How I figured out I'm not straight

I kinda always knew that I'm not straight. In kindergarten, I, of course, thought boys were gross, but, as we all know there's always one guy that tries to get you to be his kindergarten sweetheart, and of course I declined because of, well, cooties... Right? that's what I used as an excuse for a few years but, eventually, I kinda realized that I don't seem to get crushes even though all the girls always talk about the jock of the class, so I said that I liked him so no one would question me anymore and as I didn't actually like him I didn’t care if he knew since he was already dating my best friend and I was NOT in the market for a boyfriend so I let it go and said I moved on. The next year he no longer attended my school so when there were all but two guys in my age group I had to find one to say I liked so I wouldn't be teased, so I picked the kid who liked me and he was fine knowing that I liked him and seemed pretty ok that I wasn't looking to be in a middle school relationship... and then he moved away and there was only one eligible guy for all of us girls to crush on and since he was always super gross and sweaty no one was interested so I didn't declare that I liked anyone. moving on to the start of the COVID-19 lockdown I started to wonder why I didn’t really feel anything for most guys except one and he was interested in me... I made it very clear that I wasn’t looking to have a boyfriend and since this person has known me for years he questioned if I thought I was gay, so I started researching to see if I felt like one of them fit me, and now after almost a year of trying out new labels I have been comfortable with Lesbian and feel that it suits me for the time being, but of course that can always change!

And here’s my family and friends reaction to my coming out!:

Now when I came out to my parents they weren’t too thrilled but that was what I expected, and here’s the fun part… Telling my siblings. Now here’s the conversation between my sister and me,

Me “OMG why won’t Oma (my grandma) stop teasing me about boys! I don’t even like them!”

Her “Oh you will soon sweetheart”

Me “No I’m a lesbian”

Her “Oh hun I already knew that I was just waiting for you to find that out oh and by the way (Insert her telling me about a family member who's also part of the rainbow mafia)

So now here’s my older brothers reaction:

Me “I’m a lesbian”

Him “Nice… At least now I don’t have to fly down there to keep you from getting a boyfriend one day”

Me “Wait what!?”

Him “Nothing”

Ya, he’s a handful but I love him lol. Now here’s my younger brothers reaction:

Me “I’m gay”

Him “LESBIAN!”

So ya the rest of my family was super supportive and all of my friends agreed that it makes sense, so there's that. Of course, my parents have given me the “It's just a faze” talk so many times I could recite it word for word, but it could be worse!

Hope you enjoyed my sexual awakening story, so do with that what you will, and, also, I mean no hate to any men in the world, you guys are awesome, and I hope we can talk about women together sometime, bye!