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In the discussion thread: So, when did you know you were a heterosexual/homosexual? [View all]

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 12:56 AM

xmas74 (24,591 posts)

1. Does anyone ever really know?

I identify as hetro but how do I know that someday I won't meet "the one"-and that person is a woman? I don't and I'd be dishonest about what love is if I said that the only person I could ever love would be a man.
I've always thought of myself as "straight", as a child but I wonder how anyone thinks they can make a choice as to who they love. I'm not attracted to other women but how do I know that I haven't met "the right one"?

It's actually a good question you've asked.

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70 replies	Author	Time	Post
So, when did you know you were a heterosexual/homosexual? [View all]	Faygo Kid	Aug 2012	OP
Does anyone ever really know?	xmas74	Aug 2012	#1
physical attraction to certain people	JI7	Aug 2012	#6
I've always been physically attracted to men.	xmas74	Aug 2012	#9
but you can be attracted to people who aren't good for you	JI7	Aug 2012	#13
Oh, I know all about being attracted to people who aren't good for me.	xmas74	Aug 2012	#18
Old Bob Heinlein quote about attraction:	malthaussen	Aug 2012	#24
I can see physical beauty. But attraction is another story.	Faygo Kid	Aug 2012	#28
I'd believe that.	xmas74	Aug 2012	#45
I've not been physically attracted to men or women.	vaberella	Aug 2012	#52
thanks for this great answer	Voice for Peace	Aug 2012	#26
I didn't go through abuse	xmas74	Aug 2012	#46
As I've always said, love knows no gender.	vaberella	Aug 2012	#51
I don't even know if I'm open.	xmas74	Aug 2012	#57
republicans have not made a choice yet	Angry Dragon	Aug 2012	#2
They have...	Archae	Aug 2012	#11
My family and I moved when I was in the 3rd grade...	CaliforniaPeggy	Aug 2012	#3
That's spooky	Shankapotomus	Aug 2012	#65
I knew I was into women the first time a sneaked a look	sadbear	Aug 2012	#4
I did that in the early '60s. And in the early '70s . . .	Faygo Kid	Aug 2012	#22
For as long as I can remember, actually.	malthaussen	Aug 2012	#5
i think most people know early, even Gay kids, but for Gay kids	JI7	Aug 2012	#7
When I first saw a summer Betty and Vernoica comic book...	Archae	Aug 2012	#8
You don't say, Archae?	sadbear	Aug 2012	#10
I'm Archae. (Ar-kay.)	Archae	Aug 2012	#14
Whoops!	sadbear	Aug 2012	#17
Maybe it has...	Archae	Aug 2012	#20
.	sadbear	Aug 2012	#21
Long story.	stevedeshazer	Aug 2012	#12
I'm still deciding.	SmileyRose	Aug 2012	#15
You will never see this post at Fox or Free Republic.	Faygo Kid	Aug 2012	#19
IMHO the whole discussion is just weird.	SmileyRose	Aug 2012	#23
I think I realized I was heterosexual around age 30	bhikkhu	Aug 2012	#16
When I was little, I remember asking my parents	pnwmom	Aug 2012	#25
Cooties? Ah yes. What were they?	Faygo Kid	Aug 2012	#31
Crab lice for the spine, I think...	malthaussen	Aug 2012	#40
A cootie is something boys have in first and second grade.	pnwmom	Aug 2012	#58
Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman	TeamPooka	Aug 2012	#27
Penny, Sky King's niece did it for me	Brother Buzz	Aug 2012	#29
12:30 p.m. on Saturdays in Detroit, after Soupy.	Faygo Kid	Aug 2012	#34
That's a tricky question	dballance	Aug 2012	#30
For me, it was when I looked through the keyhole in the bathroom when my third	WCGreen	Aug 2012	#32
There was a time when I hated females...	MrScorpio	Aug 2012	#33
By the time I was 5.	JDPriestly	Aug 2012	#35
I knew when I was in elementary school. I've been hit on and still am, by both sexes. But my own sex	freshwest	Aug 2012	#36
Debby Castleman put me on the path to hetrosexuality in the 7th grade	1-Old-Man	Aug 2012	#37
Knew for certain?	intaglio	Aug 2012	#38
Little Joe on Bonanza	Oilwellian	Aug 2012	#39
Long before I ever heard either term.	Scuba	Aug 2012	#41
When I was very young I could tell. nt	cecilfirefox	Aug 2012	#42
Later than most, probably.	GaYellowDawg	Aug 2012	#43
I think I'm bisexual.	Maine-ah	Aug 2012	#44
I realized I was heterosexual when	babydollhead	Aug 2012	#47
5-6, my first crush on a girl	Demonaut	Aug 2012	#48
Some time around the age of 10.	MineralMan	Aug 2012	#49
In all honesty, I don't know what I am! n/t	vaberella	Aug 2012	#50
So what if it's a choice?	liberalmuse	Aug 2012	#53
That's the argument I was trying to make upthread.	xmas74	Aug 2012	#68
Kindergarten. I had the hots for a girl named Katie and I didn't even know what "the hots" were.	HopeHoops	Aug 2012	#54
16	Aerows	Aug 2012	#55
Not sure at all	Xyzse	Aug 2012	#56
Watching Batman w/ Julie Newmar as Catwoman.	maveric56	Aug 2012	#59
I was kind of a late bloomer (didn't think about sex/sexuality) much until the end of High School	Proud Liberal Dem	Aug 2012	#60
About 5 - I remember being in the pool	FreeState	Aug 2012	#61
as a little boy, probably around 5-6, I knew i was into men	MNBrewer	Aug 2012	#62
Thank you. And people hate you because of that. Got your back.	Faygo Kid	Aug 2012	#64
I didn't know WHAT it was, but I knew I had it in spades at around the age of six or so.	Kurovski	Aug 2012	#63
The day Tammy M. walked into the room.	cherokeeprogressive	Aug 2012	#66
five	taught_me_patience	Aug 2012	#67
about 5-ish. I wanted to play doctor with my slightly older male cousin....	Raster	Aug 2012	#69
2nd grade, I fell in love with my teacher.	B Calm	Aug 2012	#70

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