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Really, Really Confused... Need some opinions.

 

Before i start off with a rather long entry, i realize that there is topics of others who are confused, but, i want to have a thread for mine because i really need opinions, and you guys are the best option for me.

 

I am a Highly confused Bisexual. I have been for about a year and a half. hopefully in a not so long entry, i can explain to you the origins of my sexuality, and the big big confusion of it. Anyways

 

I knew something about my sexual/erotic likings was  not straight, but not gay when i went up to a friends cottage, while there we rented Valentine, I was eleven at the time. So we get back to the cottage watch it and whatever. The next day my friend and her brother and sister were talking about the movie... To which i said out loud, I think Denise Richards is Very Sexy, i would have sex with her in a minute. those were my exact words... long story short they laughed at me the whole way home and told my brothers like right away. A few years pass and i am completly boy crazy, like 24/7 all my thoughts are about guys... I turn 16 and a few months pass when i begin feeling sexual attractions to girls. I thought nothing of it, untill i pictured  myself erotically with a girl in my grade 11 drama class. I told my friend and she was like....maybe your bisexual. So i move on trying to not think about it, but with months and months, my attraction and erotic way of thinking of other females, grew. but at the same time, so did my attraction for men. I attended this party when i was 17, although my friend who is not comfortable with my sexuality for some reason, i was with this known party girl in the basement with the party, dancing up against each other, we were both non sober, and you know she looked like a cross between ellen page and rachel bilson, there definatly was a 'tension' going on, she brushed by me alot and also stared at me frequently. Long story short, we ended up kissing, making out  in the middle of the party room and everyone saw. so after that, towards the ending of august i felt comfortable with my sexuality, so much so that i told my mom i was bisexual. Now she is highly religious and a conservative, so she told me, i am not bisexual and i am just making myself think im bisexual. From that point on. My sexuality has been rather confusing for me... i went months thinking that men were sexy, then i would go months thinking females are sexy, then it would like flow in and ou, one minute id be saying im straight, next im bi..but i dont truly know what i am. one friend is very pissed off with me because of the fact that i am confused about liking both men and women, she thinks its no big deal.my  other friend is saying that if i can picture myself having sex with men and women then she thinks i am bi. I feel bi but something is totally confusing me and i wish i knew what. Olivia Wilde is really not helping! although thinking about her makes me feel....hot. and then thinking about Eric Balfour makes me totally hot to.

 

 

my confusion is in the sense of my 'flowing' sexuality. i dont know if anyone here would know what i mean by 'flowing' sexuality, but opinions would be nice, i really want input.

 

 

thanks..


Shannon's picture

Well Sweety

Sounds to me like you're bisexual.  It's a rough lot having to deal with your feelings and everyone else's opinion!  So here's the best advice I can give you: stop listening to others and listen a lot more to yourself.  This is your thing to come to terms with.  Who you sleep with is not anyone's business buy you and your partner. Give yourself some time.  Explore your options.  You may find it's fleeting, or you may find this is simply who you are.  But it's not for someone else to say.   

Good luck, and please, just listen to your own feelings.   

~Without risk, there can be no innovation.  Without innovation, there can be no advancement. ~

LarterWilde76's picture

Thanks alot for your advice,

Thanks alot for your advice, i am doing my best, i need to try and not let others opinions get to me
LusciousLyz's picture

So wait you strongly

So wait you strongly believed you were bi when you told your mom?!?

and then your mom said it was just you thinking it?? so now your confused cuz you think that might be true right??

yah so im in that same fucking situation well not really i didnt open up to my family but i have a mess load of gay friends and they keep saying that they just think they are gay and their just goin through a phase. . .  so basically it got me thinking before maybe im just thinking i am. . . but at this point im like fuck who gives just go with the flow. like its hella confusing but i like being confused hahaha

 

i didnt help you did i? lol

 

Ange's picture

I think

Gay/Straight/Bi is not clear cut for everyone. The fact is, if you like girls (which you obviously do), then you like girls. You're definitely not straight. You're not making yourself think you're attracted to girls... Have you ever tried to FORCE yourself to be attracted to someone, because it doesn't work well. Don't stress about labels. Love who you love.

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tzipishavit's picture

Damn

A cross between Ellen Page and Rachel Bilson?? I am so jealous.
readmyhips's picture

You knew who you were before

You knew who you were before other people started inserting their opinions.  Trust your gut.  Bisexuality is a perfectly legitimate sexual orientation.  You like men, you like women.  It's all good!  Just listen to yourself and filter out everyone else's shit.
M's picture

No labels.

You don't have to put a label on yourself anytime at all. It won't make any difference in your life. Just go with the flow. If you like both guys and girls. Awesome! You should really stop listening to what other people think and just do what your heart desires. As stated above it truly is your business. :)

M's picture

No labels.

You don't have to put a label on yourself anytime at all. It won't make any difference in your life. Just go with the flow. If you like both guys and girls. Awesome! You should really stop listening to what other people think and just do what your heart desires. As stated above it truly is your business. :)

LarterWilde76's picture

Thanks so much for your

Thanks so much for your opinions , i really appreciate it.

 

LuciousLyz- Something like that....when i told her its like i knew, but then she put all this doubt in my head..as if she were like messing with me...get what im saying?

 

Girl Rocker1987's picture

So sorry

It sounds as though you have been through a lot of angst at a young age.  Please don't put anymore pressure on yourself.  Your mom messed with your head.  Things seem confusing now and trying to label it won't help.  I believe that you fall in love with the person, not the gender.  If you think of it that way, it might help.
LarterWilde76's picture

yea its been... hard ish  I

yea its been... hard ish  I tend to try and keep personal thoughts to myself but they have been so out of wack... like my 'flowing' sexuality, maybe i should see a therapist to clear things? although i feel i should clear things on my own...And lately pressure has become my middle name.
Girl Rocker1987's picture

I hear you

There's nothing wrong with therapy at all, but there are other alternatives.  Depending on how open-minded you are, there is something you might like called Body Talk.  Sounds sexy, doesn't it?  LOL.  Anyway, there's no drugs involved, it's noninvasive and it's cheaper than therapy.  If you are interested, let me know and I will give you some more info.  I was ready to go to therapy for grief and abuse issues.  I was almost at my wit's end, but I couldn't get in with a decent therapist because none of the good ones were taking any new patients or had a waiting list of at least a year.  Then a friend suggested Body Talk.  It changed my life.  Let me know if you want to know more.
LarterWilde76's picture

Hey, yea id like to know

Hey, yea id like to know more about body talk!
Girl Rocker1987's picture

Body Talk

Hey, sorry I'm so slow getting back to you.  Anyway, I don't know what area you live in, but if you will go online and google bodytalk practioner, this should lead you to a site that will tell you more about it.  I don't really understand how all of it works.  I have probably had about 7-8 sessions over the course of 2 and a half years.  It is non-invasive and deals with energy.  It is based on the premise that your body is made up of various chakras and these can get "out of wack."  Body talk puts them back in balance again.  The practioner basically checks all of your systems.  If they are really good, they can even pick up on other things.  The one I see told me about something that happened when I was 4 years old, in detail, that she had no way of knowing.  I had only known her about 15 minutes!  I know many people who have had sessions done and they all loved it.  I originally saw her for grief and abuse issues.  I can't tell you how much one session helped me.  Hope this helps and let me know how it turns out.