  7. The username

    Full Member

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2013
    Messages:
    292
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    Virginia
    I have no memory of being 2 years old.
    If I had known what sexuality and being gay was, I would say I would have known since at least kindergarten.
     
  8. Ettina

    Regular Member

    Joined:
    Nov 14, 2012
    Messages:
    1,508
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    Canada
    Gender:
    Female
    Out Status:
    Out to everyone
    My guess is she's assuming effeminate male = gay. You can often tell a boy is effeminate at that age.
     
  9. Tetraquark

    Tetraquark Guest

    Wow, yeah what Ettina said. I totally read the OP wrong. :icon_redf
     
  10. SchwulIstCool

    Regular Member

    Joined:
    Jun 19, 2013
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    Dans mes rĂªves de New York et des blazers...
    One of my friend's mum apparently bet that I was gay when I was 3. And she won, so... :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
     
  11. Rexmond

    Full Member

    Joined:
    Jan 3, 2013
    Messages:
    687
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    England
    I'm surprised children even in primary school could tell that I'm gay. I'm not sure whether they were joking or around or being serious, haha. Work experience was a load of fun!
     
  12. catatonie

    Full Member

    Joined:
    Apr 12, 2013
    Messages:
    211
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    Quebec
    Your aunt is probably full of shit and trying to act like you didn't "get one over" on her because people are sometimes offended when their family members come out to them later in life instead of as soon as possible.
     
  13. Chip

    Board Member Admin Team Advisor Full Member

    Joined:
    May 9, 2008
    Messages:
    16,551
    Likes Received:
    4,750
    Location:
    northern CA
    Gender:
    Male
    Gender Pronoun:
    He
    Sexual Orientation:
    Gay
    Out Status:
    Out to everyone
    A lot of parents (particularly mothers) of gay kids say that, in retrospect, they pretty much knew very early on. Call it mother's intuition, energy, observable characteristics... I totally believe that it's possible for parents to know (or strongly suspect) at a very early age.
     
  14. justjade

    Full Member

    Joined:
    May 18, 2013
    Messages:
    395
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    North Canton, Ohio, US
    I can relate to this a lot. Some of my first memories are of wanting to be a boy. Some people are just very self-aware at a very young age.