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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the roving troll op is back.[/quote]

No, promise I'm not a troll.

I guess it just surprised me, is all.  I just assumed she was a late bloomer.  But, now that her friends are all into dating, sex, etc. and she doesn't have interest in that, I think she did some soul searching and came to this conclusion.[/quote]

This is where I think you can help her understand that she's still young and growing and changing, and she doesn't need to "come to a conclusion" or stick a label on herself or lock herself into a definition.  As a somewhat "late bloomer" myself, I fear that there's a rush to label and define teenage sexuality, which doesn't allow these kids/young adults time to grow into themselves.  She's okay being who she is, and if she's not interested in intimacy in that way at this time, that's okay, and at only 17, that this is something that could very well change down the road.  She doesn't need to form an identity about her sexuality at this age, just because her friends are. I feel like this is where you could open her mind to different possibilities, to let her know that there isn't a decision that has to be made or a conclusion to be reached.  That she can simply be who she is, and continue to grow and explore that, and learn about herself.  I feel like she needs to know she can give herself the gift of time to figure these things out. [/quote]

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