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Would you date a bisexual man?

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Seymorbutts · 14/03/2026 14:07

Just that really. A man who you believed to be genuinely bisexual, not a gay man on his way out of the closet. Someone who’d had long-term relationships with both men and women and who you’ve never known to sleep around with either men or women. If not, why would it bother you?

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Itisreallynobother · 14/03/2026 17:52

QuickBlueKoala · 14/03/2026 17:52

No, but calling sex between men disgusting (as several people have!) is very much homophobic.

Again… quote?

NovemberMorn · 14/03/2026 17:54

QuickBlueKoala · 14/03/2026 17:52

No, but calling sex between men disgusting (as several people have!) is very much homophobic.

Have they? if that's what has been said, I agree it is homophobic.

loislovesstewie · 14/03/2026 17:54

Am I allowed to say I wouldn't want to date or have sex wirh a woman because I don't fancy women?
Neither do I fancy bisexual men.
Or have we reached a point where saying no isn't permitted?

OneOfEachPlease · 14/03/2026 17:54

Itisreallynobother · 14/03/2026 16:47

but it hasn’t happened on this thread has it ?

I find all the posts saying that having sex with a man who has sex with men is ‘grim’ pretty homophobic and biphobic. So, yes, it has happened on this thread.

SpecialAgentMaggieBell · 14/03/2026 17:54

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NovemberMorn · 14/03/2026 17:55

Itisreallynobother · 14/03/2026 17:52

Again… quote?

I am not reading back, but I haven't seen those remarks anywhere either.

Dreamcatcherat50 · 14/03/2026 17:55

My boyfriend is bi.

helpfulperson · 14/03/2026 17:55

Itisreallynobother · 14/03/2026 17:21

Can you quote one?

A man who has slept with a man is grim. One example for you. All the people suggesting that a man sleeping with a man is somehow not OK. Lots of examples of that.

Castieldeansam · 14/03/2026 17:55

Unless I'm mistaken, most bisexual people have a preference for one sex over the other, they are just more open to a same sex relationship if they find someone who they are attracted to and that person is attracted back. I’m also convinced there are more bisexual people out there than you think. Apparently 90% of bisexual people are in heterosexual relationships. Elspeth Kirkman does the bisexual maths in this TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRH4vXb9/

Wetdoggo · 14/03/2026 17:55

ThisSunnyBee · 14/03/2026 15:26

Because you're setting yourself up for heart ache when he dumps you

He hasn’t so far and we have had more than our fair share of challenges.

And I consider that statement to be biphobic @Itisreallynobother

SpecialAgentMaggieBell · 14/03/2026 17:56

OneOfEachPlease · 14/03/2026 17:54

I find all the posts saying that having sex with a man who has sex with men is ‘grim’ pretty homophobic and biphobic. So, yes, it has happened on this thread.

I'd never sleep with a man who is a Muslim, does that mean I'm Islamophobic? I'd never sleep with a woman, am I homophobic?

BusyDoingBridgertonDances · 14/03/2026 17:56

*does it for me

Itisreallynobother · 14/03/2026 17:56

helpfulperson · 14/03/2026 17:55

A man who has slept with a man is grim. One example for you. All the people suggesting that a man sleeping with a man is somehow not OK. Lots of examples of that.

So no quote

you paraphrasing

OneOfEachPlease · 14/03/2026 17:57

SpecialAgentMaggieBell · 14/03/2026 17:56

I'd never sleep with a man who is a Muslim, does that mean I'm Islamophobic? I'd never sleep with a woman, am I homophobic?

It’s calling it ‘grim’ which is the problem. Obviously.

SpecialAgentMaggieBell · 14/03/2026 17:57

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People can be as fucking prejudiced as they like when it comes to choosing who is allowed to stick their dicks inside of you! FFS!

Itisreallynobother · 14/03/2026 17:57

OneOfEachPlease · 14/03/2026 17:54

I find all the posts saying that having sex with a man who has sex with men is ‘grim’ pretty homophobic and biphobic. So, yes, it has happened on this thread.

Any quote ?

Wetdoggo · 14/03/2026 17:58

Itisreallynobother · 14/03/2026 17:57

Any quote ?

I’ve quoted a post directed at me and tagged you just a minute or two ago.

BusyDoingBridgertonDances · 14/03/2026 17:58

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It is coercive, those people just don’t like that being pointed out.

I don’t need to ‘do some introspection’ because I’m allowed preferences. Wild I know!

WilfredsPies · 14/03/2026 17:59

No, I wouldn’t. Not because I think they’re secretly gay, or unable to be faithful, or secret porn addicts, or any other stereotype, because I don’t. I don’t think that they’re any of those things any more than a heterosexual man would be. I don’t have issues with bi people any more than I have issues with gay men or lesbians. It’s just one of the four sexualities, none of which are any better or any worse than any of the other three.

For me it’s because knowing that they’ve been intimate with a man, or that they’ve thought about it, would kill any sexual attraction I had to them. The same as if I’d discovered that they’d previously had sex with a prostitute, or were a ex of one of my friends, or family. Or I discovered that they held opinions that I found abhorrent.

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NovemberMorn · 14/03/2026 17:59

helpfulperson · 14/03/2026 17:55

A man who has slept with a man is grim. One example for you. All the people suggesting that a man sleeping with a man is somehow not OK. Lots of examples of that.

What the poster actually said was....

I wouldn’t fancy having sex with a man who has had sex with a man. It’s as simple as that. I’d find it pretty grim.

A bit different to her saying a man sleeping with a man is grim.

Maddy70 · 14/03/2026 18:00

It would probably put me off but probably a few of my previous dates have been bi sexual and never discussed it. So who knows

BusyDoingBridgertonDances · 14/03/2026 18:03

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NovemberMorn · 14/03/2026 17:59

What the poster actually said was....

I wouldn’t fancy having sex with a man who has had sex with a man. It’s as simple as that. I’d find it pretty grim.

A bit different to her saying a man sleeping with a man is grim.

Yep, very different. There is a lot of twisting of what is being said.