In this case, your obvious question is ‘am I gay’, which can also effectively be ‘what is my sexual orientation?’ Before we even put out the boxes (for you to put yourself into), there are three points to bear in mind, simply because feeling attracted to alcohol doesn’t make you an alcoholic. Having said that, people do ask themselves questions about their sexuality at many ages and at different points in life, so let’s acknowledge that it’s never easy! This plagues many adults too, who often confuse being emotionally comfortable with each other as sexual attraction. It can be of many kinds-emotional, physical, intellectual, and sexual, but quite like an oasis, attraction can be real or illusive, something you will never know until you discover which is it.īeing physically attracted to someone who dresses or carries themselves well, is comfortable with their body, or is confident or charismatic maybe different from being sexually attracted to them-which is more to do with desiring a sexual encounter or continued physical intimacy. Response by Aditi Surana: Attraction is a wonderful thing-closely comparing to the poetic description of the Sanskrit word ‘mrugjal’ meaning mirage, which in Sanskrit is explained as ‘the longing of a thirsty one yearning and hoping to be quenched’.
