I was thinking about asking this girl out. The only problem is ... Shes my cousin. I mean shes not like my first cousin. Shes my grandmothers nephews daughter. Shes such a hottie. I love her. Is this wrong? Would it be considered incest? please give me your opinions about this.
It is not illegeal to date, marry or have sex with your second cousin. Hell, it isn't illegeal to date, marry or have sex with your first cousin - it's just frowned upon in most Western cultures. It is in fact only technically incest between members of the immediate family - e.g. mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters.<p>
That does not make asking this girl out a good idea. It may well make things akward within your family, and it would certainly make things akward at family gatherings if you went out then subsequently broke up.<p>
Weigh up your options. You could ask her out and risk a lot, or you could decide that it isn't worth it and move on. Maybe you do have a real connection with this girl and it's worth taking the risk, but the chances are that your relationship won't be a great love story, it will just be akward and difficult when things don't work out as planned. If you do decide to persue a relationship with her, tread carefully. All the best. [ hailebop's advice column | Ask hailebop A Question ]
Tinkerbelle answered Thursday December 9 2004, 5:30 pm: Yeah that wouldn't work out. Doesn't it seem kinda gross that you're like making out with someone in your family? It probably is incest.. Seriously, though, don't put your thoughts into actions. The whole family would suffer. [ Tinkerbelle's advice column | Ask Tinkerbelle A Question ]
hErEtoheLp answered Thursday December 9 2004, 4:20 pm: K, I'm sure I'm not the first to say this since a lot of people have responded. But yes, that would be like insest. Think about it this way.. You go to a family reuinion and you're all over her?? The family is sure gonna think something of it. If she's your grandmother's nephew's daughter, then that would make her your 2nd cousin, which doesn't fall far from anything. If she wasn't related to your grandma's nephew, then I guess it'd be a lttle different. That would make it akward for the WHOLE family.. she's your 2nd cousin, which still means ya'll have blood that you share. One, if ya'll were to actually pursue somehting like this, you'd have an extremely high chance of one of your kids coming out with mental retardation. It's just not right, I don't mean to offend you, you can't help who you like, but it's about doing what's right. And you would CONSTANTLY get picked on at school for something like that, too. Your family would torture you both. Just think about doing soemthing like that before you actually do, seriously. [ hErEtoheLp's advice column | Ask hErEtoheLp A Question ]
Daisy answered Thursday December 9 2004, 3:42 pm: Does she feel the same way? The problem is that unfortunately for you she still is considered family and, although you might not think it matters, your family being more old-fashioned-will have a real problem with it. If I were you you would be better off trying to forget about it before anything happens.I know its difficult but it really is in your best interests to do so as well as hers. Good luck [ Daisy's advice column | Ask Daisy A Question ]
NikNik answered Thursday December 9 2004, 3:35 pm: Ok think about this...what if your sister was Fine to you...would u go for it?...its the same thing as your cusin and i know your hearing this alot but if you really think about it ...it really is sick and if people found out you were dateing your cusin then no one would be your friend and you would be called really mean things...dont date her...no matter how good she looks its still wrong. i hope i helped! [ NikNik's advice column | Ask NikNik A Question ]
charmed-cherry21 answered Thursday December 9 2004, 2:49 pm: It is still considered incest because she is a blood relative. The fact that she is not a first cousin does not mean that it wouldn't be incest if she is your cousin sixteen times removed it would still be incest. Sorry.
SuddenlyFem answered Thursday December 9 2004, 2:27 pm: The facts are as follows, She is still your relative reguardless of how far down the family tree she is, there is nothing genetically wrong with it. However it is still not considered a social norm its more in the taboo category if you are going to do it dont exspect a lot of support from the family. I personally think its wrong but thats just my opinion. Hope I have helped. [ SuddenlyFem's advice column | Ask SuddenlyFem A Question ]
Karen answered Thursday December 9 2004, 2:12 pm: Well if you think about, she is really related to you! It's kind of wrong and it might be considered incest! That's my opinion! So if I was you, I wouldn't ask her out because it might lead to a problem! You could always ask your mom about it to see if it is alright to ask her out but you probably wouldn't want to do that! Hope I helped :)
-Karen [ Karen's advice column | Ask Karen A Question ]
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