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Originally Posted by madeye
The common ideology is that a bi man is just waiting for the right man to make him gay.... and a i bi woman is just waiting for the right man to make her straight.
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That's a very concise and well put way of summing up the misconception society seems to have. This, despite cases like Lou Diamond Phillips' wife leaving him for Melissa Etheridge (they've split up now I believe) or many others my sleepy mind can't think of at the moment. I don't know what the percentage is in these situations but I'd be surprised if it's tilted too heavily toward one sex or the other.
As to your other question of level of comfort being with someone with a bi-sexual past, I'm of course coming at it from the other direction (being gay myself) but I think the same philosophy pretty much holds. It mostly doesn't matter. A person is either going to commit to you or they're not. If they "cheat" or fall out of love with you does it really make a difference if it's for a straight or gay relationship? I guess the concern would be there are twice as many opportunities - as mentioned in one of the old Ellen Degeneres TV episodes "Bi-World has twice as many rides as Straight-World".
I've never had that situation arise personally, but I don't think I'd be very concerned. Interesting question, though . . . .