(CW: Attempted Suicide) In year 10, I had a crush on my teacher. I even wrote her a letter, and sent her flowers. But when I told my friends, everyone started laughing and said, “Why did you do that? She’s your teacher! And how come you're sending it to a female teacher?” And so I realised something was wrong.
Later that year, I fell in love with my best friend. But I never discussed my feelings for her until many years later, on the day she told me she was getting married. When I told . . .