How common is it for someone to like one of there realitives?

Question

This is going to sound sick and i know people are going to bombard me with jokes but i don't care anyway:

When i was younger for some weird reason i had a crush on my aunt >_> not sure why but anyway im 17 years old now and i don't anymore,it kinda makes me sick why i would be like that,but ya is it normal for young kids to sometimes feel that way? i think right around 10 or 11 i went out of it.

Answer 1

It's not that weird.

I have a cousin that I never thought of that way but one day I met a girl that looks exactly like her and I insanely had the hots for her. lol Is that wrong too? I dunno. Now I get all uncomfortable if my cousin is around. Oddly enough I never did, nor do I now have sexual thoughts for my cousin but the girl that looks exactly like her... sigh...

Anyway, don't worry about it. Sexual feelings can sometimes be unpredictable particularly when you're a kid.

Answer 2

You don't have to like them to love them.

Answer 3

when your young and a male growing, puberty kicks in and every guy starts to look at girls or women differently, and it could be anybody, so it is kind of normal, especially when your relatives are really hot or something, how can you not feel anything.

Answer 4

It seems to be pretty common. I've dated 2 guys who had childhood crushes on their cousins. They grew out of it too.

After I had moved out of home my 8 year old brother told me that I was great and if I wasn't so 'old' (17), I wasn't his sister, and it wouldn't be gross he would marry me, lol.

Answer 5

Oh Heck!  My older sister when she was young was going to marry Uncle Pete when she got older.  She grew out of it.  Kids' crushes are no more than that.  I am pretty sure you are not alone.  I don't think there is anything "sick" about it.  It appears you got over it as your approached puberty and your hormones started kickin in.

Answer 6

yeah its pretty weird...but i think its common as well because if you like someone you like someone....right?

;D

Answer 7

Yea i guess its not that weird...

it happened to me when i was around that age.

lmao.

Gross now that i think of it.

Answer 8

It actually happens more then you think. There's many times when cousins are attracted to each other. I remember having a crush on one of my uncles when I was 9-10.

Answer 9

It`s very common, don`t feel bad, but the best part about it is you were a teenager, nothing ever happened with you too, it`s a young teen hormonal reaction I think.

Flip side, my husband told me he`s in love with his cousin, we`re talking divorce now.

Answer 10

its more common than you'd ever guess

Answer 11

Okay, I'm 16 and my 7 year old cousin says he'll marry me. Is that weird or what?

Answer 12

It's very common.  All love is, is getting to know someone well.  Naturally, as you get to know your relatives, you feel a connection.  But, a child doesn't understand the difference between that kind of feeling and love feeling.  They have to grow up and learn the difference.  That's why most people out grow that crush and then always have that close family bond that makes family, family.