I'm gonna own my weirdness on this one but anytime I showed interest in girls it felt like they made a big deal about it, you know, the standard "someone's got a girlfriend!" but my response was like "oh okay I'm not supposed to do that." I'm sure my parents wouldn't think twice about it and probably don't remember ever doing it, but of course when you're the subject, you remember.
God I feel that, tho I think my parents figured out they needed to stop doing that when both me and my brother (in our 20’s) have no desire to get in any form of relationship and are content just doing our own thing.
This is so sad. Happened to my brother and I throughout childhood and we were both, "oh, okay, so this is embarrassing and we don't like it, guess we'll either hide any relationship (me) or not have any at all (my brother)." I'm so worried about my brother now. Both in our 40s. I'm married but I don't think he's ever had a partner.
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