So going back to the OP. Would it be acceptable to find a woman who becomes your wife's lover and you create your own bisexual relationship. Or is it essential that you have an existing bi female to commence proceedings?
The trouble with lables is that they are so restrictive. I have been labled as bi for longer than I care to remember, however that is the lable that explains the sex of the people who atract me.
I do not consider myself bi, I just consider myself fussy...There is a certain atitude I find irisistabe be it in straight, bi, or gay .. male,female or homaphrodite people....
Does what atracts me make me bi? I dont think so. Does the sex of the people who atract me make me bi? ..perhaps.
i am not sure how ethical it is to draft in a committed homosexual, in order to fabricate a bi encounter. surely it's going to compromise a lesbian's core beliefs?
ah so cherchez la femme! ve vill be needing ze monsieur hercule poirot n'est ce pas?
ok got bored reading so just diving in n replying now so sorry if already covered i describe myself as bi but in the past after some same sex fun i have turned to mr b and said hmmm not so sure i'm all that bi after all then sometimes after a particularly good bit of play oh yes i am deffo bi so i ended up drawing the conclusion that it is not the gender i'm attracted to but the person sometimes i hit it off sexually with someone of the same gender sometimes i don't same as with folks of the opposite gender so i much prefer the term kaz used pansexual esppecially as i am more n more often finding myself turned on by pre op transexuals
its all very confusing :silly:
Blimey! This is more complicated than ordering breakfast in America.
I consider myself to be a strait female as we don`t actively seek just bifems or bifem couples, I`m not even "curious" however on a few occassions when we have been out and about I have kissed and played with other fems simply because it was a highly sexy situation and I had a gorgeous voluptuous lady infront of me, but I didnt go as far as a bifem would, I suppose for want of a better phrase I was a "pillow princess" but being a bit of a sub it wasnt an issue for either of us and I really enjoyed the whole situation.
Its been said before, its not the gender of the person that makes us do things, for me its the person themselves and if i find them attractive ofcourse I am going to want to kiss and touch them.
I havent got a clue about anything which is labelled to be honest as I think, like what has been said already, its the situation you find yourself in that leads you to the sexual encounter that takes place.
The term bi seems to me (my point of view only not based on research) something that you can turn on and off as you see fit in a given situation and sexual attraction is intuitive. I can find both men and women attractive sexually but I dont do anything other than think that and do not act upon that thought. Thats because I find the 'play' rules too confusing. So I get my jollies from talking as that way I can chat to one and all and dont give a hoot about their sexual preferances.
Will I ever have an encounter with a woman? maybe but if I do I wont have a label saying I am bi. It will just mean I have had an incredibly good sexual experience different to what I have had in the past.
Fascinating thread, glad I decided to pop into the forum again:-) Until a few weeks ago my profile on this and any other site I was a member of described me as straight. I changed this to bi-curious because I realised that in the right situation m/m contact could well be fun and add to the overall enjoyment, although my primary interest is and always will be females. Also I believe honesty is important.
Kaz's use of pansexual, or perhaps just open-minded is probably a better personal description because I agree with Corrie and others that it is the person that is attractive, irrespective of how their bits are arranged. Perhaps we are too hung up on trying to label or classify everything and everyone because things in boxes are easier to get hold of:-)
i can't help but think that a few decades ago the idea of being bi was most unheard of. people had 3somes or moresomes.
so i think that now people see bi people as the people who are going to fulfill the fantasy of a good old fashioned 3some.
which introduces another layer of obstacles and successes. so one wonders if an encounter as a 3some is remarkably different to 2 plus a bi?
so does bi just arrive at being a label or a sexuality? because it seems that in can be temporary, permanent, borrowed or stolen for the sake of fulfilling sex needs or taken on as an identity in the pursuit of a lifestyle.
it also sounds as if any of these uses can be applied or not in conventional or swinging scenarios.
i think that going by other threads the way bi is perceived is leaving people confused. not so much about the sexuality but about the meaning and intentions of the labelling.
well i think that labelling has been an important factor in how people live their lives. it doesn't work for all types, but it has brought focus and direction.
and this is a combined effort across other forms of media. the machine is waiting there for anyone to hop on and see what kind of journey they can go on.
its a great time to fulfill what you are, because there is so much assisting your chosen lifestyle.
but i think also its as much to do with consumerism as life affirming decisions.