I liked him as a person, but I wasn’t interested in him the way he wanted me to be: definitely not sexually, and not even romantically. One day you’ll like it.”Īt age sixteen, I left my second boyfriend perplexed and frustrated. But whenever I told people I thought so, they’d say, “You’re fourteen. In fact, I could barely think of an experience I’d enjoyed less. It certainly wasn’t the thrilling experience movies and romance books had led me to expect. I wasn’t attracted to him, but I kissed him a few times anyway because I was expected to.
Decker has written for the Huffington Post, The Daily Beast and Salon.Īt age fourteen, I had my first boyfriend.
