Seriously, I am so pissed off with labels right now. Yeah I’ve said I’m an atheist, an agnostic, a pagan, and a bisexual. Yet, none of those seem to fit exactly. The reason I am bringing this up is because something pissed me off lately and made me super uncomfortable.
I have this really good friend, who is married who got really drunk. (I think she has a serious problem, actually) Yeah, we have joked around and flirted a bit but I guess I must have led her on or something. This mind you was before we were close friends…Once you get to that close friend point, you’re just not attracted to them. That’s not even the point though, I was never even attracted in the first place. I was just joking around and I thought she was too.
For one I am married, and I made the mistake of saying yeah, I’m married but I am bisexual. (Which is not exactly true because I am attracted to more men than women 100 to one. I can name a couple of chicks I’ve thought were cute but zillions of guys.) Anyways, the negative thing is when you say you are bi people think that regardless of your relationship status, that “hey your looking for something else on the side, you know because you’re with a man and that alone can’t satisfy you.” Totally WRONG!!!!
Why can’t people grasp that people can be bisexual and monogamous? Regardless of what sex you happen to be in a relationship with, it doesn’t mean you need the other to feel complete. An example from Hollywood that pisses me off: “Anne Heche, people say, Oh she was a lesbian and now she’s married because it wasn’t cool.” Yes, someone said that. To which I said, “Did you ever think Anne Heche, was in love with Ellen, because she was in love with the person, it didn’t work out and the next person she fell in love with was a man because she is obviously either bisexual or pansexual.
For those who don’t know what a pansexual is, that would be the closest thing to what I consider myself. However, it also has a negative connotation. What it means to me is you fall in love with a person not their genitals. So if Adam was in the body of a woman I would still want him as a life partner, when I explain it that way even the most homophobic jackasses somehow get it.
Courtesy of Wikipedia, here’s the technical definition of pansexual:
Pansexuality, or omnisexuality[1] is a sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love, or sexual desire for people, regardless of their gender identity or biological sex. Some pansexuals suggest that they are gender-blind; that gender and sex are insignificant or irrelevant in determining whether they will be sexually attracted to others.[2] For others, an individual’s sex, gender expression, or gender identity can be a key factor of attraction, despite the pansexual individual’s wide range of sex and gender attractions.
Now I am not particularly attracted sexually to transexuals so that is why I don’t use that term, and opted for Bi, because most people don’t know what it means. Also, my bisexuality/pansexuality has done nothing but enhance my monogamous heterosexual sex, so I just think my sexuality is fluid and open-minded.
Anyways, my friend thought it was cool to ask me if I’d consider sleeping with her, yes she was drunk off her ass, but still, if her HUSBAND did that there would have been some punches flying. I guess I know now that saying your Bi gives some people ideas. I think she needs to go to Vegas with her husband and hook up a threesome, because I am not into sharing, I don’t want to fuck my friends or anyone but my husband. If I was single, I wouldn’t date her which I told her because I wouldn’t trust her in a romantic relationship, plus I’m more likely to go for a guy with some very very rare exceptions.
I strongly believe in the Kinsey Scale, but damn. I will just shut the fuck up around her. She is bisexual which is cool as long as I’m not part of her fantasies. It’s yucky when your friends want you. It’s just a weird weird feeling.
Rant Over.