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- From: h431@quads.uchicago.edu (heather e blair)
- Newsgroups: soc.bi
- Subject: Re: Biphobic girlfriend!?!
- Keywords: help!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.220231.15773@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 22:02:31 GMT
- References: <9302314.5274@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
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- In article <9302314.5274@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> bhat@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Timothy Alan Heath BELL) writes:
- >
- >After going out with my girlfriend for six weeks (my first girlfiend -- I'd
- >only had boyfriends before), I'm now realising how biphobic she is. I've
- >told her that I'd previously been out with guys, and she was fairly ok with
- >that. We agreed that I wouldn't go chasing them while I was in a relationship
- >with her (i.e. monogamy, not polyamory.
- >
- >This is how it all came up: I was planning to compete in the Australian
- >Gay Games tomorrow, and she was upset at this. I pointed out I wasn't going
- >there to pick up, but because I wanted to participate in a gay-community-type-
- >thing. She wondered why I still wanted to associate with gays, and I said that
- >I wasn't straight, and I wasn't gay, but I still felt a bond to the gay
- >community (a bit, anyway). Then she said I couldn't be both, and I realised
- >where she really was: i.e.: not understanding really the idea of bisexuality.
- >She'd been thinking that by going out with her I'd decided to reject my gay
- >side and turn het (or something like that).
- >
- Is there a bi group nearby you could take her to? Does she have access to
- soc.bi? Maybe you could get ahold of "Bi Any Other Name" or "Bisexual Lives"
- for her.
-
- > - she's not well versed in feminism: I was trying to persuade her that
- > she does have a say in our relationship, and that I didn't want her
- > to agree to things without mentioning her opinion.
- > - she is important to me, and I do want to make this work.
-
- It's important for both people to have a say in a relationship, and that means
- you have a say as much as she does. If you end up always being the one to
- accomodate, then you'll get resentful. I speak from experience :-(
-
- >Thanks for being there, all you imaginary (? :) people out there!
- >
- >Tim.
-
- You're welcome, imaginary person.
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- - Heather Blair h431@midway.uchicago.edu
-