Julian Carter wrote:Isidour wrote:JC...why did you even opened a mail from an unknown person?
Because she's on my contacts list and seems to be in contact with my friends ... so it wasn't like the usual spam email.
The email was sent to all these people...
Julian, I know I don't know you, but just for privacy's sake, I think you should edit your post- when I didn't have an account, I could access everything on this site- which means someone without an account could get a hold of those emails.
Anyway, I know exactly how you feel. I got pranked by one of my friend's friends, who's I almost NEVER talk to, but is pretty popular- this was around 7th grade (I'll be 11th this year) and I put in my best friends' name (who at the time, I had REALLY liked), my "sorta-crush"'s name (friends, but just to see if we could be "compatible" as the site advertises- and then I put in a guys' name (another close friend)- this was back when I was REALLY confused about my sexuality, and just wanted to see if we were "compatible" (if we were, I would know I was gay, if I was more compatible with one of the girls, I would know for sure I was straight).
Anyway, when I had clicked the button (with excitement and fear- well, all that a 12 year old can feel) I almost slammed my laptop into the wall, when that screen popped up. I felt so violated, so exposed- and since they were all real names, there would be no excuse for it- no way out. Basically, everything JC was feeling (especially the part about the fear of being outed)- I felt, too.
I'm a little confused, though- in the first post, you said that you put in a celebrity name, and then you put in a real name, but then in your later posts, you said you only put in a celebrity's name. If it was the former, you're a lot luckier than I was- you could easily shrug it off the way everyone else had said. If it was the latter, people will probably still be a little suspicious, but you could probably get away with saying you knew it was a prank, and you just wanted to tease them/throw them off with completely false answers.
What I did was, the second I found out it was fake, I did another one, and put in all the names of female celebrities from my favorite show (
Charmed, mind you. lol

), and then sent it in. Then, I emailed the girl who had sent it to me, told her something along the lines of "haha, i knew it was a prank, and just so you know, those are all the stars of
Charmed!" or something, and I just
hoped it sounded naive enough to believe. However, she never responded back, and never talked to me sense... but I do have people ask me if I'm gay at least once or twice every year or so, but that may not have anything to do with the "compatibility test", since it's been happening forever.
As for my sexual orientation, I'm (barely) 16, but I'm pretty sure that I'm gay. I've never done anything (like, y'know...), never had a girlfriend (or a boyfriend, for that matter) but I just... know. And I've felt this way for about... three years (so, about a year after this very incident). However, I've never told any of my friends or family- I think this is probably the closest I've come to outing myself...
Anyway, back on topic. Julian, I hope you're okay. As I said, I know exactly what you're going through, and hopefully, this girl will do what
tsom did, and keep it to herself. Or, you might not even know her, and she might not even know you! You might not even have anything to worry about! But if you're like me, and you do know her, then all I can do is wish you the best of luck- just know that if you need someone to talk to, I'll always be around.