On September 14th, Slate had an advice column about a cousin couple:
He welcomed me with open arms. It started out so innocently. He lived in a small travel trailer so we just shared the bed, after all, he’s just my cousin. But it became physical one evening. That led to an every single evening event. At first, it was just like oh well, we are just having fun and enjoying ourselves. Plus it’s not like anyone’s going to find out.
This is another old article that showed up in my e-mail. In 2016 the Houston Press had an advice column, and a guy made a confession about his cousin.
I tried to think about other things but couldn’t. My cousin was sitting directly on my privates. I wanted to adjust myself but refrained because I didn’t want to make my sisters or cousin think I was a pervert.
My cousin knew what was going on because when we got out of the car, she sheepishly looked down at my bulge to see if I was still hard, which I was. Afterwards, we never said anything to each other about the incident. Is something wrong with me that I don’t feel ashamed about getting turned on by my own cousin?
The response started with this: "It’s natural for a guy to get aroused if “anything” is pressed directly against his private parts for an extended time." It goes on to disapprove of the encounter and cousin couples are not permitted in Texas. The article doesn't list the ages of the participants, but hopefully they had reached the age of consent before anything more happened.
