Wish I could turn back time to come out while young.

[OGB]

I am in my late twenties and I am in the process of coming out to friends and family. Its hard , very hard , I have to admit to a lot of people including long time friends that I was always gay and I acted straight to fit in. The thing is , I feel bad for the time I wasted covering that I was gay , my wasted teens. I knew I was gay early on , the big sign for me was when I was 13 when I had swimming at school and I realised that I was more interested in looking at my half naked guy friends then girls, I was really creeped out by it at the time and just wanted to fit in but those feelings kept creeping up on me all through my teens.My wet dreams were all about guys , I would catch myself thinking that guy is so handsome and the likes , the thing is I could have face the fact then and admitted to myself , yes I am gay! But instead I believed that it was something I could change , that I could turn straight if I tried hard enough , so here I am now in my late twenties working up the courage to tell people what I knew since I was a young kid! The hardship of it all is thinking of how easier it would have been if I was honnest with myself from the get go. For the guys and gals on here , when did you know you were gay and what stopped you from coming out early on?