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Would you date a bisexual man?

231 replies

BeJustScroller · 31/07/2024 00:28

Because as a man I think im bisexual (although never done anything with a guy before) but I can only see myself dating and marrying a woman, I have sexual attraction to both but romantically only into women. Would this turn women off?

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CallItLoneliness · 31/07/2024 07:10

CreateUserNames · 31/07/2024 02:20

Not sure. I’d be doubting if married life would be suffice for bi-sexual, as their needs might not be met from just one sex?

I'm going to assume you're genuine (along with other posters on this thread who have posted the same thing). Do you assume that straight people are 'missing out' when they get married? Because as a married bi person, I'm not fogroing my interest in one sex or another, I'm forgoing my interest in other people. Same as any monogamous married person.

Kianai · 31/07/2024 07:15

No, I wouldn't.

Not because I believe they are more likely to cheat or anything like that.

But because I personally am sexually repulsed by a man who wants to or has sex with other men.

EBearhug · 31/07/2024 07:23

Wouldn't bother me. I have dated bi men. But what I object to is bi men on OLD hoping I'll set them up with another guy in the name of a threesome. I'm not against threesomes, but I don't want to be involved as a gooseberry with a pair. They can sort out their own dates with men.

CurlewKate · 31/07/2024 07:26

I wouldn't. Not because I have an issue with bisexuality- but because I wouldn't want an extra layer of complication in any relationship. Life's difficult enough!

dottiehens · 31/07/2024 07:37

No I wouldn’t. Each to their own but not for me thanks!

BCBird · 31/07/2024 07:39

No as a heterosexual woman, I wouldn't.

RickyGervaislovesdogs · 31/07/2024 07:40

No. I would find it a massive turn off, get the ick.Total deal breaker.

GingerPirate · 31/07/2024 07:40

No.
I wouldn't "date" anyone anymore and I'm very happy with that. 😊

SamW98 · 31/07/2024 07:41

I wouldn’t personally but then I’ve also never had any attraction to women so I’m very boringly completely straight and would want the same from a partner

Inspireme2 · 31/07/2024 07:59

Littlepinkstarsbyradish · 31/07/2024 02:58

Thats a US link

In the UK new HIV diagnoses (cases not diagnosed previously abroad) increased in heterosexual men and women but continued to decline in gay and bisexual men in 2023
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hiv-annual-data-tables/hiv-testing-prep-new-hiv-diagnoses-and-care-outcomes-for-people-accessing-hiv-services-2023-report

And assuming that a bisexual man is more likely to give someone HIV than a straight man based on nothing but his sexual orientation IS homophobia/biphobia
Im not being nasty, im just calling out prejudice when its so blatant

Is it fact bi sexual, gay men are a huge cause of hiv,

Including heterosexual men 70% dabble in homosexual behaviour.
Not a Uk Static but a known fact where I live.
So whatever your Preference take serious precautions!!!
Weather it is phobic or not
Do those who have bi partners test?

RivkaTheBold · 31/07/2024 08:02

RickyGervaislovesdogs · 31/07/2024 07:40

No. I would find it a massive turn off, get the ick.Total deal breaker.

Second this

willWillSmithsmith · 31/07/2024 08:06

Well there’s a number on here that would (and do) so you probably don’t need to worry about it too much (as long you’re honest with them), but personally I wouldn’t.

Lighteningstrikes · 31/07/2024 08:23

It would be a definite no.

No offence, but it would turn my stomach.

CatchHimDerry · 31/07/2024 08:23

@Inspireme2 yes, both tested at the start. Always done with new partner regardless of orientation. I’d not take their word for it, and if they didn’t ask it of me I’d be suspicious.

Would not test any further, unless there’s any suspicion of cheating going on.

Incidentally I, the 100% straight one with very few previous partners, am the one with a lifelong disease (not HIV).
That came from the very first, and only for 10 years, male straight partner. Because he was a womaniser and a cheat.

Stark eye-opener that was

Shitlord · 31/07/2024 08:24

Not for me. Zero negativity, definitely not homophobic or biphobic. I just want someone heterosexual. That's one element of the men I'm attracted to.

PansyPolly · 31/07/2024 08:34

Lighteningstrikes · 31/07/2024 08:23

It would be a definite no.

No offence, but it would turn my stomach.

If you really meant “no offence” then you wouldn’t have included your second sentence.

You can, of course, make whatever dating choices you wish, but saying that a certain sexual orientation turns your stomach is bi/homophobia

Kianai · 31/07/2024 09:07

PansyPolly · 31/07/2024 08:34

If you really meant “no offence” then you wouldn’t have included your second sentence.

You can, of course, make whatever dating choices you wish, but saying that a certain sexual orientation turns your stomach is bi/homophobia

Why?

I don't hate bi people. I don't want them to die or be hurt. I wouldn't discriminate against them in any other way but personal sexual preference.

I find the idea of having sex with a bi man sexually repulsive. It would turn my stomach, give me the ick, whatever saying you want to use. I'm sure a gay man, or someone who doesn't like my physical appearance would feel exactly the same about sex with me.

It doesn't mean they hate me as a person, just that sex with me is a horrific thought to them 🤣

That's the truth. Why do you need people to lie about their own sexual preference just to avoid offending you?

PansyPolly · 31/07/2024 09:19

i didn’t ask anyone to lie - and you know that, because you quoted my post that specified the second sentence was the issue.

There is a difference between that sentence and “It would be a definite no” ie the first sentence in the two sentence post I quoted.

The first sentence was sufficient to answer the OP. The second was offensive to the OP.

Why are YOU lying about what I put in my post?

PansyPolly · 31/07/2024 09:20

<reminds self - no good comes of engaging with biphobes>

<leaves thread>

CurlewKate · 31/07/2024 09:23

@Lighteningstrikes "It would be a definite no.

No offence, but it would turn my stomach"

Love to hear your explanation of how "no offence" and "it would turn my stomach" can exist in the same sentence.

SleepingStandingUp · 31/07/2024 09:25

I think my concern would be if you're attracted to men but have never had an experience, there will come a point when you feel you need to experience it. So weirdly I think I'd be more secure if you'd been with another man

Billyballyboo · 31/07/2024 09:25

No I wouldn't. I don't find people who find men's penises sexy in any way attractive. But that's just my sexual preference. Other women might have a very different view. However, we are all entitled to our sexual boundaries and it doesn't make us homophobic if we chose not to sleep with someone who has also slept with a man.

Billyballyboo · 31/07/2024 09:27

DoorPath · 31/07/2024 06:59

Can't see why on earth it would bother me unless I was deeply homophobic. My husband is bi.

Women are allowed to have sexual boundaries and I find your suggestion that it is homophobic to not want to sleep with someone who is bi deeply offensive.

TheNuthatch · 31/07/2024 09:30

It's a definite no from me, but that's just me personally. I'm sure many women would be fine with it. Just be honest with your partners about your sexuality. Good luck 👍

BobbyBiscuits · 31/07/2024 09:37

I wouldn't believe someone if they said they were bi, but had never done anything with the same sex. I'd assume you would have had to have done something? Or I'd also assume that it would be only a matter of time before you did so, even if you'd not acted on it before.

Rightly or wrongly, I'd fear that you'd be more likely to cheat. (With a man)

So it probably would put me off I'm afraid.