Orientation questioning: You're Not the Only One

And like, I know everyone in this town, everyone knows everyone else’s business, so it’s like, you have to do what you’re supposed to do. …

Okay so like, everyone at work is always talking about, you know, dates and stuff, and I’m just sitting there like, am I the ONLY one who’s never felt that… PULL… for anyone, ever? …

i just found out my mom—my FORTY YEAR OLD mom btw—has a crush on a woman she works with at the library??? …

We were both English majors, me and Sarah. …

But last night, my roommate and I were cramming for our chem final, super late, and she was explaining some mechanism of action to me, and I just… had this moment of complete sensory overload. …

I’ve only ever really been into guys, I guess, and like, I was studying with my roommate tonight and we were just tired and laughing, and I looked at her and felt this really WEIRD thing, and now I… …

I got a job at the local library a couple of years ago. …

I just don't get why all my friends are always talking about crushes or hookups – I like hanging out, the smart talk, but that other stuff? …

Not like physically tired, though God knows I am that too, but like soul-tired, I guess. …

I’ve been married for almost thirty years, a stay-at-home mom forever, my kids are grown now and I just… I don’t think I ever really liked him. …

i don't know if this counts as a confession but i'm a mother of three been married forever like fifteen years and i work at the library part-time just stamping books mostly and there's this woman… …

Like, brick by brick, or in my case, steel and glass. …

Everyone talks about it, how it’s like, a core part of the college experience. …

I'm 61, almost retirement age, and I’ve been an architect my whole life, successful, I guess, built some pretty big things. …

I just feel so broken sometimes. …

We were 18, I was pregnant, everyone here in Willow Creek just assumes that’s how it had to be, right? …

This physical pull, this instant spark, this whole… *attraction* thing. …

I'm 58 next month, almost 59 actually, and sometimes late at night, when Harold's snoring loud enough to shake the pictures on the wall — he's always done that, 37 years of it — I just lie there and… …

New librarian. …

And her hair, it’s always just a little messy in a perfect way, like she just ran her fingers through it and it looks amazing. …