# My daughter (teen) is lesbian or bi, but she hasn't told me.  Should I bring it up?

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> [@Musicat](#):
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> In Other Words, Just A Phase. Or that’s what they used to call it.
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> I’m not authorized, educated, or experienced on this topic, nevertheless :rolleyes:, I say leave her alone unless she approaches you and wants to talk.

Sure, for _some_ people it isn’t. But I would go out on a limb and guess that for the _majority_ of women, their first crush was on another girl, and this may or may not correspond to their actual sexual orientation as adults.

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