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In reply to the discussion: Coming out as Bi soon? [View all]

TygrBright

(20,756 posts)
20. I'm no spring chicken.
Sun Oct 11, 2015, 07:52 PM
Oct 2015

I can tell ya where I was when JFK was assassinated-- that and the Cuban missile crisis were some of the first "important" things I remember about being an American. Oh, and "duck and cover" and lining up for my polio vaccine...

And I pretty much always knew I was abnormal and deviant when it came to sex, because all the stuff I was told made NO fucking sense to me, at all. I was smart enough not to say so until I was a lot older, though. But my first sexual experience was with another girl. I had nothing against boys, though, caught up with them later.

I never, ever 'got' the whole "whether you think someone's sexy and you'd like to get jiggy with them depends on what shape their naughty bits are" deal. Seemed to me everyone had all the basics they need to love anyone/everyone else, so what was the big deal about which particular equipment any particular individual had?

Back then, that made me pretty "sick," though. I sure as hell wasn't straight, and the lesbians of the era wrote me off as 'not one of us,' and I just had to muddle through on my own, figuring out that something- some kind of switch, or hook, or whatever- got left out of me, somehow.

Wasn't until I was well into my thirties that I realized I was the lucky one.

I've made up for lost time, though.

So can you!

happily,
Bright

Coming out as Bi soon? [View all] Kath1 Oct 2015 OP
It means rigid sexual roles are unnatural. Half-Century Man Oct 2015 #1
+1 Smarmie Doofus Oct 2015 #3
Direct from the nutshell, yep. n/t TygrBright Oct 2015 #12
what are you doing on du? marym625 Oct 2015 #2
Thank you. Kath1 Oct 2015 #10
good for you! marym625 Oct 2015 #11
Thank you for the kind words, patience and understanding. Kath1 Oct 2015 #16
Very cool marym625 Oct 2015 #17
Thank you so much, marym625! Kath1 Oct 2015 #19
Just be you and act how you feel is right Fearless Oct 2015 #4
We're not watching world wide wally Oct 2015 #5
Americans have a notion that there is only the extremes. 100% gay or 100% straight.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #6
^This LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #32
Did we really have to know? FormerRepublicanNow Oct 2015 #7
::ahem:: You DO know this is the "LGBT Group," right? TygrBright Oct 2015 #13
This was on the front page when I replied FormerRepublicanNow Oct 2015 #15
It should be private and it should just between a person and their partner(s) LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #30
I never posted much in this group but I visited often. Kath1 Oct 2015 #22
+10000 marym625 Oct 2015 #23
Forget it. Not my place. (n/t) Iggo Oct 2015 #38
TMI Lunabell Oct 2015 #8
TMI Kath1 Oct 2015 #9
That seems a rather mean thing to say LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #33
Enjoy! TygrBright Oct 2015 #14
Thank you for your kind words. Kath1 Oct 2015 #18
I'm no spring chicken. TygrBright Oct 2015 #20
Very cool, TygrBright! Kath1 Oct 2015 #21
don't confuse love and sex marym625 Oct 2015 #25
I'm just a tad younger than you marym625 Oct 2015 #24
Irish & Catholic is one of the Patriarchy's most powerful combos, I think. TygrBright Oct 2015 #26
Excellent and intelligent analysis! Kath1 Oct 2015 #28
+1000 marym625 Oct 2015 #35
Right on, sister! Kath1 Oct 2015 #27
I wanted to self-delete my original post. Kath1 Oct 2015 #29
I didn't think it was TMI in the least :) (nt) LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #34
yeah, some people don't get it. Don't worry about it marym625 Oct 2015 #36
I've had a few days to think about this and talk with my partner. Kath1 Oct 2015 #42
the sex part is just as important in a loving relationship marym625 Oct 2015 #44
Thank you for the kind words and support. Kath1 Oct 2015 #45
It is my understanding that most people are Bi LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #31
oh phooey! I forgot marym625 Oct 2015 #37
Wow! Kath1 Oct 2015 #39
Thank you. Kath1 Oct 2015 #40
Congratulations! Your chances for a date just doubled. Zorra Oct 2015 #41
LOL! Love it! Kath1 Oct 2015 #43
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