Please help me figure this out... please?

wild-blue-yonder's picture

Please, someone, help me figure out what this means. It's got me stumped.

I have a pretty huge crush on this girl who I’ve been calling Marie. This weekend, I went on a school overnight trip, and she was there, too. Over the course of the weekend she a) fell asleep with her head in my lap; b) sat in my lap for a while because there were no other chairs; and c) fell asleep watching a movie while cuddled up against me. Before you get any ideas, I need to tell you that she is very, very straight, and didn’t mean anything by this. My question is: during all of that, I felt pretty in love. It was wonderful. I wanted to cuddle her and hug her and kiss her. This didn’t surprise me – I’ve felt that before. But later on, back in our hotel, she was getting ready to take a shower, and she took off everything but her underwear right in front of me before skipping off to the bathroom. And after she got out, she ran around in a towel for a few minutes before drying off and putting on pajamas, and I saw the back of her, completely naked, and everything from her waist up, completely naked. I swear I didn’t actually mean to see this, but I did. And I felt… nothing.

Actually, to be more precise, I did feel things… but nothing, absolutely nothing sexual. Nada. I did feel embarrassed. I felt like I shouldn’t have seen her like that, and I was hoping she wouldn’t notice that I’d been looking. That may be because I’m pretty self-conscious myself… I wouldn’t have wanted anyone to see me naked like she was. But besides being embarrassed, and mildly interested in what another female body looks like (because I’ve never really seen one other than my own), I didn’t really feel anything.

So what does that mean?? I have a major crush on this girl – I have no doubt about that. I have fantasies about her dumping her boyfriend and suddenly becoming gay, and in those fantasies she falls in love with me and we are a couple, and we kiss and cuddle all the time, and it’s great (in my fantasies, we even cuddle naked without me thinking twice, and it’s cute and sweet.) I can almost imagine having sex with her… maybe… It’s a bit of a stretch, considering I’ve barely even kissed anyone before (and he was a guy)… but sometimes I can imagine it, and I imagine it being pleasant. But my question is this: why in the name of lesbians everywhere didn’t I feel at least a tiny bit turned on by being alone with her in a hotel room while she’s toweling off naked in the corner?

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gaynow's picture

Human emotions are weird,

Human emotions are weird, fickle creatures. Don't pressure yourself to feel certain things... it won't work, it'll just serve to make you self-conscious and worried and maybe further inhibit your emotions, cause you're too busy feeling self-conscious. There's no one thing that should turn you on--arousal et. al. is majorly in your mind, and a complex bunch of circumstances contribute to it. Maybe things just weren't right. Maybe you were inhibiting yourself by feeling guilty of checking out a naked straight girl. Maybe you like her emotionally but not sexually, maybe you were in an ebb of affection....... there's no being sure why. But don't pressure yourself, don't think there's any situation in which you ought to feel anything. What you feel is what you feel and is therefore right. Don't stress.

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wild-blue-yonder's picture

you said that well...

"What you feel is what you feel and is therefore right." I really like the way you said that. I believe it, but I forget sometimes - I needed to be reminded. Thank you.

jeff's picture

Umm...

If she's running around the hotel room in very little clothing, and getting dressed in front of you, sounds like she's comfortable/indifferent to doing it. You're the one reading into this, but there's nothing there to really question. If you aren't comfortable with showing off some naked flesh, you'd probably also not come out of the bathroom to finish getting dressed.

Also, your goal is intimacy, not seeing her naked. A flash of breast is fine, but not quiet the same as making out with her while you unhook her bra, so I don't think you can match the two just because there is overlapping imagery between the two.

Of course, the main thing is whether she knows you're into chicks, which would bring more clarity to her actions. I mean, if she knows you're into girls and sits on your laps, cuddles with you, and gives you a peep show, that's different than thinking she's having casual intimacy with her supposedly hetero girl friend.

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wild-blue-yonder's picture

Thanks for the advice -

Thanks for the advice - the thing is, though, I know she's straight and I know she thinks I'm straight. That isn't the question. What I want to know is how I can have such a massive crush on someone and still not feel anything sexual. Does this make what I have purely an emotional crush? And can having emotional crushes on members of the same sex mean you're gay? Sex just... doesn't interest me all that much. It kind of worries me.

jeff's picture

Well...

A lot of people aren't interested in sex without intimacy, so because you don't have intimacy, you aren't feeling sexual. Not much to interpret there.

I'm a guy, so the notion of needing intimacy (or a first name) to think sexually of someone sounds like complete gibberish. But, I'll try and vag up for a bit here. I don't think crushes need to be, or should be, entirely sexual. That would just be lust. If your path to emotional satiety is intimacy before sex, then I don't know why you would question the sex before you have intimacy. I also don't think your intimacy with her is a path to sex, since you know she's straight.

So, I think you're sort of just using her as lesbian training wheels. Testing out same-sex intimacy in some regard where you're not with a partner who might reciprocate. Given those restrictions, it doesn't seem too strange that you'd have issues. She thinks you're into guys, she's into guys, she shows you some breast, cuz well, you have breasts, so who cares, and you know you can't have her. That's a lot of barriers to entry, pun intended.

When you're fighting off a reciprocal lesbian and not interested in sex, then you might have a case.

Of course, there's no need to wait for a partner to be sexual. I know the boys on this site certainly aren't.

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wild-blue-yonder's picture

Thank you -

Thank you - you know, you have a lot of really good points. I guess I'm just worried because this lack of... lust... makes it hard for me to figure out if what I'm feeling has to do with sexual orientation. Because sexual orientation is... sexual. Right? I don't know. I guess it doesn't have to matter. But I feel kind of asexual sometimes.

Anyway - thank you for your advice - I really appreciate it. It helps.

jeff's picture

Oh...

That's easy.

With rare exceptions, straight people don't question sexual attraction to their same-sex friends at all. So, no use worrying about that, you've already qualified.

Asexual is pretty much the default until you have options, no?

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thinks's picture

I kinda feel the same way.

I have a guy friend that I fantasize, the same one I often speak of in my journal entries, about often but I don't want a physical relationship with him. Sometimes I feel I would like to see him naked, but I can understand how that might not do anything to me. I've never seen him naked though. :( so I guess I can't truly relate to what happened to you. I do understand that just because you see someone naked doens't equal instant arousal. Naked is part of who we are.

I feel like I'm ranting so I'm going to quit. :p

frizzfro45's picture

three things

Maybe you didn't feel anything sexual because a) you were too embarresed for her b) you felt too guilty about seeing her naked body or c) you feel it's wrong to get these feelings for this straight friend, therefore your body did not become aroused. Nakedness does not create imediate arousal. I saw girls pretty much naked in the locker room for swimming, and it didn't arouse me. But when I see my girlfriend half naked, or even just without a shirt on, i can't help but attack her, one cuz it's fun, two because it excites me. It doesn't always excite me though, it depends on the time and the place. It's just how our bodies work. Our minds say no, it's not the right time, place, or person, therefore our bodies do not get aroused.

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wild-blue-yonder's picture

Thank you -

Thank you - those are all valid possibilities. I actually think my embarrassment was probably the biggest factor - I'm such a wimp. I just for once wish I'd felt... something, because before this weekend I was pretty sure I understood myself, but now I'm confused again. Thanks for your comments and for reading this.

wheels148's picture

girl

from one sistah to another...heres my take on this....
could it be some kind of longing...some kind of awakening? let me tell you the story of when I first thought I may be gay. I was 13 and at time when most girls were drooling over the guys i wanted nothing to do with them. I wanted the girls, but to fit in with societal norm I "dated" guys willing myself to fall in love with them, they were covers! anyway, as I was willing myself to fall for these great men (they are wonderful people who remain my friends still) I was falling for a woman twice my age. she was my attendant at the time and is now my best friend (the type you can say anything too) I would get really excited about the times she and i would spend together but those thoughts never were sexual in nature. That is until we went to a friends cottage and I woke up thinking god i would love to make out with her.....then i thought how gross and supressed the feelings for all women for five years before coming out in summer of 2006

wild-blue-yonder's picture

Congratulations

Congratulations on being out! I've had some of those "god I would love to make out with her" moments, too... quite a few actually... so I know what you mean! I think our stories have quite a few similarities. Thanks for sharing!