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Am I, or am I not bisexual? or gay? or something else?

Discussion in 'Coming Out Advice' started by Undecided John, Aug 31, 2011.

  1. Undecided John

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    So, this is my first post, but I am not good with introductions, so I'll go right to the point. I have been thinking about this whole sexuality thing for a while, and decided to join this forum to maybe get some help. As you can see, I am not sure about what I am, and when I say not sure, I really mean it. Until a few days ago, I was each day more sure about being, at least, bisexual, but then I talked with a friend about it, and he pointed out that those feelings, or at least a big part of them, can be because I am very very insecure about girls, and dating, and all those things. This kind of made sense to me, and I am not so sure about anything anymore.
    I kind of listed things that make me thing I maybe bisexual, and things that make think that maybe I am just insecure and lonely and stuff, so, here it is:
    Things that make me thing I am bisexual
    • I like crossdress. Both the idea of doing (and, in fact, I did it, sometimes, when I was alone at home), and seeing on porn, and both kinds, men with women (with strap on) and men with men, but men with men a little bit more;
    • I have sexual fantasies about doing oral sex in men, and it (both thinking and watching) turns me on (faster than regular heterosexual things);
    • I find men cute/hot often. I guess I always did, but just now I start to accept it;
    Things that make me think that I am straight:
    • I LOVE boobs. And everything else on girls (I actually never really felt excited about vaginas, but they are cool, I mean ... I don't know);
    • I am in love with a girl right now (platonic, but doesn't mean I don't think about her sexually), and that doesn't feel "wrong" at all;
    • I tried to watch regular gay porn, but didn't worked (crossdress, on the other hand, turned me on on seconds);
    So, that said, I will just add that I am virgin, what make things even more confuse. Other than this friend that I talked about above, I don't have anyone to talk with about those things, my college friends, well, there is just one that I maybe would trust enough, but ... I am not sure how he would react to this, and, as I said, even I am not sure about anything, and family is just not an option. And even this one friend, he lives on other state, and we just talk online, and I still don't feel comfortable talking about some stuff. That's why I made this anonymous account and stuff. Well, that's it, that's my mess, and any help on cleaning it up will be really really welcome.

    PS: I am not a native english speaker, so, sorry about any mistake on the text, and please, feel free to correct any error, so I can learn!
     
  2. Lexington

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    Welcome to EC! Your English is just fine - in fact, better than most. And a hell of a lot better than my Portuguese. :slight_smile:

    Based solely on your one post, I'd lean towards bisexual. There are straight guys who enjoy "role playing", and cross dressing. But the only time they might find the idea of performing oral sex on a man a turn-on would probably be in context of that. Most likely, it would probably be a "forced", "degrading" activity for them, and it would be that aspect of it that would turn them on, rather than the sheer act itself. If you actually do find guys cute/hot/attractive, and are turned on by doing sexual things with them outside of that context, I'd say it's likely that that's part of your sexual makeup - that you are indeed gay or bisexual. The rest of your post suggests that you are (or at least can be) attracted to women as well, so I'd say "bisexual" is a safe bet.

    I guess one question that comes to mind is this. If you love breasts (and are at least OK with vaginas), why is there no sexual component to your relationship? Why no interest?

    Lex
     
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    I'd say bisexual. Just because you don't get turned on by gay porn, doesn't mean your straight necessarily, nor does crossdressing mean you're gay automatically.

    It depends on who you fall in love with and what you fantasize about. Note that as a bisexual, you may find that sometimes you feel like you're more into guys than girls and sometimes it will be the other way around.
     
  4. Undecided John

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    Thank you guys, for the answers!

    Lex, about the forced/degrading thing, I don't think this is the case. Actually, if there is anything that turns me down is BSDM (this is not a criticism, just a fact).
    Well, as I said, I do feel attracted by her, nothing happened yet cause I still didn't found the guts to talk about it with her (she don't know I like her, but I am working on fixing this). :icon_sad:

    So, here is the thing: I never really felt in love with a guy. I mean, I do have a friend, in college, and we have a lot in common, and hang out together often, but when something even close to "maybe I like him in other way" cross my mind, I just shake it away immediately. I don't know if it happens because we are just friends, or because I am repressing something (or because he is just not that pretty =P), and actually, it doesn't happen so frequently. As I said, I do look at guys e go all "Oh my God!", if you know what I mean, but that's pretty much all that happens. I've read some threads here, and I've seen a lot of stories about guys who had a crush with another guy, or girls who had crush with girls, and, as far as I can remember, nothing like that ever happened to me, all my teenager crushes (is this word right?) were girls.

    Again, thanks for answering.
     
  5. Cantthinkofone

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    Maybe you are just physically attracted to men and not emotionally there are bisexuals who may be more physically or emotionally attracted to one gender. Maybe you have just been in strong denial about your feelings and you have to remember the power society's definition of normal has over you: you are "supposed to" only have crushes on girls so you are open to those feelings but automatically repress all others. Or maybe you just haven't met the right guy yet...
     
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    Yeh, kinda makes sense ... Also, my close male friends aren't really that cute :lol:

    And, ..., could it (crossdressing) mean that, maybe, I am, I don't know, kind of transgender? I actually don't know much about this. As I said, I like woman's clothes , and I often think that man's clothes are quite boring. Sometimes, on videos, what really excites me is the clothes, not the woman who is wearing it. I am a little bit afraid of asking this, cause I guess would be way more difficult to me to accept that than being gay or bisexual, but, that's kind of the point of being here.
    On this subject (of being here), I can't thank you guys enough, for your answers, and for this site. I am saying things here that I never said even to myself (like the previous paragraph).
     
  7. Undecided John

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    I feel like I am being annoying by insisting, but the question I asked on the last post is something that really bothers me, so, an advice, clarification, comment, anything, would happy. Should I open another thread, maybe (or would it be even more annoying?)
     
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    Personally I think it'd be best to keep all the discussion in one spot.

    But just because you havn't fallen for a guy, doesn't mean you're not bi/gay. I've 'liked' a guy and a girl before, yet I havn't been in a relationship before full stop. I also found out I was bi before I had even fallen for a guy (I did soon after coming out though, he was straight, but orgasmically hot). I personally like to say that my dick controls my attraction (and that's generally the case for every guy) - I don't wake up at 3am one night and decide who I should start 'liking'.

    But on the note of crossdressing, you could just have an interest/fetish in cross-dressing or something like that.
     
  9. Undecided John

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    Somehow, I feel more ashamed of this (liking crossdress) than of the idea of being bisexual, or even gay. I know I shouldn't. But I feel.
     
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    I have the same problem! I don't even know if there is a closet to come out of and also a virgin.

    straight:
    1. I make a complete fool of myself in front of guys
    2. I wish my straight guy best friend was attracted to me
    3. long for boys who are never interested
    4. enjoy guys checking me out

    bi/gay:
    1. Not turned on by the site of penuses
    2. Previously turned on by lesbian porn, not any more
    3. had a crush on my straight girl friend
    4. like a girl I know just because she's openly gay
    5. get squeemish around guys when they make a move
    6. stare both ways

    for me it's less of a gender issue and more of an intimacy issue...i think?