Question for parents of teenage or young adult girls

[Inamuddle36]

Without going into details about why I am asking…

1. how would you feel if your daughter told you her boyfriend was bisexual?
2. how would you yourself feel if you met a man you liked and he told you he was bisexual? Would you still consider entering into a relationship with him? Or would bisexuality be a turn-off?

Curious to know how attitudes have changed in the decades since I was in school/university.

Personally I would only be comfortable in a monogamous relationship, so if you are asking about someone using being bisexual as a reason to be continuing having different relationships, that would get a different response from if you are asking about having a relationship with someone who had had previous relationships with people of both sexes.

My (adult) dc are free to make their own choices about who they have relationships with, as long as they are happy and their partners are kind, and respectful, it would be nothing to do with me.

Probably pretty standard at the moment.

1) how would you feel if your daughter told you her boyfriend was bisexual?

I would be glad that she could talk to me about her relationships and try to listen and understand the reason that she needed to tell me and what she needed from me in that conversation. Does she need my approval, I hope not. Does she need a sounding board for relationships, etc.

2) how would you yourself feel if you met a man you liked and he told you he was bisexual? Would you still consider entering into a relationship with him? Or would bisexuality be a turn-off?

I can only guess about this one. I would hope that if we agreed to be monogamous (as that is my preference in romantic relationships) then his bi-sexuality wouldn’t concern me. But I can only make a guess because actually being in that situation and musing about it are very different. I may not be as open minded as I’d like to think I am!

I agree with Kite22

My daughter's love life is none of my business. If she's happy, I'm happy.

I would not be in a relationship with a man who claims to be bisexual.

It wouldn't necessarily put me off in either scenario but if the man had been sexually active with men in the past I would want them to get an STD check.

Without going into details about why I am asking…
1) how would you feel if your daughter told you her boyfriend was bisexual?. I would not care one way or the other.

2) how would you yourself feel if you met a man you liked and he told you he was bisexual? Not care Would you still consider entering into a relationship with him? Yes Or would bisexuality be a turn-off? No

1) how would you feel if your daughter told you her boyfriend was bisexual?

It would depend on how the information was given. I would find it uncomfortable to have someone outed to me without their knowledge or consent. I try to instill in them the importance of keeping other's privacy.

Beyond that, I have no strong feelings even with my own preferences. If she wanted advice on bisexual men, she'd be better going to her father or brother. My perspective is a lot more limited.

2) how would you yourself feel if you met a man you liked and he told you he was bisexual?

I'm bisexual and only consider dating or entering affectionate friendships with other bisexuals.

Are you thinking that he's more likely to cheat if he's bisexual? Isn't a straight man equally as likely to cheat with another woman? I am completely neutral to what other people identify as.