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Am I Bi, or just confused?

5 replies

MangoMermaid · 08/02/2018 01:26

Hey
First time poster here, so be nice please!
I don't exactly know what I'm looking for here... Maybe advice, reassurance, any sort of input really!
I'm a 20yo girl (don't feel mentally mature enough to say 'woman' yet haha, and there's no other word I can think of).
I still live at home with my family (mum and 2 sisters). I've never been in a relationship, mainly because I'm too under confident with talking to new people, but partly because I have little desire to yet.
I've always said I'm 100% straight, and always believed that to be true... Until very recently. I met a girl through work, and I've never felt anything like it before - I just longed to 'be' with her, spend time with her and be close to her. I didn't really think about anything sexually.
I've always had 'crushes' on guys(like oh he's really attractive Wink ), and thought 'oh no, not girls, I'm straight' when it comes to girls. I'm realising now this may be due to my mother - growing up, she's always forced it down my throat that people are only ever straight or gay, anything else is greedy. She's also always says she's got nothing against lesbians, just the thought of being one makes her feel "physically sick" - so maybe that's always been ingrained in my mind, so I've never even let myself think about girls properly up to this point.
But going back to the girl at work, I don't look at her and think 'She's so attractive, I want to tap that' like I do with guys, I just look at her and feel happy and want to hold her close.
I don't know what all this means!!!!! Confused
Someone please reply!
xxx

OP posts:
TheButterflyOfTheStorms · 08/02/2018 01:36

If you thought about kissing her, yay or boo?

Nikkit88 · 08/02/2018 01:38

Hi mango mermaid. You said you haven't been in a relationship because your under confident? Is this girl smiley, nice and shows confidence? Maybe she's reflecting someone you'd like to be a bit more like maybe? Nothing you've written screams out to me that you are gay or bi but even if you come to the conclusion that your either of those, don't let what your mam have said put you off being you. Lots of people say silly daft things like that my parents used to say the same until they realised I'm bisexual they soon changed they're opinions.

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 08/02/2018 02:33

Nobody here can tell you who you’re attracted to. But we can tell you that sexuality is a spectrum; exceptionally few people are 100% straight or gay and either lean to one side or fall in the middle.

Offred · 08/02/2018 09:36

I second what.

I also think that your mother’s prejudices may well have caused you to disconnect from your sexuality and that this is perhaps why you are going through life feeling unconfident and not really having desire but then being blindsided by things like this current experience.

Josuk · 08/02/2018 10:37

OP - don’t worry about putting yourself into a specific box....
Your mom is wrong. Some people may be more firmly straight/gay, and many people are on a spectrum. And it seems easier for women to admit it to ourselves.

You like that girl and she gives your butterflies - so - great!
You are only 20. Enjoy discovering yourself!!!

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