askanaroace:

astandsforawesome:

How long do I have to wait until I KNOW I’m not just a late bloomer?

So like… you don’t. If you want to identify a way, if you’re thinking about identifying a way, then you’re old enough to identify that way.

If it turns out that you mislabeled, that something new happens, that you were a ‘late bloomer’, that you discover new feelings, that you start understanding more of yourself, etc., then it’s perfectly fine to change how you identify! How you feel now doesn’t have to be how you feel forever in order to be valid. I think actually the minority of us actually have it all figured out the first time we pick a label or even the first time we come out. So many of us identify a way, only to later learn more options that we connect with more or discover a new faucet of our identity.

But you’re not required to wait any amount of time and pass some test or meet some bar to be allowed to identify a way if you’re thinking about doing so and want to. ^^