Demi-Sexual
Sexuality and discovering who you are can take longer for some than others. I was late to puberty, late to growing breasts, and late to my period. It got to a point where I thought I'd never become a woman. I almost forgot about this cycle of pain that would someday inflict me. I was sorely reminded of this eventuality a month before my 16th birthday. I never had any interest in boys and was bewildered by other girls who spoke of them frequently with such enthusiasm. I preferred the company of boys, mainly my cousins who I felt I could be myself around. As a pre-teen, it became very obvious to me that I could not be myself around boys outside of my family. There were standards I had to adhere to. Men became creepy and boys became over-excitable. Both men and boys became intimidating. I didn't understand any of it, but I was to learn.