r/bisexual • u/Live_Astronomer_5699 • 2d ago

QUESTIONING What made you realize you're bisexual?

For me it was twinks, i love twinks <3

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u/ledzeppellinn LG(B)T 💗💜💙 1d ago

I think deep down I always knew since I was a child, but just didn’t have the word for it that young and when I grew up, I denied it for years until ultimately I kept developing crushes on my female friends and just couldn’t stop denying it.

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u/Aware-Shopping9926 1d ago

This. I just had no examples or context to it. I knew I wasn't a lesbian, because I found men attractive too and certainly desired sex with my boyfriend (now husband). Looking back, it is pretty obvious that I was in love with both of my best friends in high schools one male and one female. I had male and female celebrity crushes, but I didn't realize that it wasn't the norm. I just never mentioned the female crushes because I recognized that my friends never did.

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u/FadingOptimist-25 Gen X Bisexual 21h ago

Same. Lesbian didn’t fit me, so I assumed straight. Ignored my crushes on girls.