“NO BI GIRLS”. I get why women fear this but this phrase doesn’t say a lot about her tolerance.
Demands about the kind of message they want. I’ve seen a few women say things like “if you want a message back you’ve got to say more than just ‘great tattoos’ it has to be a really stimulating opener”. Ffs when you’ve got a 3 line profile I don’t have a lot to go on!
Men with any kind of aggression towards women in their profile.
Men with jokes about women that have a nasty streak.
I understand what you’re saying, however as a lesbian the last time I tried dating online I had lots, and I mean SHITLOADS, of nice chats with women who, after a week of working up to ready for a RL date, then dumped on me that they’re happily married and were looking for a side piece / unicorn / partner in cuckolding / you name it.
This was with a thorough profile that clearly stated that I was looking for a monogamous life partner who was a woman or somewhere on the fem to androgynous spectrum.
I also had lots of messages from men, even though my profile was set to receive messages from women only.
In 6 months of trying every day I’d managed one date that went badly. It was bad enough that I gave up on the idea and deleted my profile, and was on my own for a year … then I met my now-wife while doing a sociable hobby. She’s bi, and not weird about it.
Fuck online dating, and fuck any women who attach “bi” to their self descriptions who just want to treat lesbians like a sex toy. It’s their fault we have to put that in our profiles.
It’s the reason the message gets put on profiles, rightly or wrongly … sorry.
If you’re serious then message them authentically anyway (maybe mention that you’re single and serious about a real relationship), 95% won’t care that you’re bi and the remaining gold star lesbians are insufferable anyway ;-)
No mate it’s not that, it’s just that I do a lot of voluntary work in the community and I’ve seen the impact on bi people. Plus my own beliefs are we all have to stand together as a community. I’ve had truly awful experiences with 2 bi partners though so I do get it. Including the classic bi stereotype of cheating on me with a man…
Duly noted … and yes, the community should stick together. But. When it comes to personal choices of who to engage with with a view to forming an intimate bond, then people have to be able to set their own parameters.
Just to be real, if a profile says no bi girls, anyone who is coming into things authentically is just going to respect that (or not want a partner who is okay with biphobic sentiments like that) and simply not message. Anyone you’re trying to exclude is not reading that far.
I’m a bi woman and the same keeps happening to us, too. It has nothing to do with bi or lesbian, there are just shitty people out there. The second I put “bisexual” in a profile I got flooded with requests for threesomes from both men and women.
the seriously ridiculous thing is I’m ALSO married…which came up like, immediately, but apparently she thought because she liked to fuck around I did too. No. I do not.
“NO BI GIRLS”. I get why women fear this but this phrase doesn’t say a lot about her tolerance.
Demands about the kind of message they want. I’ve seen a few women say things like “if you want a message back you’ve got to say more than just ‘great tattoos’ it has to be a really stimulating opener”. Ffs when you’ve got a 3 line profile I don’t have a lot to go on!
Men with any kind of aggression towards women in their profile.
Men with jokes about women that have a nasty streak.
So…many…
I understand what you’re saying, however as a lesbian the last time I tried dating online I had lots, and I mean SHITLOADS, of nice chats with women who, after a week of working up to ready for a RL date, then dumped on me that they’re happily married and were looking for a side piece / unicorn / partner in cuckolding / you name it.
This was with a thorough profile that clearly stated that I was looking for a monogamous life partner who was a woman or somewhere on the fem to androgynous spectrum.
I also had lots of messages from men, even though my profile was set to receive messages from women only.
In 6 months of trying every day I’d managed one date that went badly. It was bad enough that I gave up on the idea and deleted my profile, and was on my own for a year … then I met my now-wife while doing a sociable hobby. She’s bi, and not weird about it.
Fuck online dating, and fuck any women who attach “bi” to their self descriptions who just want to treat lesbians like a sex toy. It’s their fault we have to put that in our profiles.
Lord those are particularly bad experiences I’m sorry you went through that. I see it differently but I understand your point of view
It’s the reason the message gets put on profiles, rightly or wrongly … sorry.
If you’re serious then message them authentically anyway (maybe mention that you’re single and serious about a real relationship), 95% won’t care that you’re bi and the remaining gold star lesbians are insufferable anyway ;-)
No mate it’s not that, it’s just that I do a lot of voluntary work in the community and I’ve seen the impact on bi people. Plus my own beliefs are we all have to stand together as a community. I’ve had truly awful experiences with 2 bi partners though so I do get it. Including the classic bi stereotype of cheating on me with a man…
Duly noted … and yes, the community should stick together. But. When it comes to personal choices of who to engage with with a view to forming an intimate bond, then people have to be able to set their own parameters.
I understand your perspective 😊
Just to be real, if a profile says no bi girls, anyone who is coming into things authentically is just going to respect that (or not want a partner who is okay with biphobic sentiments like that) and simply not message. Anyone you’re trying to exclude is not reading that far.
I’m a bi woman and the same keeps happening to us, too. It has nothing to do with bi or lesbian, there are just shitty people out there. The second I put “bisexual” in a profile I got flooded with requests for threesomes from both men and women.
I’m guessing it hurts even more if those people are appropriating your chosen identifier in order to prey on others :-(
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You don’t have to apologise for the behaviour of others, I just wanted to provide context for why it happens!
Christ, i wonder how many of those women were actually bi and how many were just brainwashed unicorn hunters
All from column 2, I think.
I believe that a large chunk of biphobia comes from LG&T peoples experiences with this sort of thing.
yeah I had an old girlfriend hit me up last year…because she was now married and her hubs wanted a unicorn. Noped so fast I left vapor trails
Big oof (as I’m told the kids say today)
the seriously ridiculous thing is I’m ALSO married…which came up like, immediately, but apparently she thought because she liked to fuck around I did too. No. I do not.
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Yep IME it’s usually painful experiences behind it. What’s the story with bisexual people in China?
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That’s sad but really interesting thanks