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My twin brother and I are having a physical relationship
My brother and I are both juniors in high school, but have yet to go out on a single date. One weekend night we were home alone, watching a movie, and complaining about our situation to each other. I confessed that I've never even kissed a guy before. After I said that, we turned to each other, exchanged a look, and started kissing. Now (whenever our parents are out, obviously) we cuddle up next to each other on the sofa while watching TV and kiss and grope each other. We have not had sex because we're not sure we want to cross that line. Plus, I'm afraid of getting pregnant and having to explain to mom and dad who the father is. We both know intellectually how wrong this is, but we don't feel the wrongness of it. It feels good to finally have someone to hold. So what should we do? Must we stop this immediately, or may we let it continue and hope we grow out of it?
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At your age, it is natural to want to explore the wonderful feelings of kissing, petting and sex. The big Taboo with doing so with close relatives is due to scientific concern for any children that come out of such unions. Genetically, when the DNA is too close to the same, which would be even more so for a sibling and I am just guessing that maybe a twin may be even a closer DNA match, there is concern for children being born with physical or mental problems, something just not working out right.
So based on that, here is a logical reason not to continue: What if, (since neither of us can predict the future) just what if you and he were to fall in love, that romantic love, not sibling love and neither can bear a life not married to the other? It would be a waste unless both of you do not ever want children and both had yourselves sterilized so you can't. That is a hard decision to make because I don't think they can reverse such procedures very well if at all. So at a young age, you marry. Then if it doesn't work out and you part, now you are single and sterile and a man who wants kids some day may not want to marry you because of that. If you say, I'll just get on birth control, then realize that not any birth control is 100% effective. Some are way up there, 95% or more.But if relying on just condoms, well, if the fit isn't perfect, it can slip off while having sex, soon after or liquid can leak up the sides and out to affect you. Or even pin holes in a condom can defeat its purpose. And then there are the mistakes that happen before the penis in vagina part of sex, fingering and getting his cum on his fingers accidentally and touching you will those fingers, can sometimes result in pregnancy. I don't know if either of you are considering college but for you, worst case scenerio, becoming pregnant could cancel out your chances to attend college on time. If you keep the baby, it's even worse. Now theres a chance it will never happen.
If all you want is someone to hold, you can cuddle up to anyone, fully clothed and that will take care of the human need to be touched by another human. It needn't be sexual touch either to fulfill this need that all humans have. However, if you are adding in romance of it all, the kissing and sexual touching, then all you are doing is programming your mind that this is okay and even if you stop, your subconscious mind will keep bringing up thoughts of your twin and sex to keep you miserable. Then it becomes a must to retrain your brain to stop thinking such thoughts of him. It can be done. I did it when divorced and met a separated man, we fell in love but the wife came back wanting to fix the marriage so he left me for her. So I know the subconscious mind can be retrained to stop producing thoughts which in turn produce the feelings.
I would suggest stopping because there are too many people who would simply shun the two of you, even if you never produced children. It is now considered a total taboo without any scientic reason why family members can't have a sexual relational other than the 'children' issue . There is the chance that even some family members would pretend they are no longer your family. It would be so painful for both of you to be shut out because of doing something which as you say doesn't feel wrong.
I would also like to mention that you both are at an age when we feel so grown up but the one thing that is way behind our bodies in maturing in the pre frontal lobe of the brain. It won't be fully done growing to its adult state until you reach your mid 20's. There fore, actions you take, and decisions you make now that sound okay to you, are often things you wouldn't even dream of trying with an adult brain reasoning things out. So for this one reason, a very important and scientific one, I believe that there is a chance in your futures that you may regret even having gone down this path with brother. I know you don't feel that way now. Here's where another issue could crop up, one of you, finds a romantic partner to date from school. Now one twin is jealous that their twin is no longer interested in them and does whatever they can to sabotage the new relationship. The two of you could unwittingly make bad blood between yourselves and part ways for a while or forever. I can't say, but these are all possible scenerios of things not working out good at all.
Now remember, this isn't something like a 'phase' you grow out of. This was an actual choosing on both your parts to engage in. It is not a phase that will suddenly not interest you anymore, nope...not when there is romantic love involved. Where there are deeper emotions like falling in love, there is no easy way to cancel that love out. So it is best to not engage in any actions that will only encourage such love to bloom. Females are more prone than males to fall in love when sex becomes involved, and in this I am now referring to everything that comes before actual sex, the kissing, cuddling and touching too. Guys are able to detach their romantic feelings. Sex for them is more of the classroom, student experience for curiousity sake and involves lust rather than love as the defining factor. So even if you don't mean to fall in love with him, wanting only to marry him, continueing doing what you do with him can greaten the chances of your falling in love with him. I hope this all makes sense to you.
By the way, none of my kids had sex while in HS. All 3 waiting until after graduating HS before finding someone to date and have sex with. It would not be unusual to not find someone for each of you to date until after HS.
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