Hi Gracie! What an honor to be trusted with your boyfriend's first coming out conversation; picking the first person to talk to out loud about your sexuality can be very scary. It sounds like he loves and trusts you, but this revelation is raising some questions for you, which is understandable...
affection
- Robin Mandell
Kissing and snuggling sure seem awfully underrated. Check out why we think what some folks consider only "first base" can be home runs all their own.
- Heather Corinna
I tend to think the best way of saying I love you is...well, saying "I love you." But if you're asking if sex can express love? Sure it can. It doesn't always, but it absolutely always has that potential. People being mutually invested in each other's comfort and pleasure, each other's sexual growth...
- Heather Corinna
There's nothing illegal about being platonic friends with someone who is an adult when you're a minor and/or under the age of consent: even if you were dating, so long as the physical activity was affectional and not sexual -- and hand-holding is not classed as sexual behaviour under any set of laws...