It's definitely real one of my homies is has a girlfriend but also likes one of my other friends but he is the only exception they flirt with eachother and his girlfriend but hasn't talked like that to any other dudes
I think this sentiment and rhetoric is deeply reductive and problematic. I've seen this kind of sentiment in queer spaces with relation to both this and other orientation labels, and at best it's out of ignorance, and at worst it's straight up covert biphobia.
To answer your quest I do believe heteroflexible exists and I feel like it would fall under the bi umbrella (of course it's up to individuals if they actually consider themselves under it, many people don't). It's a useful label since someone might have mostly heterosexual attraction with a tiny bit of homosexual or homoromantic attraction.
Yeah, every time I hear someone use it, their description is more like ‘Eh, every once in a while there’s a man who I feel attracted to, but it doesn’t happen often enough that I feel comfortable taking on the label of bisexual’ and it’s usually to do with the baggage associated with the word bisexual (things like bisexual men are just using a stepping stone to come out as gay, or the opposite that the attraction has to be 50/50, or that women don’t like to date bisexual men, that bisexuals are attention seekers or promiscuous or what-have-you).
Not gay but bisexual, and no, heteroflexible usually is those who are heteroromantic bisexual in the sense they are sexually attracted to men and women but only romantically attracted to women. Though oftentimes, I think it's because they are afraid of being labeled as gay if they romantically date a man, so they call themselves heteroflexible.
When I first discovered my bisexuality, I was convinced I still only wanted a girlfriend but over the years my romantic attraction towards men developed and now I could date both long term, because I managed to let go internalized homophobia and freed myself from the heteronormative upbringing I had gone through.
I used to be heteroflexible for a while before realising I was pan. It was really just me denying I wasn’t straight. But it’s kind of an umbrella term under bisexuality. It’s being bi but with a preference (often exists because of internalised homophobia)
Considering OP does not have any other thought on this subject besides the title, and bc I’ve been seeing more and more similar such posts like this (where it’s just a T ), I’m going to assume a bot trying to be divisive.
Ppl already answered well enough. Fuck potential ppl or bots trying to sow further division. Fuck Reddit not trying to crack down since it encourages engagement.
It's definitely real one of my homies is has a girlfriend but also likes one of my other friends but he is the only exception they flirt with eachother and his girlfriend but hasn't talked like that to any other dudes
I think this sentiment and rhetoric is deeply reductive and problematic. I've seen this kind of sentiment in queer spaces with relation to both this and other orientation labels, and at best it's out of ignorance, and at worst it's straight up covert biphobia.
To answer your quest I do believe heteroflexible exists and I feel like it would fall under the bi umbrella (of course it's up to individuals if they actually consider themselves under it, many people don't). It's a useful label since someone might have mostly heterosexual attraction with a tiny bit of homosexual or homoromantic attraction.
Yeah, every time I hear someone use it, their description is more like ‘Eh, every once in a while there’s a man who I feel attracted to, but it doesn’t happen often enough that I feel comfortable taking on the label of bisexual’ and it’s usually to do with the baggage associated with the word bisexual (things like bisexual men are just using a stepping stone to come out as gay, or the opposite that the attraction has to be 50/50, or that women don’t like to date bisexual men, that bisexuals are attention seekers or promiscuous or what-have-you).
Definitely just another word for bi
Not gay but bisexual, and no, heteroflexible usually is those who are heteroromantic bisexual in the sense they are sexually attracted to men and women but only romantically attracted to women. Though oftentimes, I think it's because they are afraid of being labeled as gay if they romantically date a man, so they call themselves heteroflexible.
When I first discovered my bisexuality, I was convinced I still only wanted a girlfriend but over the years my romantic attraction towards men developed and now I could date both long term, because I managed to let go internalized homophobia and freed myself from the heteronormative upbringing I had gone through.
I used to be heteroflexible for a while before realising I was pan. It was really just me denying I wasn’t straight. But it’s kind of an umbrella term under bisexuality. It’s being bi but with a preference (often exists because of internalised homophobia)
Considering OP does not have any other thought on this subject besides the title, and bc I’ve been seeing more and more similar such posts like this (where it’s just a T ), I’m going to assume a bot trying to be divisive.
Ppl already answered well enough. Fuck potential ppl or bots trying to sow further division. Fuck Reddit not trying to crack down since it encourages engagement.
I think the term was made to avoid other labels. At that point, they're either gay or bi. Maybe pansexual