PREFERENCE AND LABEL/IDENTITY CONFUSION

So im an 18 year old bisexual male.

After having read alot of questions on this forum, i seem to have this one thing bugging me. Its the whole "Preferential" thing.

As far as me personally.. i have no idea what i am.. I mean.. I like all kinds of women. But my most prefered partner both sexually and emotionally is guys aged 16-21. I just love the teenage guy look. An example of a guy i find really attractive is Cole Sprouse. Also a guy called Ash Stymest. I seem to go for the "twink" kinda guy. Now if it was just so simple, i guess i wouldn't worry. Where im worried is the fact that... yes i find guys aged 18 attractive and i most often find guys between 16-21 attractive.. but i ocassionally find a 14 year old guy attractive as well... Now this completely ruins my whole steady and solid knowledge of my actual "label". This makes me worry that i might be a pedophile. All though i see absolutely nothing in like kids aged 11 and down. And im just caught in this whole.. i find a 14 year old attractive, ohh noo, but atleast i dont find an 10 year old attractive. and it's just all excuses and stuff to make me feel allright. So Again my PREFERENTIAL partner is a guy aged 16-21. As of right now i have little to no attraction to men aged 25+.

So, i would love for you guys to join in on this. Is it all just a sliding scale? and therefore it's ok for me to occasionally find a 14 year old dude attractive as long as my preference is usually older? and that it was only "wrong" if i ONLY found a 14 year old attractive and never older?

I hope you know what i mean.. i just find it all very frustrating and misleading. Thanks!

Like I said earlier, you're not a pedophile. Pedophillia is the exclusive or primary attraction to prepubescent children. You can still find children cute or attractive from a purely aesthetic standpoint. You already said you're not sexually attracted to children, so that should ease your mind. Also, if you're feeling anxiety from this I'd look into the OCD spectrum. I'm fairly certain I have it myself and you definitely sound like you do too.