Interesting responses everyone! Thank you for sharing 
In my younger days, I almost certainly would have (and pretty much did, twice). But of course, when you’re young even a serious, committed relationship is almost certainly going to break up anyway, so there’s less concern about giving something a go when it might not work.
Yeah, I wouldn’t go for it as it’s been set up in the OP. I’d be more likely to give it a try with an open bisexual, although the situation has not presented itself.
What gwendee said, but considering how bad I am at picking romantic clues I don’t think it would ever happen. First I’d need a clue by four to know he’s interested, then I’d grill him for an hour until I could get it through my skull that yes, he’s interested… by which time he’d be either sick of me or laughing his ass off.
I certainly wouldn’t start a relationship with someone who doesn’t seem attracted to me. That sounds really sad. Someone being genuinely attracted to you is such a wonderful feeling, why would you begin a relationship without that?
I could see it happening if we were friends, we were really old and not in a phase of life were sexuality was important anymore, and it made sense for living together and taking care of each other. To just have a close, intimate, loving relationship where sexual attraction doesn’t feature, if that is what would make me happy at that time, could work.
I would certainly not be opposed to it for any particular ideological reason, so if we started fooling around because we were attracted to each other, and we took it from there, then that’s fine. But then he wouldn’t be very gay, would he? 
Medium bi, maybe…
Ok so I’m just going to stop beating around the bush and just admit that this question was really about myself. Lately I have been having some pretty intense sexual dreams involving me with women, for the first time since I was basically just coming into puberty. I’ve lived my entire sexual adult life as a gay man and never really considered myself attracted to women. But these days… wow, well let’s just say these dreams I’ve been having are having a powerful effect on me. Perhaps I am not quite as 100% gay as I thought I was! Haha.
So to reiterate, this wouldn’t be some sort of experiment, or trying to fight my gayness. It would be because I am sincerely attracted to a woman and want to try being with her, but would be basically clueless 
I don’t know if I’d be able to get past the question, “why’s he switching teams all of a sudden?” no matter how interested and sincere he acted. For a man who’d never had any kind of romantic relationship with a woman to suddenly want one with all the trimmings, that would seem as out of character for him as it would be for me to ditch my Hawaiian Hunks calendar and replace it with a Bikini Babes one.
Granted, sexuality is a continuum but for someone at the far end to suddenly do a complete 180 would make me go :dubious:
The only reasons why a guy would do that I can think of are a messy breakup of a long-term relationship, or trouble finding a someone of his type that clicks with him so he’s expanding his options. Or as gwendee put it, being his “science experiment.”
Those would be big honkin’ red flags to me when the prospective paramour was a straight man, and the sexual orientation issue would complicate it much further.
If you don’t mind my [del]nosiness[/del] asking, Drew, how old are you? (Don’t worry, I’m not hitting on you :p)
I wrote the above thinking of a guy my own age (creeping up on 40) but if you’re younger that changes my perspective on things.
I’m 26. The funny thing about your post is that I am just coming out of a long-term relationship and am super emotional, and my dreams are probably just a response to that stress, trying to work things out, whatever. But my god… they are quite the sexual dreams, as I said, including me being with women!
Anyhow I’m not saying I’m going to go out and start trying to date women now. I’m quite happy being gay. Just curious how many women might even be open to the idea of a guy like me, who has been gay since pretty much forever, finding new attractions and wanting to try something new if the right lady came along.
If I felt that way, I wouldn’t even bother with presenting myself as a gay going straight. I’d look for a meaningful relationship with a woman and if she were curious about my history, I’d be honest that in the past I found men to be compatible relationship partners but now I find her to be one. I wouldn’t really worry about whether it meant I was gay, bi, or straight.
I have had erotic dreams of having sex with the Hamburglar. Never has it occurred to me upon waking that I should head to the nearest Playplace with a bag of cheeseburgers and no clothing below the waist, however.
Until you have a more complete understanding of what it is that you are looking for, you really shouldn’t be asking for a committed, monogamous relationship with a woman. It would be a terrible idea for both of you.
I would date him, if he chose me because he genuinely felt some attraction to me, and not just because I was the first woman who’d agree to help him explore. Then again, if he was upfront about it just being an experiment, I might be into that, too.
Couldn’t agree more!!! Haha. I’m not into dating anyone (let alone a woman, the idea is almost laughable considering my sexual history) for a good long while, not until I’m on good emotional ground.
Sex with the hamburglar eh? 
Yeah, I thought I remembered you posting about your breakup recently. It sounds like your body ain’t getting no satisfaction so your brain’s getting its fix however it can
When you’re ready to date again and if you find a lady you might be interested in… you might find you like being bi just as well. Good luck and robble robble. 
David Geffen says he was deeply in love with Cher, and deeply attracted to her, and she broke his heart. Other than that he seems 100% gay. Anomalies happen. I’d just be very suspicious about being a gay man’s anomaly.
If one of my gay friends had approached me when I was single and wanted to start dating I would have said hell, no.
If he asked to have sex cause he wanted to see what it was like, I would have said yes.
Judging from the responses in this thread, that makes me a freak.
(Sex is just sex, people.)
If i had to pick one, I’d definitely pick one night of weird drunken sex than trying to have a relationship with the guy. But it’s still very unlikely I’d do it. Sex with someone who isn’t exactly into it would just be embarrassing.
I’d absolutely love it as long as he was cool with the fact that I’m asexual. I’m a great listener, awesome back-scratcher, generally quite affectionate, and perfectly content to have a sexless relationship.
But the OP was specifically asking about a guy who wanted a capital-R relationship, not just a tumble.
And some people just aren’t into casual sex. There’s nothing wrong with it, it just isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.
(Now if you were willing to have sex with the Hamburglar just for the hell of it, that would make you a freak in my book.)
Well, I’ve dated a closeted gay man before. I choose to think he dated me because he figured if he could be attracted to any woman, it would be me. 
He and I make much better friends than lovers, but I wouldn’t be closed to the idea. Mostly because I believe sexuality is a lot more fluid than gay/straight/bi. Kinsey scale and all that.
Dating is all about experimentation. Is this person right for you? Are you compatible? It seems to me, at least in my experience, that compatibility goes far beyond what bits the two parties have and love comes in more flavors than familial and sexytimes.
Also, in reaction to this:
Gay men aren’t any nicer than straight men, but typically women can be confident that they see us as more than sex objects. Many straight women feel more comfortable with gay men because, generally speaking, our friendships with them are on a more equal ground. There’s a lot less worry about giving the wrong sort of signals.
As far as “if you aren’t attractive to them, you lose either way”? I suppose if you find women’s company abhorrent unless there’s a promise of sex, I guess you do lose. I don’t think that’s a particularly shocking statement, though what women find attractive is often rather more of a spectrum that includes looks, grooming, behavior, et cetera. There are undoubtedly women who find power and money sexy and only go after men who have both. These are not women even powerful and wealthy men should date if they’re interested in happy relationships.