Stiletto One

Point 1: Who says you can only like people like yourself? I know that I would probably murder (or be murdered by) another person like myself, because I'm just an odd person to deal with. Regardless, you don't know who's going to come around and bowl you over, nor do you know when. That's the 'fun' of it.

Point 2: I think you're being a bit neurotic on not being part of 'pop culture'. What's so bad about kissing??? That said, PDA is kind of irritating, but you don't have to do it�I generally keep kiss/assgrab/make-out sessions in nice private locales. Anyway, I think it sounds more like you're feeling deprived than anything else; I had pretty much the exact same reactions to seeing random people making out and having a good time with each other.

Can't stay a lone wolf forever.

Non-praying Mantis

Just wait. You probably haven't seen or been introduced to that many people yet. Plus, you've only been in high school, in college it gets much better!

Yes, I know how you feel. I used to feel the exact same way about displays of affection...

...and then I got laid!

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DarkBronzePlant

DC -

Would it help if you knew that there are plenty of good relationships out there made up of people who don't engage in "pop culture"-type displays? Because there are. You probably don't see very many of them because, well, they don't engage in "pop culture"-type displays.

Dark Cobra

I find actions associated with romantic relationships to be disturbing, mainly because of what I've come to associate it with.

Wyrdsmyth

That could be an embryonic sex criminal talking.

There are some red flags in your comments.

I'm not calling you a sex criminal, but I am saying these thoughts might be signals that you are heading in that direction.

You may need psychological treatment. Maybe not, maybe it's just a "stage" you're going through. But some of the things you've said in this thread make me think maybe you need some serious help. You may want to consider that.

AspenMama

What actions specifically do you associate romantic relationships with and find disturbing? We are all grasping at straws here trying to advise you. The Pop Culture reference is vague and could mean anything.

Dark Cobra

Why would I be a sex offender when I don't even like the idea of sex?

Anyways, by pop culture I refer to the Brittany Spears, "like, oh, my god!" type of talking, tank tops, etc...

Viti

Sexual assaults are rarely ABOUT sex, they are about anger and control.

Non-praying Mantis

Yeah, pop culture sucks. I don't like it either, but don't associate kissing and other relationship stuff with it. Everybody can have relationships. Kissing is definitely not a fad.

Perhaps you are putting the two together because sex is commonly found along with pop culture icons. However, sex can mean different things to different people.

You do know that masturbation is a part of sex, don't you?

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Loren Pechtel

Sex crimes are often not about sex, but about people's problems with sex.