# I don't understand homosexuality... **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 12, 2001, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-homosexuality/65219 "2001-05-12T16:34:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-homosexuality/65219/21 "2001-05-15T04:27:37Z")
Alright, fine, must I admit yet again to my undying passion for Sophia Loren and Jeri Ryan? I can’t help it! ( 😉 ) Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-homosexuality/65219/22 "2001-05-15T07:49:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > \*\*Alright, fine, must I admit yet again to my undying passion for Sophia Loren and Jeri Ryan? > > I can’t help it! > > ( 😉 ) > > Esprix \*\* Don’t forget Annie Lennox and Famke Janssen. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-homosexuality/65219/23 "2001-05-15T07:55:38Z")
I have no passion for any females, famous or otherwise…does that mean I’m actually gayer than Esprix? 😃 jayjay ---
**Author:** ![gadgetgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@gadgetgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gadgetgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-homosexuality/65219/24 "2001-05-15T10:01:35Z")
tab A into slot B. what’s to understand? ---
**Author:** ![Aghris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-homosexuality/65219/25 "2001-05-15T11:26:26Z")
I go with **MrVisible** and **Mekhazzio** on this one. People fall in love with other people all the time regardless of gender. I think I love my female friends in the same way as I love my boyfriends in the past. However, with my female friends I do not have the urge to hump them or to fondle them at inappropriate times. The emotional part is still there though. However, when you decide to spend somewhat longer with a person (i.e. getting a relationship) you develop a stronger bond because of that ‘exclusiveness’ that you don’t have with other friends. I think it really is the physical factor that you are attracted to that makes the only difference. For example, not too long ago I met a wonderful girl. She had all the characteristics of the person that I would want to spend my life with and actually thought for a while that I wasn’t really 100% gay. We shared interests and everything. However, on sexual level we were completely incompatible. I just couldn’t ‘get it done’. Were she a guy though, I’m absolutely positive that we would have been together still… ---
**Author:** ![Aghris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-homosexuality/65219/26 "2001-05-15T11:27:55Z")
Aargh!! One time no preview and look where it takes me! Excuse the bolding please. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-homosexuality/65219.md?page=1)