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- From: tmohler+@cs.cmu.edu (Tim Mohler)
- Subject: Re: Are most of us Hetero guys really that insensitive?
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 00:03:09 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.052706.8291@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> dms4s@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Sailor on the Seas of Fate) writes:
- >
- > I was talking today to my good friend who recently realized she
- >is bisexual, that she is in love with another woman. She knows that I had
- >rather strong feelings for her before she told me about it.
-
- So what? This does not necessarily rule out anything between you.
- In this instance it might, I dunno.
-
- > So today she asks me why I stuck behind her during all this, since
- >I knew she was in love with a woman. I wasn't sure how to respond at first,
- >the question didn't seem to make sense. I mean, I love her and want her to
- >be happy, what other reason do I need?
-
- Trust me... after you get your first couple "you are WHAT?" you'll know
- what's going on.
-
- >I'd like to know, is this a common perception of the hetero male? Are most
- >hetero men seen as only being comfortable with relaitionships with other
- >heterosexuals?
-
- I don't know how they are SEEN, but I can vouch for my experiences.
- And those say yes, most het boyz ARE that insensitive.
-
- I think of myself as relatively sensitive to "alternative relationships,"
- whether gay, poly, whatever. When my (female) SO told me she was
- considering women, I was not surprised, nor did I get excited. I tried
- my best to treat it the same as if she had said "gee, wanna try
- Thai cooking some time?" However, when I brought up this subject with
- a (straight male) friend of mine, he thought that it would pretty
- much end any relationship he had.
-
- >I feel kind of embarrassed that my friend would even have
- >to wonder why I was willing to remain her friend.
-
- You should be. Feel emabarrased not for yourself but for your
- brethren who have made it possible, me included I'm sure.
-
- As a side-note: why do you feel that this friend deciding she is
- bisexual rules out any interest in you? Is it because
-
- (a) she told you
-
- (b) you assume that bisexuals aren't interested?
-
- Or am I reading you wrong?
-
- Tim
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