Am I not attracted to men if I get 'the ick' constantly?

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I've identified as bisexual for basically as long as I've had a sexuality. I've been in one high school relationship with a man and have had talking stages with men. I basically have no experience with women, even though I'm as open to dating them as I am with men. I just never make the first move, and men make first moves more often than women do.

I'm in the talking stage with a guy for about three or four days so far and I don't know if it's because he's already very clingy (and this is coming from me, a super clingy person) or not but anything he does or say I get 'the ick' from. His bad grammar, his cheesiness, the videos he posts of him in the gym, basically all of it, but he's not doing anything actually wrong or deal breaker worthy, just accidentally turning me off to an impressive amount.

But then I realize I get this reaction from the majority of men I try to look at with a romantic lens. I often find myself thinking "if he was a woman this wouldn't be as annoying/gross/awkward as it is right now". Could this be a sign I'm just a lesbian and not bi or do I just have like really high standards for men that I don't have with women?

Posted May 26, 2022, 1:01 PM UTC

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