My 16 year old started her period at 13. She doesn't actively seek the attention of boys, but she occasionally makes references about "when I'm married" or "when I have kids." I assume she's straight, and just not desperate like some other teens I see.

I had crushes so intense that my whole body tingled and I turned beet red when the boy walked into a room. It started before but close to when I started menstruating at 11. I started masturbating at 10. And before anyone asks, I was not a victim of abuse, and I had none of the typical markers of early menstruation - I was thin, athletic, Caucasian, and the product of an intact and happy home.

I was educated on puberty and menstruation but not prepared for the extreme sexual feelings.

Anonymous wrote:I got my period in high school and didn't date until college. I certainly had crushes on guys but didn't act on them at that point, nor did I share details of those crushes with anyone because I was a private kid. Happily married now, though!

If this whole “ace” trend was around back then, I wonder if you’d have fallen into this trap like teenagers are now.

I got my period in high school and didn't date until college. I certainly had crushes on guys but didn't act on them at that point, nor did I share details of those crushes with anyone because I was a private kid. Happily married now, though!

I didn't get my period till halfway through 7th grade, and was crushing on boys starting at least in the beginning of 5th grade. There was one in particular--Brian. Sigh.

Anonymous wrote:Op again, I’m talking about sexual attraction, beyond crushing.

My D is asexual and had crushes in early elementary school and started her period at age 12.5 in 7th grade.

Op again, I’m talking about sexual attraction, beyond crushing.

Anonymous wrote:I had crushes long b/f my period.

Same. From age 5 on.

I'm the "friend type" a few posts above and she may not be ready or tired of the subject. But we can't really guess based on so little.

Op here. She had crushes on boys even back to elementary school and in middle school. I wonder if high school and serious relationships just make her nervous?

I was late at 15.5 but crushes on boys from age 9

No. I had a crush on the boy we carpooled to nursery school with when I was three years old. Scotty. Then I had a crush in first grade on Matt. Then in second grade on Craig. Then in third and fourth grade on a friend named Scott (scotts are good people). And on and on.

Aunt Flo visited for the first time at the end of 7th grade, when I was 12.5. I didn't date until the summer before 10th grade.

I had crushes long b/f my period.

I started at 11 and am still a "friend type". Not ace, just less horny and find the partner "culture" boring. I'm obviously a minority though.

... their preferences (or lack of interest in what hormones produce in most teens that age), if a 16 year old girl only started menstruating two years ago, might she be behind he peers as far as feeling attraction?

I got my period at around 11 and remember the hormone surge and being attracted to boys at around 13ish, would a late starter for menstruation be slow on attraction as well?