Coming out as bi in a relationship
Recently I’ve done a lot of self exploration and have come to terms with the fact that I’m bisexual. I’ve realized that a lot of the traits I thought I admired in women were actually traits in the sort of women I wanted to be with, much to my own dismay. That being said, I’m in a long term relationship with my boyfriend for a little under three years but I’ve been feeling overwhelming anxiety about my more recent discovery and wanting to explore that aspect of myself. Part of me thinks that telling him my feelings is the right thing to do and will subside my need to act on it, but I’m also more so afraid of how he will react. I’m 20 and I’ve only ever dated men, I’ve never had any experiences with women or others, I also come from a fairly religious family so I hadn’t ever really considered my feelings until I moved away. I guess I’m just not sure on how to proceed because I don’t want this to affect the relationship, especially because part of me is scared that because I haven’t experienced it that I’m just completely wrong about myself, but I also don’t know how to keep pushing this feeling down. How should I approach this?
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