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I’m in love with my own dad – we had a secret relationship for over ten years, no one knows who he really is

I’m in love with my own dad – we had a secret relationship for over ten years, no one knows who he really is

A WOMAN has opened up about her extraordinary relationship, admitting she was in a romantic relationship with her biological father for ten years.

The 28-year-old explains that she was adopted as a child and didn’t meet her dad until she was 18.

The woman admitted that she was in a 10-year relationship with her own father

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Taking to Reddit, she explains that she experienced what is known as genetic sex drive, or GSA.

It is a condition where people are attracted to close relatives, usually those they meet later in life, because of the familiarity they bring with them, without the taboo of incest.

And that’s very true for a woman who spoke out in hopes of “dispelling misconceptions” surrounding the GSA.

In a recently updated post, she explains, “My parents did their best and I love them, but I just couldn’t stop wondering who my biological parents were.

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“When I finally grew up, I started looking for my biological mother because I had her name.”

She explains that after much research, she finally found her biological mom, who agreed to meet her to “get to know her.”

“Later, the topic of my biological father came up. I grew up understanding that my biological mother probably didn’t know who the father was, simply because she was a teenager at the time,” she writes.

“I always thought I’d find her, but I never in a million years thought I’d find him.”

After contacting him, the woman explains that she felt “excited” after viewing his photos and exchanging messages.

She says: “He is a very handsome man and extremely well spoken. We immediately got along.

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“Even without any contact or knowledge of each other for two decades, we had almost the same sense of humor, similar interests, tastes in music. . .I could go on and on.”

She explains that she and her father stayed up all night talking, despite the fact that she has a boyfriend and has been married for 20 years.

“My boyfriend got really jealous even early on, and so did his wife, because we just paid a lot of attention to each other,” she adds.

She says that when they met, their relationship became even more “intense” and they were “joined at the hip”.

But it was their second visit when the situation got out of control.

“We talked with him at night in the dark,” she recalls.

“I don’t know what I was thinking, but while we were talking, I just instinctively leaned in and kissed him. And I didn’t stop, and it didn’t stop at just kissing.

“At that point, we found ourselves in a very difficult and difficult situation that would unfold over many years.”

The Redditor explains that she became close with her father and their relationship continued.

“At that time, I was the ‘other woman’ in his life,” she says.

“We had to pretend in front of those around us that nothing was happening, although many people suspected that we were not behaving in a typical father/daughter style.

WHAT IS GENETIC SEX DRIVE?

Genetic sexual attraction (GSA) is when sexual feelings develop between two family members who meet for the first time as adults.

This can happen to parents and children, siblings and step-siblings, usually when someone has been abandoned, adopted or raised separately through separation or divorce.

In the UK, having sex with a parent, child, brother, sister, nephew, niece, uncle or aunt is defined as incest and is illegal under the Sexual Offenses Act 2003.

Persons who commit such crimes are liable to imprisonment for up to two years.

The term GSA was coined in America in the 1980s by Barbara Gogno, who founded the support group after her experience with her son, whom she met 26 years after adoption.

Explaining how his wife became jealous, she adds: “It’s really hard to explain the conflict of emotions.

“I wanted to be with him, I wanted them gone, but at the same time, the child in me wanted to have the perfect picture of the reunion and life after the reunion that I always wanted.”

A few years later, her father divorced his wife and moved in with his daughter.

She adds: “I felt terrible about what happened to their marriage, but at the same time I wished she wasn’t there because I was in love with him like I’ve never felt and I don’t believe that I will ever feel again.”

The woman explains that they both struggled with a lot of guilt, but somehow “survived the ordeal” – they are still in a relationship but do not plan to have children.

“When we meet people now, we picture each other as boyfriend/girlfriend,” she says.

“Sometimes I forget we’re related because it’s been so long since the above events.”

She adds: “We love each other so much and I can’t imagine ever being with anyone else.”