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Other - I identify with [insert own name here]. Let me explain... I dated a woman once who dated a woman just prior to dating me (I'm male). We were having bee

Other - I identify with [insert own name here]. Let me explain... I dated a woman once who dated a woman just prior to dating me (I'm male). We were having beers with a mutual friend and upon hearing that fact, our mutual friend said "wow, I didn't know you were bisexual Jen" (not her real name). Jen's response..."I'm not bisexual...I'm Jen. I don't believe in labels." I'm not Atheist, Agnostic, or Lutheran (the religion my parents chose for me). I'm Chad. I haven't used a label for anyone's politics, religion, sexual preference, or other complicated matters since. Thank you Jen. The best part...you get to focus on getting to know someone on a personal level instead of arguing about definitions :)

Zikes 12y ago
I understand wanting to avoid labels to avoid associating yourself with the cultures and assumptions that come with them, but you can't avoid them all. If you go to a Christian church and believe in their ideologies, that makes you a Christian. If you're willing to get into a relationship with a person of either gender, that makes you bisexual. If you're open to the idea of an omnipotent deity but don't subscribe to any particular one, that makes you agnostic. If you're reading this, that makes you human. They're just facts of life.