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[quote=Anonymous][quote]You're probably going to get some mean responses so I'm glad I'm the first to weigh in. My SD could have gone to the same school as yours. Exact same scenario (except she came out as bi). Agreed that it makes no difference to me or her parents what her sexual orientation is. But I've known her since she was 11 (just starting to like boys, had crushes, asked me about boys ALL the time). In 9th grade she started at her new school where all her friends (and I do mean all) were either gay, bi, gender-fluid or pan sexual. Within a few weeks of hanging out with them she came out as bisexual.

She's mostly had boyfriends, a few girlfriends who seemed more like buddies to me than girlfriends (though it could just be that those girls were less physically affectionate in public with her than her boyfriends were). Anyway I know her pretty well and think she just really wanted to fit in and have a "tribe" in high school (she was bullied and didn't have a lot of friends in middle school). [b]Again, either way it doesn't matter but I think when she goes off to college or after she graduates or whenever she ends up finding a life partner, it'll be a straight relationship.[/b]

OP here. This is our situation completely! I've heard her talk about boys for so long, this statement from her really through me for a loop. I wonder if it is the same school. Thanks for sharing your experience. We'll just continue to support her and see what happens.[/quote]

So what?  There are a lot of people who are for all intensive purposes straight (sleep with the opposite sex, have relationships with the opposite sex), who do have some bisexual leanings.  I am married to a man, have only had boyfriends, and my one homosexual sexual encounter with a woman was in college.  However, I am somewhat sexually attracted to women, even though I am not interested in pursuing relationships with them, and in most instances I would rather sleep with a man.  Because socially, I am straight, that is how I identify.  But someone else in my shoes might identify as bi due to that slight attraction to women.[/quote]

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