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Originally posted by dawnw:
I've never been in that situation, it's just an opinion. When I think of someone who's bisexual, that person obviously has more than one partner, so they are sleeping around. Sometimes people don't care who it is, as long as they are getting some. To me, that's a choice. (I know that wasn't worded very well, but that's my thought.)
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What situation is it that you haven't been in Dawn?
Just as heterosexual, gay, and lesbian people can be monogamous, celibate, serial monogamists, or polyamorous, so to can bisexuals be.
A bisexual person may not be equally attracted to both sexes, and the degree of attraction may vary over time. Just as it is for most lesbian, gay, and heterosexual people, being bisexual is primarily a matter of attraction/orientation... a matter of the heart.
From the Bisexual Resource Center website:
http://www.biresource.org/bisexuality.html
"Bisexuals, like all people, have a wide variety of relationship styles. Contrary to common myth, a bisexual person does not need to be sexually involved with both a man and a woman simultaneously. In fact, some people who identify as bisexual never engage in sexual activity with one or the other (or either) gender. As is the case for heterosexuals and gay men and lesbians, attraction does not involve acting on every desire. Like heterosexuals and gay people, many bisexuals choose to be sexually active with one partner only, and have long-term, monogamous relationships. Other bisexuals may have open marriages that allow for relationships with same-sex partners, three-way relationships, or a number of partners of the same or other gender (singly or simultaneously)."
There are also heterosexual, gay and lesbian people in open marriages. It sounds like you may not know many, or any bisexual people Dawn.