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(JD) · Feb 19, 2011, 06:54 PM

This tugs at my heart to hear you're so conflicted.

Don't shirk me off but I really must say you are still young yet (I know, 18 is rather adult isn't it?) Your body's hormones have not yet settled and this nearly always adds to any angst.

Plus, in your profile you state you suffer with anxiety and depression. Either or both of those disorders add to this conflict within you, imo.

It's okay to like both sexes. Having an intense, intimate relationship with anyone is always a choice. You don't have to make that choice yet...and I would caution against it.

You aren't happy with going in that direction, it seems to me from your post that not only aren't you happy with it, but it's troubling your brother as well. Try to get beyond the "irk" value with your brother and sit and truly discuss your feelings and why you think this decision is being made. The way you were brought up, the values and beliefs, have a stronghold on us which is all but "inborn" and not easy to overcome, if that is what you think you need to do. You would need to address the why of all of it, to make a good decision for you, imo.

Be well.