Nemoralis

This is true, but we're not stopping them. In fact, I love his dad and think he's great for my mom. And Josh adores my mom. We want them to be together. (Plus they're not that old...only 37) Also true, but if that is going to happen then it's already too late to prevent. If we split, it's going to be awkward. We might as well be in a relationship now...only no one knows except our friends.

...Except I'm not even kidding. CLIFF NOTES: I'm about to become my "boyfriend's" step-sister. LONG STORY: I started kinda seeing this guy, we'll call him Josh. It was nothing too serious, just a casual kind of fling. He was fun, but we weren't really looking for anything serious and I got the feeling that he was kinda the player type. Well anyway, we started getting closer and closer, so I'm not sure what was going to happen between us - it was up in the air. Suddenly, my mom informs me that she is going to leave my step-father of 8 years. Obviously I'm pretty close to the guy, so this is a bit of a shock (I'm 17). But the real shock comes next. She tells me that she's leaving him for Josh's dad. Obviously a whole lot of crap went down from there, it was a huge messy ordeal. During that time, I decided to keep mine and Josh's relationship on a purely brother/sister level, since that's what our parents (my mom, his dad) wanted. And I thought I could handle that. But then throughout this whole ordeal we got pretty close. I mean we could turn to each other. It was a hard time for us, especially me, since I was losing the only father I'd ever known. But regardless, we ended up getting back together. I made him promise that he would keep it a secret. So we've been pursuing our relationship secretly for the last month or so. Our parents have gotten serious now that the divorce is coming through, and they'll almost certainly get married. His dad loves me to death and always tried to get me and Josh together before all of this happened, and he told me he really regrets that Josh and I had to back off of each other for their (my mom and his) sake. But I can tell he's worried that we're still seeing each other. It doesn't help that he noticed a hickey on my neck the day after Josh and I had spent a night alone together at our deer camp. (And he MUST have been looking for it too, because it was barely noticeable). He's a really, really smart guy. And he's catching on. Plus everyone at our deer camp (which is where we all met, btw) knows that Josh and I were "seeing" each other before all of this happened, and some of them have been assuming we're still together officially. We weren't exactly secret about it before now, so everyone, even our parents, knew what we were getting up to. Oh goodness...I don't know what I'm looking for here. Advice? I don't know. Opinions on what I should do now? I really care about Josh, but I'm not sure I'm ready for a relationship, nor is he. I'm worried he's getting too attached to me one minute, and then the next minute I'm worried I'm getting too attached to him. So come on...blast away and tell me what I'm doing is morally wrong. I'm prepared for it. I just want some general ideas/opinions. Or something.