adviceman49 answered Monday June 24 2013, 12:23 pm: This is a really good question which I'm glad you asked. It would have been better if you included your age as the question does relate to age. For the purpose of my answer I am going to assume you are between 11 and 14 in the early stages of puberty.
First what you are experiencing is all very normal. Are you in love? Not to the fullest sense of the word. When I was your age, back in the dark ages, my parents would have called this type of love, "Puppy love," a first of many loves a teenager will have before they become an adult an have a serious long lasting love relationship.
What is happening is all about the fantasy of love, the new hormones of puberty and becoming sexually self-aware. Through masturbation we can experience may things in a safe and secure manner. We also learn, at this age, many things about ourselves, our sexual likes and dislikes without really experiencing the dangers of actually having sex.
You masturbate to experience what you can't or know what you shouldn't experience with the boy you like. Everyone does this. Masturbation is practiced by 85% of the population according to a survey recently published.
It is just as possible there is a boy out there who has feelings for you that masturbates at night think of and fantasizing of you. For the ages I have assumed you are this is all very normal and a safe way to relieve the sexual tension brought on by puberty.
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