What kind of first name did you choose?
{{{{{{Number Six}}}}} Welcome to the club, sister! 
I’d love to hear your story. Also any makeup tips you might have are always helpful.
I came out to my family yesterday. Their reaction was “We’ll support your feelings privately, but please, PLEASE don’t embarrass us in public!”
Typical.
I started a new thread to talk about this. You’ll find the answer to your question in the thread linked in my sig.
Well, since this thread has been ressurected and linked to - why not?
Up until the time when I had my first boyfriend at 17, all my throughts were pretty much romantic rather than sexual. It was only in the next several years that I realized I was also attracted to women. Since I was, and still am, in a long-term relationship with a guy, I figured I could ignore it. The first person I told my suspicions to was a doper, who gave me some good advice. She also asked me if I was worried my boyfriend wouldn’t take it well, which made me laugh. Up to that point, I was the only girlfriend he’d had that wasn’t bi. I stopped thinking about it for another year, and then I told him. He wasn’t shocked or upset. Since then, I’ve told my best friends, as well as a whole buncha dopers. Among other groups of friends, I don’t try to hide it but I haven’t said anythign straeight out ebcause I see no need. My family would definitely be accepting, my uncle is gay and very supported, but frankly, the less my parents know about my sexuality, the better. Yick.
I just don’t like the term bisexual. It seems to have so many implications to me that I don’t identify with. It also feels a little dishonest, as I’ve never even kissed a girl, nor do I plan to. I think I prefer just accepting myself as me and leaving it at that.
If my current relationship were to end (which I doubt it will), I would definitely try dating women, nor would I be afraid to bring them home to my family.
Oh, and one more kind of amusing note, between being totally open about it and many people knowing, there was a pit thread in which I was accused by several people of being a homophobe. Poor matt_mcl, who knew, had to wander into the thread and say: “She’s not a homophobe! Just… TRUST ME.” Hee.
I have no idea if I have made this up or if I heard it somewhere, but I have mentally adopted the term “ambisexual” for precisely the reason you mention above.
I’m female, married (to a man) and monogamous - but I don’t think I have an actual sexual orientation, let alone preference. I happened to meet and fall in love with and commit myself to a man, but I could have gone either way. “Bisexual” seems to imply “both ways.”
I say we revive the attempt!
At this point, I feel like pretty much any label is restrictive rather than freeing to me. But I’ve never heard ‘ambisexual’ before. I’ll keep it in mind.
I realized I was bi when I was 15. The first person I ever dated was a girl. In retrospect, I had a huge crush on a friend a had in middle school. I’ve dated a few girls, slept with a few.
I knew a lot of girls in HS who claimed to be bi because it was sexy or cool or whatever. I was always annoyed by those girls. I’m 21, and I’m still very much bi.
I forgot about coming out.
As far as friends are concerned, I’m completely out. At work, I don’t brag about it, but I don’t deny it. My parents don’t know, and I don’t know how they’d take it (Mom would probably be okay, Dad would freak). Little sister’s cool.