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Inevitable crush on a straight girl...

She's a very atypical straight girl...at least for being from a small town in the South. She's a feminist, hippie (kind of), into holistic-type stuff, getting her degree in religious studies, about 9 years older than me and calls herself bisexual though she's actually straight. She calls herself bisexual because she believes you can fall in love with anybody, but most people have a sexual preference...also, she likes to shock people, which, admittedly, is something I find attractive about her. She said she's had a girlfriend, but it didn't work out because she wasn't emotionally or physically attached to the girl. She said, sexually speaking, she's heterosexual.

So I just met her about two weeks ago and I've only really spoken to her at work. I gave her my number and told her to call if she wants to hang out. She then gave me her information and...like a typical schoolgirl, I texted her to "say hi." She never responded, but I saw at work the next day and she said she had gotten the message, but was eating dinner at the time she received it. I don't know... Should I just...let it go and put it in the folder marked, "Never gonna happen"?


cowgirlumhum's picture

hmmm...

don't put it aside just yet... it may take her longer to fall for you, than you for her. let her get comfortable with you, get to know you better... and maybe something will happen down the road.
cryspy2's picture

move on

waiting around for straight/bi girls to realize they're gay is like waiting for the bus after 9PM in the country. it's just NOT going to happen. it's safe to crush on a straight girl cuz you can kinda go into the situation knowing that it won't work out so you won't be too disappointed when she's like, 'um, i thought i told you like like straight sex.'

i only say this becuz ive been there. some girls are gay/straight and some are straight/gay. go for the gay/straight girls... they're the ones that you can actually have a real relationship with. straight/gay girls prefer sex with GUYS... that means they're NOT gay.

<inserts two cents>

Aya's picture

What She Said^^^

Exactly, leave it alone. Read a few posts on here and you'll see what you have to look forward to.

 

Not to be mean, but I get the feeling that you are still going to pursue this, but you can't say you weren't warned.

cowgirlumhum's picture

okay...

 

yes, sex/relationships with straight girls can sometimes be trainwrecks... but not always. There is an exerpt from Nora Vincents book, Self Made Man, where she starts of dating a woman, but while in drag. While still in costume, Nora asks the woman if she's ever been with another woman. The woman said, "Lesbianism is like Timbuktu... I've never seen the need to go there"... but it turned out that if Timbuktu came to her she might like it, because she and nora maintained a relationship after nora revealed that she was a woman and a lesbian.

The important thing is... don't be TOO rigid in labeling people. some labels are important, but people are people and we all have exceptions. Obviously, your coworker is having some issues figuring out how to identify herself. You might want to step back, but only for that reason, because getting pulled into that kind of situation can be crazy, especially at work.

My advice: be around, but don't pursue ... if she's interested, she'll come to you. My experience with "straight" girls is that sometimes it takes them a while to come around.

brainfreeze28's picture

straight girls...yup

we've all been there. some of us are repeat offenders.i've got one right now, and it sucks. sometimes i really wish we had a bit more than 10 percent playin for our team, ya know? you meet someone amazing, sweet, funny, beautiful, everything you want in a woman, and bam, they're straight...


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