First off, I introduced myself a while back, and came back to the forums to try and be a little more active. Not like anyone really got to know me anyway.

Now, I seem to have gotten stuck in a very tough situation.. All of this is online. So.. I became attracted to a girl I had been talking to for a while online, and finally got the courage to tell her how I felt, only to have her remind me that she was already in a relationship, which upset me. A few hours later, I had told one of my friends about it, and after I had told her the name of the person I had liked, she told me that she had secretly liked me, but didn't say anything because she thought I was the type of person to shun online dating. She said the reason she's attracted to me is because I'm nice and smart. But this is the confusing part. She told me she was a bisexual hermaphrodite.

Now I really don't know what to do. I had been thinking about it pretty much all day, but I can't come up with a solution. I told her the reason I most likely wouldn't date her was because she was a hermaphrodite (which I really shouldn't have said, seeing as this made me feel bad) and because of how it would make me feel to actually date one. Even if I do decide to date her, I'd have to get over my feelings, and the time zones play a major part in it, seeing as I live in Illinois and I think she lives in Australia. (When it was 4:31 am my time, it was 9:33 pm hers). She's a really nice person, but I don't know what I'd do about my feelings. Any help would be appreciated.