Over the past couple of months I have found myself spending a lot of time with a girl who was always considered a friend. We've established a great bond and I truly love her. Shes amazing and we get along great but.....unknown to me when we started seeing one another, we're related. We were never raised as family so its hard for me to look at it that way but she is in fact my 3rd cousin. I've tried to alter my views on it but I can't help my feelings: we're in love!...People seem to be divided on their feelings regarding us as a couple, being her family adores me and thinks that I'm great for her but my mother thinks Its weird and twisted. The irony in that is, my parents are actually 6th cousins! So I don't know, is there something wrong with me in thinking that its perfectly fine?
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I fell in love with my cousin, and we've been together for a year and a half now. Neither of... [MORE]
Joey
Feb 11, 2008 23:53
Hi my name is Lisa I fell in love with my first cousin John. We have been together now for... [MORE]
Lisa
Jan 2, 2008 22:52
Lisa, as I have recently fallen for my 1st cousin I want to show you support because No one can... [MORE]
Oliver
Jan 20, 2008 00:32
Lisa, i know exactly how you feel. me and my cousin have had a on-off relationship for 4 years and... [MORE]
Kirstie
Feb 13, 2008 01:00
Hello, I have been in love with my 2nd cousin for than 25 years. We have just gotten back in... [MORE]
sandra h
Feb 16, 2008 20:09
Well Lisa, I myself experienced that phenomenon. For kissing cousins, I have no experience of doing it on purpose. Just... [MORE]
JE De Guzman
Mar 18, 2008 04:46
I too, love my first cousin. We grew up Catholic and our mothers are sisters. He and I were identical... [MORE]
Liisa
May 1, 2008 05:11
Over the past couple of months I have found myself spending a lot of time with a girl who was...
caught up
Dec 20, 2007 21:34
I've been with my cousin for about 8 months. We are in love and intiment in every way. She feels... [MORE]
Pro
Dec 22, 2007 04:04
I want to say that marrying a cousin is just like marrying someone else outside the kin. There is no... [MORE]
Muhammad
Nov 19, 2007 20:38
I have been in love with my 2nd cousin for over 25 years. we both went through the ups and... [MORE]
dennis g
Feb 20, 2008 18:15
I recently spent some time with my cousin on a visit. I wrote him this email but do not have... [MORE]
Not important
Aug 30, 2007 00:21
Send it, You only live once, and embarrasment shouldnt be in your vocablulary. [MORE]
james
Feb 1, 2008 04:11
I know this is a little late, but this sounds so much like how I felt as I fell in... [MORE]
Terry
Mar 8, 2008 11:17
I don't understand what the problem is with loving your cousin. There are many relationships out there that are clearly... [MORE]
Lue
Aug 16, 2007 13:35
i am currently in love with my 1st cousin... if my family found out id probably be kicked out of... [MORE]
bailey
Aug 22, 2007 11:37
What this piece doesn't address is what the risk factors are when cousin marriage isn't a one-time anomaly in a... [MORE]
Longview
May 30, 2007 13:55
I am a 27 years old and have been introduced over the holidays to my 21 year old European "cousin".... [MORE]
Brown
Jan 6, 2008 16:04
I approve the idea that Cousins can get married. But what about the parents and families who don't approve it…
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Jean
Apr 7, 2007 09:53
I am the second wife of a man who married his second cousin and let me tell you it has... [MORE]
withheald
Apr 1, 2007 14:22
I'm sorry to hear of your experience. I come from a family where my 2nd cousin married his/my 1st cousin.... [MORE]
Lue
Aug 16, 2007 13:52
I guess me making an opinion of this subject would be biased in the fact that I'm happily in love... [MORE]
Faye
Feb 3, 2007 14:36
I too agree that cousin should be able to love each other freely. Loving someone is never a crime, but... [MORE]
Ongtam
Apr 16, 2007 21:25
I honestly believe that love is blind...but where does it stop? Some of you comment that we should be able... [MORE]
Jessica
Nov 19, 2007 06:14
I married my cousin and we had a baby last month. We have a NORMAL and HEALTHY baby girl. We... [MORE]
yaima
Dec 11, 2007 20:08
For as long as I can remember, I have had a crush on my cousin. We havent seen each other... [MORE]
withheld
Dec 15, 2007 00:19
Hi yaima,
I love what you wrote. Over tha past year my 1st cousin(once remove) and I have been getting closer.... [MORE]
falling for her
Dec 16, 2007 22:42
i knew of my cousin but never knew knew him. we lived in 2 different states. he recently came to... [MORE]