The "Hi, my name is..." thread

Oooh, friendliness! Thanks for the welcome *runs around hugging everyone**shares her chocolate* (Ok, so maybe I'm on a sugar high...)

If I add anyone on MSN, don't be scared of me. I might smother you, but you'll survive

You can't complain about that grade? Not to higher-ups? Or are they just as homophobic?

I got a friendly teacher to look at the essay, and she asked me what I got. When I told her I'd been given a 49, all she did was laugh at me and say, "I bet you've never been given a 49 in your life!" Not very useful :/ Theoretically, yes, I could appeal - but it would be to the Religious Education coordinator. And somehow, I don't think I'm going to get sympathy from that quarter. But there's always the next essay!

Hi all,
New here, just thought I'd introduce myself!
(Not by actual name. Sorry.)
Girl, 16, pretty sure I'm gay. Not positive, don't want to label myself till I'm a bit older really-could be a phase- though getting surer and surer that its not. Question for everyone actually- how do you KNOW for sure that you are gay??
Have had a massive crush on a girl at my school for over two years now. She is pretty, popular and has a boyfriend so I'm sure you can all imagine that it is quite a painful exercise. However, as I'm sure you can also all imagine, you can't choose who you fall in love with!
Out to 7 people, not to my parents. No negative responses as of yet, so just keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best!
In case anyone is wondering- 'fence' has no particular meaning, was just the first random inanimate object I thought of when thinking of a username.
I'm thinking of coming to Bit Bent Woden- any other (approximately) 16 year olds there, or mainly college 20+ people?
Nice to meet you all!
 

Hi all,
New here, just thought I'd introduce myself!
(Not by actual name. Sorry.)
Girl, 16, pretty sure I'm gay. Not positive, don't want to label myself till I'm a bit older really-could be a phase- though getting surer and surer that its not. Question for everyone actually- how do you KNOW for sure that you are gay??
Have had a massive crush on a girl at my school for over two years now. She is pretty, popular and has a boyfriend so I'm sure you can all imagine that it is quite a painful exercise. However, as I'm sure you can also all imagine, you can't choose who you fall in love with!
Out to 7 people, not to my parents. No negative responses as of yet, so just keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best!
In case anyone is wondering- 'fence' has no particular meaning, was just the first random inanimate object I thought of when thinking of a username.
I'm thinking of coming to Bit Bent Woden- any other (approximately) 16 year olds there, or mainly college 20+ people?
Nice to meet you all!
 

Hey Fence!  Welcome to Qnet!

How do you know you're gay...  Well, I find that I perve on guys and NOT AT ALL ON girls.  In fact, I find the female physique quite unnattractive.  Breasts, anyone?  Gross, much??  Vagina?  Ew to all those!  Of course, if you're if a girl (lesbian), you'll love the look of breasts.  Well, my various lesbian friends tell me they love the look of breasts, at any rate.  So, some tips on whether you're gay or not, that you should answer yourself:  Do you perve on hot girls/hot women for your enjoyment? (Opposed to checking out someone's look, taste in clothes, comparing them, etc).  To be straight to the point: What gets you going/turned on the most?  Half naked, muscled man with big biceps and thick abs?  Or a slender, half naked woman with big breasts and small bikini?

Does that help AT ALL??


As for BIT BENT!  I go to Bit Bent!  ANNNND there are...3 - 4 other girls around your age there!  One is 17, one is 15 turning 17, one is 14 turning 15, and I think one of them is around those ages.  I've never actually asked her...  But yes, I recommend you come along!  http://www.bitbent.org/index.htm.  That site there has all the info you could want.  Also, check out: http://www.qnet.org.au/smf/index.php?topic=376.0  That has some other stuff about it.  People (myself included) have posted their experiences of Bit Bent so hopefully it doesn't sound scary!

So yeah!  Help?  I hope so?

CHRIS!

Hi all,
New here, just thought I'd introduce myself!
(Not by actual name. Sorry.)
Girl, 16, pretty sure I'm gay. Not positive, don't want to label myself till I'm a bit older really-could be a phase- though getting surer and surer that its not. Question for everyone actually- how do you KNOW for sure that you are gay??
Have had a massive crush on a girl at my school for over two years now. She is pretty, popular and has a boyfriend so I'm sure you can all imagine that it is quite a painful exercise. However, as I'm sure you can also all imagine, you can't choose who you fall in love with!

Hmmm, you sound pretty gay to me! And I'm pretty good at telling. Welcome aboard!

How do you know for sure whether you're gay or not? I wish I knew. I guess the evidence just makes a stronger case one way or the other, or somewhere in between. But don't let it worry you too much. You love who you love, and all love is special.

Out to 7 people, not to my parents. No negative responses as of yet, so just keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best!

Awww, congrats!

In case anyone is wondering- 'fence' has no particular meaning, was just the first random inanimate object I thought of when thinking of a username.
I'm thinking of coming to Bit Bent Woden- any other (approximately) 16 year olds there, or mainly college 20+ people?
Nice to meet you all!

Woden's definitely the younger of the two groups. Plenty of 14-18 year olds, male and female. Hope to see you there!

Hi all,
New here, just thought I'd introduce myself!
(Not by actual name. Sorry.)
Girl, 16, pretty sure I'm gay. Not positive, don't want to label myself till I'm a bit older really-could be a phase- though getting surer and surer that its not. Question for everyone actually- how do you KNOW for sure that you are gay??
Have had a massive crush on a girl at my school for over two years now. She is pretty, popular and has a boyfriend so I'm sure you can all imagine that it is quite a painful exercise. However, as I'm sure you can also all imagine, you can't choose who you fall in love with!
Out to 7 people, not to my parents. No negative responses as of yet, so just keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best!
In case anyone is wondering- 'fence' has no particular meaning, was just the first random inanimate object I thought of when thinking of a username.
I'm thinking of coming to Bit Bent Woden- any other (approximately) 16 year olds there, or mainly college 20+ people?
Nice to meet you all!
 

Welcome!

Fence is a perfectly symbolic inanimate object, oh undecided one!  I am 21, and have had four girlfriends and one FtM trans boyfriend.  I am in love with the girl I'm with now, find women incredibly attractive, and men rarely get so much as a second glance from me.  And I don't know if I'm gay.  I don't think there is a definitive answer to that one, I'm sorry.  For me I find it's just easier to go with whoever it is you fall for, and if you manage to work out you are one way or the other that's great.  I tell people I'm gay because it describes my dating pattern, but what's more important is not the label you give yourself, but being honest about who you are attracted to and who you want to be with at any given time.

It strikes me as a very perceptive and mature decision to not label yourself until you're sure. Sometimes if you tell yourself and others that you are a particular way, you can get trapped into a pattern of behavior based on the label rather than your genuine feelings.  It's no different from labeling yourself as straight when you're not sure of that, either.

MusicIsLife, I find your test of gay-ness very amusing ^_^

Hi! I'm Nell. I'm 17 and have lived in Canberra for most of my life, but at the moment I am living overseas. I'm back for the school holidays so I thought this might be a good chance to meet some other gay teens. Hopefully I'll be able to come to some of the Bit Bent meetings while I'm here! What exactly do you do? Maybe I'll get to meet some of you soon!

 

Hi! I'm Nell. I'm 17 and have lived in Canberra for most of my life, but at the moment I am living overseas. I'm back for the school holidays so I thought this might be a good chance to meet some other gay teens. Hopefully I'll be able to come to some of the Bit Bent meetings while I'm here! What exactly do you do? Maybe I'll get to meet some of you soon!

 

Hi Nell!

What we basically do at bit bent meetings is chat, chill and just hang around with other GLBT people. Its a really nice environment for introducing yourself and meeting other people. Its held on mondays at Belconnen 6-8 IIRC, and thursdays 5-6.30ish at Woden.

Hope that helps!

Hey! I'm Jess. I've been in Canberra for 8 years and have been out for about the same amount of time. Coming out for me was like... making sense of the previous 15 years of my life.

"so THATS why i wanted to follow that teacher around!"
"so THATS why I would rather be playing in my dads workboots and hang around in his shed"
"so THATS why I never had crushes on boys"

It was such a wonderful feeling to have some sense of who you really are.

Since then I've had two long-term relationships both ending badly. I'm at a point now where I'm happy being on my own for a while.... but like any lesbian (I can hear your eyes rolling now!), I wanna have kids and a family someday soon.

So...about me... I'm 23... nearly finished uni (finally)... doing science and engineering... I teach piano and play tenor sax and a bit of bass clarinet on the side. I guess you'd say I'm a bit of a nerd and a band geek.

Anyway, I should stop procrastinating and do something useful!

My msn addi is on my profile so feel free to add me. I promise not to blame you for helping me procrastinate further!

Jess

Hi, my name is... Benji (more accurately known as Adam)

I'm new to Canberra.. kind of a bit scared about the move! I'm keen to see what the gay community is like down here for the under 25s!

Any suggestions? I'm 20, well and truly out, kinda looking forward to the move!

-B

Hey there new people!  Welcome to Qnet and to Canberra for the double newbies ^_^

Also hey there new people!  *nods head* Adam, Nell.  Did I overlook others?  Slightly sorry if I did!  Enjoy the attractions.  Ooo, there's a ferris wheel! *rushes off*

MusicIsLife, I find your test of gay-ness very amusing ^_^

Oh, well, it's KINNNNDDDDDAAAAA straight to the point.  Hey, we're all thinking it!

CHRIS!

Hi all. My name is James, 23, originally from Tas but moved to Canberra last year. Above all, love spending time with friends/family and an adventure... hoping for extended travel soon.

Only recently came out to good friends in Canberra... went well. Now hoping to meet some people off this forum for friends or relationship.

Cheers
- J

where in Tas you from?

Hey Jimmy, welcome to Qnet. Just curious, any particular reason you decided to come to Canberra, of all the mainland cities?

Feel free to drop a line, my details are on my profile page. (That invitation's open to anyone else out there too.)

Hi all!  I'm really glad I found this board!

I'm 17, female, go to the ANU, and very strongly think I am gay, though I'm not entirely sure and am still thinking about my attractions. I'd really love to interact with anyone friendly, as I don't have any gay friends and would just love to talk to someone about anything really! I've even considered introducing myself to a few people around campus that I know who are gay, but my lack of confidence always gets the better of me!

My sexuality is like this; since I was about 12 I've always thought guys were attractive, but that girls were attractive as well, even more so. I've had crushes on both guys and girls, but always more-so with girls. Then when I was about 14 I realised that although I thought guys were cute, I would never be intimate with them in any way ever (I don't find the idea of sex with guys appealing whatsoever). I just didn't feel that way, and found myself becoming more attracted to girls, and realising that I could only be intimate with them. Now that I'm 17 I feel this way more than ever, and just want to be intimate with girls. But! I still find the occasional guy cute, but don't want to have any sexual relations with them. Am I bi-sexual? I'm not sure at all... hence why I'm still thinking about my attractions !! It's all so confusing haha.

Moving away from all the confusing-ness, nice to meet you all hoorah!

Oh! and is Bit Bent still on? I'd really love to go to one