My mother remarried to this guy He has 2 kids with his 1st wife 1 son, 1 daughter So they are my step siblings
His son is 2 years older than me
Im attracted to him And he's attracted to me We did kiss once But we made a pact to never do that again.
But I can't stop thinking about him
Is it weird to date a step sibling? Is it considered "incest"?
Yes its incest!
Nah its not
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Anonymous
(36-45)
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Its not incest because there is no blood.
Its looked down upon simply because people like things to be difficult.
The fact of the matter is that if you put people in a space together for a long period of time far more people in that situation will fuck and or date than they would compared to dating in the real world.
People dont like it because you have taken an easy option and people are dumb so we have trouble fully understanding on all levels that its absolutely not incest, part of us hangs onto it and we end up thinking its weird.
It kind of breaks the rule that you shouldn't mix business with pleasure, your family might not be business but in the same way its an ongoing thing that you dont want to be affected if the pleasure part doesn't work out.
But a lot goes on behind closed doors, i think the awful truth would be that many blood brothers and sisters did some kind of something growing up. I dont know what the numbers for that would be, i wouldn't like to guess, but more than we would like to think.
The reason incest is bad is due to the genetic repercussions, I'll get some flack for this but if its between 2 consenting adults in the end no matter what I'd say it should be legal as there's no risk above that of anybody else.
In this case though you have no genetic relationship close enough to be different on average than picking someone else random. This minimizes the downside of harmful alleles in the child that actual incest would incur. Basically, no this isn't incest from any biological perspective.
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Anonymous
(25-29)
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No! It is not incest. You are NOT blood relatives.
I often explain the logic behind this by the following scenario, which is perfectly feasible.
Suppose you met this guy, fell in love, got married, had kids. No problem there!
Now your single parent met his single parent. The two of them fell in love and married.
It would not affect your marriage to your (now) step brother.
Technically, it's not incest. But it's still very disturbing and gross. It's the fact you're linked in a familial fashion, but obviously people will push that it's fine. It's why i can't watch movies like Clueless or understand the dating dynamic in Gossip Girl.
Biologically it is not incest... But socially it is unacceptable... You guys cannot have a relationship.. But can fuck around as much as you want.. Even have kids.. Biological considers it safe.. But society won't accept it easily..
You are not blood relatives so in most of the United States you can date and marry a step-sibling. Only in Virginia is it different. There, even if you are each 30 and each of your parents is 55, once they marry you and your now step-sibling cannot marry.
It's open to interpretation. But if the only connection is marriage, it's not incest, but can be to be so. It's so easy to get close, I know I've been there. It can be fun as well just don't over step the mark...
It is incest, but not the type that has problems. You are siblings, but not blood related. Therefore if you were to pursue a relationship it would weird some people out, but end up being okay.
Being step siblings means that they do not have a parent in common. While it might be frowned upon technically it does not meet the definition of incest
In that case would it be wrong for an uncle and aunt from each side of my family to marry then? I also googled it and the definition and legality varies based on location extremely.
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