findmedaddy -> RE: honesty about sexual orientation (2/22/2007 5:21:26 AM)
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ORIGINAL: defiantbadgirl If I was judging them, I wouldn't be friends with them. Actually, my friends have no problem with my views. When my ex husband's openly gay lover told me the truth, he also told me how wrong he thought it was for my ex husband to tell me he was straight when he was in fact bisexual. He feels the same way I do about honesty. My bisexual female friend labels herself as bisexual even though she is monogamous to her boyfriend because she has engaged in sexual acts with women. She has also engaged in bdsm, but she chooses to go with the mainstream view to prevent any mistakes or misunderstandings. DBG, Don't know if one more comment will matter in the Thread That Ate St. Louis, but for what it is worth, from someone who hasn't commented before: You got hurt by one person who did something dishonest. It really hurts, and I absolutely get that. My first reaction when I get hurt is to try to figure out how to prevent that from happening again. My profile includes, here and there, things I've added to make sure that the same kind of f**ker (no offense, Troll) who hurt me before won't approach me. But the messy thing is that you cannot generalize from the specific of this one relationship. And there is no shield, except for complete solitude, that will protect you from receiving awful surprises from people you love. The next guy who comes into your life may be bisexual and he might not say that upfront, but he still won't be like your husband. He'll be whoever HE is, with HIS baggage and HIS insecurities--and he may be the perfect man for you. What is getting people here upset about your posts is that you keep seeming to say that no matter what *their* experience is, yours trumps it, and you are right. But here's the catch: you are right about your life, your experiences, your opinions. They are right about theirs. It's a great big messy world, and if this stuff were as easy as "wear a nametag and hand out a list of your experiences so I can figure out in advance what I hate about you," some of us might be better off. But it just doesn't work that way. Peace.
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