19 yo attracted to middle-aged women?
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I am sexually, intellectually, emotionally attracted to a few middle-aged women. The most intense of these crushes is on a straight, married 52-year old woman. I’m happily engaged & in love with my fiance, but I can’t shake this overwhelming attraction to this woman. I think about it all the time, I have dreams about it. I have no intention of “coming out” to her, although I know she’s very accepting of all sexualities. I know she wouldn’t want any sort of relationship with me other than a friendship — I’m not delusional. I just want to know: Is this just really neurotic or is it normal for a young woman to be intensely attracted to other women who are much older, and just no one talks about it?




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I don’t think it’s uncommon at all for a young woman to be attracted to an older woman. In fact, I think if happens quite often. I know an couple that one woman is in her early twenties and the other is in her mid-fifties. So far things are going okay but there are a lot of factors that they have to deal with, including the older woman’s children.
I think that it’s fantastic that you realize that the relationship can go no further than friendship. That’s a very mature, realistic attitude.
We all have crushes on people we can’t and don’t need to be with. The crush will most likely pass, especially as you and your fiance’s relationship deepens.
I wouldn’t worry about it. Just enjoy the friendship.
I can’t answer your primary question and I’ve got no way to predict whether more will come of feelings like these in the future. I just want to encourage you really strongly to talk about this thoroughly with your fiancee. Sexuality questions get a hundred times harder to deal with after marriage; the time to talk about it is now! (I presume that you feel safe enough with him to talk about this. If he doesn’t make you feel safe that way, then I’ll tell you flat out: he’s not the one.)
I hope that is normal because that happens to me a bit!! (I’m 20). I definitely just let the crush(es) pass because trying to go any further would be complicated/impossible. But the crushes are kind of fun while they last