Ecstatic. Now I'm gonna totally embarrass myself ... ready?
I can blame my mother for the trauma that falling in love with my cousin caused me. She was 17 and unwed when she got pregnant with me. My biological father skipped town, so she married a nice boy and he became my father (by adoption). Of course, she stayed friends with my real father's sister... does anyone else see where this is leading?
We were about the same age, and we were practically raised together. We played together, took baths together, slept in the same bed together (alright, I don't remember sleeping in the same bed, but I'm sure it must have happened at some point). He used to chase me around with this corny French accent every time my mother french-braided my hair. We even had a song that was 'our song' (Beth by Kiss). Our mothers kept saying that they were going to have to tell us that we were related eventually...
I can't remember how old I was when we finally kissed, but it had to have been around 10 or 11, because I was 12 when I found out that we were cousins. I was both crushed and traumatized by the news, of course.