Yes, she's really bisexual. You wouldn't keep asking a straight woman you were dating if she was "really" straight, right? Yeah, it's just as weird for you to do that to a bisexual woman. And on top of annoying questions, she likely experiences a unique form of identity erasure. As a result, I often feel unseen.

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Maybe not surprisingly, but men are much better at giving blowjobs. Girls make their own lubricant. When having sex with guys, you always had to have lube. The way girls kiss is staggeringly different from the way men kiss. I prefer to date men in terms of sexual compatibility, but Christ, are women better kissers. One thing I noticed is that guys always want to sleep after sex, even if just for a little while.
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The Frisky -- One of the first times I went on a date with a girl, she asked me, "Are you bi or gay? I then fell all over myself in an effort to explain to her that, although I was unsure about how to define my sexuality, I was definitely into girls, more so than I'm into guys. I am not and have never been bi-curious, bi for attention or bi only when men are around. Since then, I've figured out that I'm solely into girls. So I guess I wasn't too good to be true, huh? But, alas, in parts of the gay community, being bi or being a lesbian who has hooked up with guys in the past is like having horns or an incurable disease. This isn't the case for all girls I have dated, but some lesbians don't want to date anyone who has been near a penis. Girls who have always been gay and nothing else carry it like a badge of honor. And, frankly, I'm jealous of them. I wish it was that easy for me to figure it out.
These so-called flexisexuals say that although they are not gay or even bisexual, they enjoy flirting and kissing girls -- but they still enjoy having sex with men. One female senior at Hofstra University in New York said she is apt to turn to women when she's had too much to drink. The student, who declined to give her name for fear a future employer might Google her sexual escapades, is one of many young women who are more flexible in their attitudes about sex. Experts say they may be influenced by the growing visibility of same-sex couples and more open attitudes about sex in general.