Like I said, the B is only for bisexual people not in a hetero relationship
Fuckyoufuckyoufuckyou.
I'm bi, and my most recent relationship was with a man. Since then I've asked out a woman work, (I'm female) but she politely declined, saying she wasn't sexually attracted to women like myself, but appreciated the offer. I then explained to her that I was not technically a lesbian, but bi, since I didn't want everyone at work to get my sexuality wrong just in case she mentioned it to someone.
If I still need to explain my sexuality to people, I don't consider myself "privileged."
I live in the Seattle area. I know most people won't have a problem with my sexuality, but I still inevitably have to explain it sometimes when people are confused: "Wait, are you a lesbian? I thought you just moved out of your boyfriend's place?"
I agree that when I'm with a man, I'm in a "privileged" relationship as a bi person-but even then, it wouldn't be correct to call me straight. Most of the time, of course, I just let it go as it's no ones' business but my partner and mine-but I'm still sexually attracted to a person based on their personality regardless of gender whether I'm with a man or a woman-and that's why I feel the need to speak up about it. Just because I don't feel the need to "explain" my sexuality to every person I meet, it doesn't make the experience of occasionally having to explain it to people I'm attracted to invalid.
This person thinks I deserve to be invisible. That's why I'm so angry with the last sentence of the comment.
