I’m having feelings for my half-brother and I don’t know how to stop them
DEAR DEIDRE: I KNOW how wrong this is but I can’t stop fantasising about having gay sex with my half-brother.
It started when we decided to share a flat together.
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He lived away for eight years and recently came back to our hometown.
I’m 21 and it’s my first time living away from home. He’s 27.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve started feeling incredibly sexually attracted to him.
It’s becoming obsessive. I can’t stop thinking about him and imagining what it would be like if we had sex.
Yesterday he came into the living room wearing just his pants and I couldn’t take my eyes off his incredible gym-toned body.
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He’s straight and nobody in my family knows I’m gay.
What can I do to stop this? I know it would destroy my family if anyone found out.
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DEIDRE SAYS: Sometimes, when you haven’t seen a relative for a long time, feelings can become confused.
It is illegal to have sex with your half-brother, even if he were gay.
Perhaps the fact you have not come out about your sexuality is making you focus your sexual feelings on the nearest person.
You need to talk to someone in confidence about this. My pack Gay Resources can help you find support.