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Is a man being bisexual a turn off?

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Username3021 · 07/12/2025 13:02

As a man I think im bisexual but when it comes to dating and being in relationships I only see myself with women, I also want a family someday also. Apparently lots of women are turned off by bisexual men where as a lot of men dont mind bisexual women, I also dont like the idea of hiding it from my future partner because I think your partner should know everything.

Would my sexuality be a problem?

OP posts:
Howwilliknow122 · 12/12/2025 08:53

BrooklynCroc · 07/12/2025 13:42

Major turn off for me. I wouldn’t even entertain it. To put it bluntly, bi-men like penises and I haven’t got one.

I mean very blunt and to the point but that's it in a nutshell really.

Op, surely you're not so arrogant to understand why this might worry your partner ? im not saying how you feel is wrong , what im saying is how can you not understand the reason this would worry a woman?

ThisTaupeZebra · 12/12/2025 10:58

I'm a bisexual woman who has had relationships with bisexual men, and wouldn't rule it out again if I wasn't currently happily married. I have generally had quite a lot of attention from bisexual men in various queer/queer-adjacent spaces I have moved in. If it is something that you are concerned about with regards to meeting people on the apps, have you considered joining specific bisexual meet-up groups. I know there are a couple meet ups in Manchester and London. How old are you?

HollyhocksandPeons · 20/08/2026 04:55

VoltaireMittyDream · 07/12/2025 13:03

Depends on the woman. Funnily enough we're not all exactly the same.

Quite! Some of us like the thrill of exotic STD checks, like monkey pox?

Calliopespa · 20/08/2026 10:51

Well in a way your op is redundant, because you have to be honest about it anyway. It worries me a little the way you have worded it as if deciding whether to keep it from a partner or not.

I'm sure you will find someone who doesn't mind, as we are all different.

It wouldn't be at all attractive for me as a woman, and I also don't like the whole "sexually attracted to some, romantically attracted to others" explanation. It sorts of puts relationships in boxes, and makes it sound a bit as though you need one of each on the go at any one time, which won't appeal to a lot of partners. For me, the idea of a relationship is that there is both sexual and romantic attraction. I'm not really interested in a one-wheeled bike, two-wheeled car kind of thing.

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