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[quote=Anonymous]Here's the situation.

Two cousins, girls, ages 10 to 12 ish.  We'll call them Jackie and Jill.  Best friends. See each other once a week usually.   Jackie is "tomboyish" to the point that she sometimes expresses a wish to be a boy instead of a girl. Jackie is also on the autism spectrum and doesn't have many friends/is often bulled.

The two best friends recently confessed to each other that they have romantic feelings for each other.  A number of parents in my suburban community tell me that the new "thing" for tweens is having a "girlfriend" which is sort of quasi-romantic but not sexual.

Jill has changed her mind.  She has decided she is not romantically attracted to Jackie and wants her cousin to stop being romantic towards Jill.  Jill is afraid to tell Jackie about her change of heart because she doesn't want to hurt Jackie's feelings.  Jackie's comments and behavior are making Jilll uncomfortable.

So this is a mess of kissing cousins, transgender issues, in-laws and ex-laws, special needs, (possibly) precocious sexual behavior, etc.  Although no actual sexual contact has, reportedly, occurred.

Jill and parents are seeing a counselor for guidance on how to help Jill maintain her boundaries and communicate her feelings with sensativity to her cousin. Jill has her own emotional problems although the do not relate to LGBT issues.

Meanwhile, anyone have any thoughts on how the heck to handle this?

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