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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Didn't read all the responses, but LOOOOOLLLL at this being "trendy." Parents and other Olds were saying that when I was a teenager-- 20-25 years ago. "It's so ~*trendy*~." Yeah, ever since it became marginally socially acceptable to say it out loud, adults have been calling it a trend, because they hope it will pass. [/quote]

Yup[/quote]Yes, this reminds me of something MIL said to me once.  Dd had told me she was bi and then later that she was a lesbian.  Fine.  We were cool with that.  But it upset her grandmother.  At one point, MIL says to me on the phone something like the fact that every girl goes through this phase and [i]she[/i] even went through it when she was dd's age.  And I said to MIL, uh, no I didn't go through that phase.  After that, I always wondered about MIL's sexual orientation.  But, you know, this is something people should decide for themselves and they may change as they grow older.  That's [i]their[/i] business.

Full disclosure: I did actually try to be attracted to girls once but it failed.   I was in middle school in the 60s and it struck me that boys had the best lives ever and being a girl sucked and so I would try to do whatever boys did because [i]obviously[/i] [heh heh] it was better.  So in 8th grade, I tried to get a kick out of looking at girls' legs, because that's what boys were supposed to do.  No, it just left me cold.  No interest whatsoever.  It took me a few years but eventually I realized that some traditional girls' things were fun - like wearing jewelry and knitting - and that I should do what I wanted to do and stop worrying about whether it was traditional for boys or girls.

God, I love living today.  It's soooo much better than when I was a girl!  While I find this assertion that bisexuality is only a fashion statement annoying - isn't great that we're arguing about it rather than everyone freaking out over kids showing any sign of not conforming with traditional gender roles?[/quote]

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