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Anybody who thinks second cousins shouldn't be together is crazy. There is no law against second cousins being together, and whichever US states have same-sex marriage with marry the two of you. But as far as consensual incest in general...

There seems to be more than one plausible reason why some cultures have had an incest taboo, in addition to protecting the power of the leaders.

1) The taboo appears to be an adoption as law or culture of the biological Westermarck effect, which is a common experience but not one experienced by everyone. Because of this effect, many people develop an avoidance of their close family members as sexual partners, and people have often expected that everyone feels the same way they do, and in many cases try to discourage people from acting differently than they do. But for those who, due to separation or some other reason, don’t experience the Westermarck effect, the bond becomes especially strong if it grows into a consanguinamorous one. It could be that if nobody had experienced the Westermarck effect, most people wouldn’t have ever “left the nest” (unless driven out by the dominant male) and the human race would have had a harder time developing genetic diversity, which was very important to survival when the human population was low. Without a growing and genetically diverse population, the entire population could have easily been wiped out by one disease. We hardly have that problem anymore. So in that respect, the Westermarck effect is vestigial and the taboo is no longer needed. (Note that the need for a growing population was also important when everything was accomplished through much physical labor, requiring many people. This was also one of the reasons why some cultures discouraged same-gender pairing that excluded males from bonding with females and making babies.)

2) Also, in patriarchal societies, it was common to trade daughters away in a business deal or to form alliances with other clans or nations. Especially if virginity was valued in new brides, it didn’t help matters if she was in love with, and making love with, her brother. But as with the previous reason, life has changed much and fewer segments of humanity are trading daughters like bargaining chips.

3) When the entire town or village was expected to attend the same church or temple, the taboo was reinforced if that religion had a prohibition against it. But in many places, this is no longer the case.

Incest was one of many things prohibited in the ancient nation of Israel, per the Torah. Church and political authorities have found incest prohibitions useful not only as part of overall control of sexuality, but for making accusations against opponents and the inconvenient (and how does one prove that they didn’t have sex with someone else?)… and to prevent any one other family from building up and retaining too much power. While royals in Egypt, Hawaii, Europe, and elsewhere married siblings, cousins, and other relatives to retain power, they often denied other people that right for the same reason.

The religion-imposed taboo should not be underestimated. In many places, there has been an official national or state religion, perhaps with a religious organization having at least some direct influence on the laws. Even in the US, where the Constitution now guarantees freedom of religion and there has been a firmly established separation of church and state, some states were originally colonies established with their own official churches. New states often set up their laws by copying from existing states, and the US has had some Puritan origins, later Victorian influence, and so forth.

It was common to have laws against anything but heterosexual intercourse between a husband and a wife. That meant oral sex between a husband and wife was technically illegal, as was any gay or lesbian sex (gay bars were raided by police), unmarried sex or cohabitation; even sex toys and birth control have been illegal in some places.

With this sex-negative attitude, it isn’t surprising that there have been laws against incest.

Throughout all of history, around the world, royal or peasants, urban or royal, rich or poor, there have been close relatives engaging in experimentation or having lifelong spousal-type relationships, and everything in between. You know people who have been involved in consanguinamory whether you know it or not, and whether or not your genealogical charts reveal it, chances are that you don’t have to go too far back in your family tree to find an ancestor whose true biological parents were close relatives.

An adult should be free to share love, sex, residence, and marriage with any consenting adults without being subjected to prosecution, bullying, or discrimination.

There is nothing wrong with incest unless it is forced to happen, or with children.The important thing is happiness As long as you both love each other then it should not matter what other people say. The problem is society judges this type of relationship as bad. However it can be a beautiful thing depending on how you look at it. If it feels good then why hide something so wonderful. Instead embrace it and enjoy the love of each other.

Theres nothing wrong with it per say, its just the views of the general populace and the moralities. I'm not sure if you had a brother or sister, but if you did would you consider it acceptable to engage in intercourse with them, or your parents for that matter.

Really it all comes down to social norm and what is acceptable. In most circumstances, dating or flirting with a related member ofyour family (who is neither your first or second cousin) is mildly acceptable due to the fact that your blood line is usually severed by this point.

I'm not sure about 2nd cousin but your direct cousin is approx. (based on studies I learned in a prior year) is 12.5% blood related, and from there the relation is exponentially decreasing.

If both of you accept it, and radiate a dillusion that you two are not related it would be easier for your friends, etc to understand.

Sorry if this didn't answer your question but I do hope it helps =D

Nothing is really wrong with your relationship, the subject of incest is just a taboo now and most people would not be able to wrap their head around the idea. Since you are both girls and having children is not a concern, there is nothing wrong with your relationship. And since you are 2nd cousins, im not even sure that its illegal. I'm sorry for your struggles!

nothing is wrong at all. some people would judge but you have seen that in the past. the taboo of incest has to do with off spring and inbreeding.. your relationship does not tend to include a lot of offspring

i will begin with the common explanation

it is not about wrong, even though it is prohibited by law

it is about human nature, it is like a travesty

out of normal perception, blood mixing, sacrilegious

you see the point, right?

me ,personally , not against this

may be i will be against only if it is between members of only family

i mean father-son/daughter , mother son/daughter son-daughter daughter-daughter son-son

anything out of these i am not against

but according to the normal perception it is disgraceful, illicit, illegal

so the only way is .... i am not saying it

all cultures have taboos against incest (except the ancient Egyptians) mainly because offspring are more likely to be born with genetic defects

Freak!!!