In real life? No. But that's probably only because I'm not out. Do I anticipate that happening? If most people are any indication then yes. Online I've encountered people all over the place who don't think it's real, who think you have to be 50/50, who think bi men don't exist, who think you'll eventually "pick a side". The same old crap. Not to mention the bias in the community itself against dating us. We're too queer for straight people, too straight for queer people and we end up feeling unwanted. Hence the reason I think some bisexuals don't come out because they're afraid of rejection. But I honestly love being bi. Wouldn't trade it.
Not that I know of. Ah. Right, some lesbian suggested I don't belong with lesbians... whatever. But otherwise not much bias.
Not really. The only thing that remotely comes close is my roommate from freshman year of college. After I came out on FB, he (who was a Muslim immigrant from Syria) asked me in real-life how I could be attracted to both. Given the homophobia/biphobia of his home country, it wasn't so much deliberate hatred on my roommate's part as it was ignorance. He did accept it once I broke it down to him, though. Also, I just celebrated this roommate getting married to his girlfriend earlier this week.
99% of the people who have said anything about my coming oit as bi/pan have been supportive irl. Only had a few get annoying with the "pick a side" or "bi just means you're gay" nonsense. On line is a different matter, though even there it seems more just homophobia and general hostility towards anything lgbt
I have had a couple gay men tell me that they went through a "bi-phase" too. I just tell them that "I don't see myself ever becoming totally straight". They laugh and never bring it up again.
When i came out as Bi to my late aunt around 5-10 years ago back she orignally said that it was just a phase and i'll grow out of it but she apologized for the statement when she met my BF around 3 years ago (I've since broke up with him but stll in contact) and unfortunatly she passed away around a year ago but in her final years she was extreamly supportive of the LGBT+ community (so much she even attented a Pride event in 2016 (It was the last one before she passed on)
I grew up in a very small, rural school. We had a GSA, but we only had a few people, and I was one of the only ones open about being bisexual. I got a lot of hassle from my parents (pick a side, just come out as gay already, you'll have to choose eventually so you might as well choose now, etc), a few people were weirded out by it or were just really confused but didn't want to ask. I also had some lesbians who scorned me for having dating men before. Actually, I received more scorn from people inside the LGBT+ community for being bi than straight people. The straight people were more confused but afraid to ask so they made assumptions rather than the LGBT+ people who thought I was bringing shame to the community. Once I got out of school and away from my parents, most of the people I've met have been supportive or just haven't really cared about my sexuality. I'm proud of my sexuality, and I didn't really care back in high school what people thought of me being bi.
I was told I could not do this or love 2 people at the same time, or even be with men at all. They are not the authority on whom I love. It took over 50 years of living to allow myself the love I need, and I get it in the ways and from those the ways it shows up. So I have one woman and one man I love more than anything. It is just the way it is.
No one really knows that I am bisexual. Most people think I'm either straight or gay. I had a professor in college teaching a Human Sexuality course, who said that "Bisexual" doesn't really exist.
