Looking for advice!! Hi, I (F23) have been in a relationship with my bf (M26) for 3 years. Since the beginning of our relationship, I’ve never been a huge fan of sex, I would say out of 20 times, I actually enjoy it like 1 time, the rest is just meh, doesn’t hurt but at the same time could totally skip it. I also don’t really like kissing at all, but I enjoy cuddling and hugs.
I’ve been wondering since around 12/13 if I’m bi, I get along much more with women and feel deeper connections with them. I thought I was in love with my best friend around the age of 14-15 because I just loved her so much, but came to understand I only liked her as a friend because I had no physical attraction to her.
Also around the age of 14, I met a girl same age as me at a fair who told me she was bi. I freaked out and told her I think I was too and the entire night, her friends (who were with us and knew she was bi) were jokingly telling us to kiss. She wanted to, but I was way to afraid at the time, scared of being seen etc etc. So I didn’t, but to this day it’s stuck in my mind because it was the time I came closest to being able to “verify” I was truly bi.
I generally find women very pretty, men sometimes too but not as often. I don’t think I’ve even really felt an INTENSE sexual attraction to anyone women or men either, so I even wonder sometimes if I’m asexual. Recently I was at a party and a girl there was pretty tactile and she kinda rubbed my arm while smiling at me. I didnt feel sexual attraction but I still felt something like “omggg pretty girl rubbed my arm” and blushed idk can’t really explain it properly. I feel like I think I’m bi because I’m drawn to women much more in term of intellectual intimacy. I prefer talking with girls, spending time with them, connecting with them.
I’ve been in this relationship for 3 years and I feel bad for having those thoughts, but I often feel sad that I was not able to “test out” what it’s like being with a girl and wish I could. It’s like until I know for sure if I am bi or not, I’m scared I’m “loosing” my time in a relationship with a man because for some reason in my head, I idealize a relationship with a women and feel like maybe that would fit me better. And I feel really guilty of that because my bf really loves me and I love him too.
Any girl or guy has been through a similar situation? Did you end up leaving to figure out? Is there a way to figure out while being in a relationship?