Upon telling three of my best friends within a week that I was bi, the fourth (a guy who comes off as extremely Camp Straight) says: "What the fuck?" Jerk Ass right? Wrong. Immediately, he says: "Me too." and we proceeded to make out epically.

Another instance: On a campout with several close friends, I was texting one girl (Who was right across the table but my parents were also right there) and she was grilling me, wanting to know if I was gay. I covertly texted the aforementioned liplocked bi friend if I should come out to her and he said to go for it. So I told her I was bi and guess what? ''She's bi too.'' '''''And has a hot boyfriend who is also bi.''''' #QUOTE# Her: "Threesome?"

With that many bi people, surely three is a pretty low score?

I 'came out' to my homeboy with a PDA which led to something else... when we were done he said "Oh, so you're a fruit too? Cool" but then my sister came into the room and we started to make out on the bed "Oh, so you're bi. Cool".

So you made out with your sister in front of your homeboy, or made out with your homeboy in front of your sister, or... what? I'm confused.

So either he made out with his sister or his sister's a YaoiFangirl who thinks her brother making out with boys is hot? No, not cool. Bizarre.

I had the following conversation with my mom: #QUOTE#Mom: Oh, I remember back when I dated Lisa... #QUOTE#Me: You're bi? #QUOTE#Mom: Oh, yeah, so as I was saying-

Best mom ever.

My boyfriend found out like this. We were texting, and he said "I'm watching a show, and this couple is getting it on... turn to channel 254" "Oh, that chick is hot." "Yeah... Hey wait, you're a girl too! Is there something you need to tell me?" "I'm bi. I think." "Oh, cool. Threesome?"

This troper is bisexual, and it usually comes out in times he and someone are discussing someone's hotness.

This Troper has to do this a lot it seems. In the first instance, her best friend admitted herself to being bisexual. #QUOTE#"I never told you because I thought you'd hate me..." #QUOTE#"I'm bisexual too you know..." #QUOTE#"Huh? What? You don't seem like it!" #QUOTE#"I didn't make it obvious enough!?"

This Troper actually had a very funny one. I had attended the 2008 Pridefest parade, and there was footage of it. With me in it. For those that don't know, Pridefest is a parade for gays, lesbians, and bisexuals to walk and feel proud about their sexuality. Some of my friends saw the particular footage of me, and despite my fear of them not associating with me, they actually just shrugged it off.

Pridefest is to celebrate gay culture, but it's not exclusively FOR members of the LGBT community. Straight people are more than welcome to attend as well.

Do they have those in Spain? Dragging my semi-homophobic best friend to one would be the easiest coming out ever.

A friend of this troper: "...." "Why aren't you talking?" "...[scribbles: It's national gay day, and I'm Bi.]" "[=OoooKay=]. Awkward..."

This troper has been sort of invoking this trope when he found out which tropers were bi when he read the NoBisexuals Troper Tales page.

This troper once had the following conversation with a friend: #QUOTE#"Hey, National Coming Out Day is tomorrow!" #QUOTE#"Hmm, I should probably take advantage of that." #QUOTE#"So...that means..." #QUOTE#"I'm bi." #QUOTE#"Hey, me too." #QUOTE#"High five."

This troper, so used to being out that he sometimes forgets new people don't know already. Tends to be every so often troper gets a case of "Wait, you're gay?" "Huh? Oh, no, I'm not that picky."

This troper and her best friend are always arguing about sexuality, religion, sexuality and it's place within religion, etc. The following conversation ensued: #QUOTE# Me: Would you mind if i was bi? #QUOTE# Her: Only if you tried it on. #QUOTE# Me: Well, that's alright then. #QUOTE# Her: (Half a minute later) Wait, what?!? #QUOTE# Me: I was checking to see if you minded. #QUOTE# Her: Oh...

I am probably bi.

Welcome to the world of not being completely sure. Isn't it chaotic? ^.^

Indeed.

Quite.

Gun}} Aye.

Yeah.

It feels... odd. Very odd.

Verily.

;-;

Is there any room in the world of not being completely sure for This Tropette?

And me too?

Joining the group.

If you're not sure, just say you are. That's part of the beauty of bi: if you say you're straight, or that you're gay, but occasionally act in a way that's counter to that identity, it's sexuality dissonance. But if you say you're bi, it doesn't matter if later you settle to one side or the other. "I thought you were bi?" "I am. This just happens to be how things turned out."

Actually, its better to say queer if you're still not completely sure. If it ends up being a phase after all, it messes up the already-low credibility of the existence of bisexuality.

Or straight.

This (male) Troper recently got back from an anime convention (specifically, Nekocon), and was discussing with a couple of friends what each of us had bought. I mentioned that I had bought four [=DVDs=], and pointed out that I found it hilarious that the [=DVDs=] I had bought were split into such different genres. The first two? {{ResidentEvilDegeneration}} and {{DeadSpace}} Downfall. The others? Both yaoi. They seemed a little surprised at first, but didn't make much of it and the conversation continued on. Later on I mentioned that I had also bought a pair of cat ears, since my girlfriend wanted some. This revelation led to a funny little exchange: #QUOTE#Friend 1: Do...do you watch yaoi with your girlfriend? #QUOTE#Me: Sometimes, yeah. #QUOTE#Friend 2: That's an...interesting relationship. Incidentally, the time I told my girlfriend I liked yaoi was also {{BiTheWay}}.

I didn't know one of my friends was bi until she stayed overnight at my friend's place in order to attend an out-of-town funeral. Troper's gossip mostly focused around activities at the church where she works. Her friend's response to all of her stories was, "Your conversation is so ''wholesome''. I think the only religious experience I've had lately was that I slept with a seminary student a couple weeks ago. Which reminds me, I need to call her."

@/{{Dinru}}, who is pansexual but identifies as bi, often invokes this trope. Especially hilarious in this conversation with a few friends involving the "That's what she said" phrases; #QUOTE#First friend: That's what she said! #QUOTE#Second friend: A straight girl can't say that! You have to say "That's what he said." #QUOTE#Me: What about a bisexual girl? #QUOTE#Second friend: I guess it doesn't matter then. #QUOTE#Me: Yay, I get to choose! #QUOTE#Second friend: You're bi!?! #QUOTE#First friend (who I was already out to): *giggles*

That might be ok for girls, but this gay troper has come against severe resistance when attemtping 'that's what he said,' even from a bisexual guy.

This (other), gay troper never has problems using it, even around other gay people. It may be that this troper is made of that much win.

Yet another bi troper here who uses both. I tend to use the gender that best fits the double entendre.

This troper, a straight (read: bisexual ''masquerading'' as straight) female, always uses 'That's what she said'. ''Even better'' when it makes no sense within the double entendre, which tends to provoke a hilarious 'Hahahaha- Wait, what?' type reaction from friends.

This Troper tends to crack a lot of jokes about being a guy, so it's no surprise when she came out to one of my friends she thought This Troper was kidding. This Troper spent about five minutes laughing my head off while telling her, "No seriously. I'm bi."

This troper awkwardly forgot to tell her new (male) significant other that she, um, swings both ways. Said significant other found out during a game of "never have I ever", where this troper admitted to having a relationship with someone of the same sex, and simultaneously found out that everyone else already knew.

I hvve never is brilliant for this; #QUOTE# Friend: I have never been in a relationship with someone of my own sex. #QUOTE# Me: (Reaches for drink) #QUOTE# Group: What?!? #QUOTE# Me: (Shrugs) #QUOTE# Boyfriend: (Smirk)

This Troper was on the receiving end of the lesbian equivalent of this. Once in the hallway, this troper's friend , who she's hung out with on a regular basis for years, runs by and quickly says "I'm gay. Don't tell Erika." Aforementioned friend is very random and we were in seventh grade, so I was very casual about this. Homosexuality never came up in our many conversations and I never even bothered to ask if she was serious. I found out about four years later when she causally mentioned that she got a girlfriend at camp.

This troper apparently acts both pretty gay and pretty straight at times. His friends, so fed up with his odd behavior, asked him frustratedly, "Are you gay or straight?" Confused, he said "Uh... neither. I thought you guys knew!" Cue "Ohhhhh"s from friends.

You should have said "yes."

The local alternative paper where this troper lives runs an annual sex survey; last year, when reporting the results they commented that slightly fewer respondents identified as bisexual, they added, "Made up your minds, have you?" Hilarity ensued. And wouldn't monogamy qualify as making up your mind?

Actually, if you are bisexual and monogamous, you're still bisexual. It doesn't stop you from being attracted to people any more than for the monosexual folk. For instance, I am bisexual and in a relationship with a boy that will likely result in marriage. That said, I get squiggly feelings when thinking about Mari Makinami. Because I likey the girls and the boys, regardless of who I fell in love with.

This troper frequently finds himself in this situation in one of two ways. Either he makes a comment about a guy being attractive, and there's a moment of awkward silence followed by 'um...I'm bi?', or he makes a comment about a ''girl'' being attractive...and there's a moment of awkward silence followed by 'DAMMIT, I'M BI!'. RG here was especially unamused when he had to explain to his own mother that he was bi, not gay, and that he had been bi for quite a while now. Fun times.

This has happened to this troper at least four times. When my brother found out about one of them, I realized he didn't know about the rest, so I told him. The next day one of them confronts me. #QUOTE# Friend: You told him?! #QUOTE# Me: That... was a secret?

I'm bisexual. But I was pretty much asexual all through my teens, I'm only out to about half my family, and most of my celebrity crushes are men (I'm more interested in dating women than men, but the things I want to do with Jack Davenport aren't for talking about in public), so it continues to surprise people that I'm not straight. And that surprises me itself, actually; I've always thought that from the way I act and look more people would guess the other way. But apparently I look so straight I had one coworker who kept forgetting (or "forgetting") that I'm bi after I asked her to please not use "gay" as a derisive word around me since I find that kind of offensive. At one point she started telling me how much her father hates one of his employees since the employee is gay, and she hates bisexual boys. When I made an "O RLY?" face at her she backpedaled to clarify that she hates bisexual ''boys,'' bisexual women are okay with her. We're not ''that'' gross since we "don't take it up the butt".

Oh, that is...

Yeah, innit? That job has the dubious honor of being the only one in all my thirty years that I've ever walked off with no notice. When the coworker's supervisor started using "that's so gay" after I asked to talk to my coworker about that, and they turned me in to HR over my making one lame joke ("that's why I don't go to gay clubs, most of the women are straight") while they were talking about how they liked to go dancing at gay clubs because gay bois are gross but they're harmless, and the HR officer wouldn't let me leave her office because I was just shaking with rage between her patronizing "you shouldn't tell people you're gay, it makes some of them uncomfortable" speech and the fact that I ''knew'' we wouldn't be having that conversation if I was straight, I just couldn't go back there. But that's off the point of the trope now. So.

Oh my friend at university also has similar feelings. He honestly believes woman-gays are somewhat different from Men-gays. In some way which makes no sense to anyone at all besides himself...exceptWe All Have Ideas. Honestly it offends me because he's hating on half of myself by being all homophobic and descriminative.

This unknown troper used to be in a World of Warcraft guild full of happy fun times and socializing and all that. We had 4 guild leaders, 2 of which are married to each other and have kids. The woman in that relationship is bi, leading to all sorts of fun non-offensive comments in guild chat. We didn't really care that much other than having another topic to bring up in casual conversation. And one of the other guild leaders is bi. We didn't know until the guild was nearly dead, and when he came out, he expected us to start hating him and such. We didn't care, it just made guild chat a bit more interesting for a few days. Oh what fun a good social guild can be.

Subverted/inverted/some-sort-of-verted or just plain vehemently denied, in that This Troper recalls a poster on a forum that who would go on at length about her bisexuality, claiming that it was not physically possibly to fulfill her needs without both a boyfriend and a girlfriend at the same time. Said poster claimed to be monogamous on a per-gender basis (duogamous?), but anyone suggesting that she ditch the girlfriend for the boyfriend or vice versa was quickly shouted down as not understanding bisexuality and keeping her from having her needs met. Oh, and other bisexuals who are content with just one or the other? Just confused gay or straight people.

Methinks someone is suffering the bisexual version of HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday. Or she doesn't understand what "bisexual" means. Seriously, saying you need both at once is like saying because one has found, say, both short and tall women attractive one must simultaneously date one of each.

She probably does need (want) both at once. Polyamory, anyone?

Happened to this troper when she casually mentioned her ex-girlfriend in conversation. Her friends did a collective DoubleTake, one asked if she'd ever considered hooking up with the lesbian in the group (she hadn't), and then they went back to making the pepper shaker talk.

When this troper came out to her mother it was basically just yelling "Hey mom, I'm bi!". Considering her mom's open minded nature, her response was something along the lines of "That's nice". And not in the "I'm not listening, shut up" way either.

This troper is bi but comes off as outright asexual. He doesn't feel the need to show it off or tell anyone unless they're the target of his interest... so he's waiting not for the day someone says, "wait, you're bi?" so much as the day people say, "wait, you're into humans?" He also spends time on some forums for the ''{{Exalted}}'' tabletop RPG where it seems to be a default assumption that you're bi or are comfortable with the bisexuality of others.

Ditto for this troper, except for the bi part. I don't like the courting process, and past amorous experiences has left him with a bad taste in his mouth, so I come of as asexual as well. However I would like to find someone to love, and I do hope to marry some day.

This Troper subverts that. She is indeed bi, but is not into humans. I'm weird, but I have an explanation. And I'm going for Don't Explain the Joke unless someone asks.

This troper has had several of these, being a mostly closeted bisexual (I'm usually afraid people will judge me with bisexual stereotypes like "only says she likes girls for attention" or "is actually gay and in denial" or "whore"). So the first time was with her best friend in the spring of her sophomore year of high school. #QUOTE#Friend: I wish I had a bisexual friend! I mean, they're so cool and open-minded! #QUOTE#Me: Errr...you do have a bisexual friend. #QUOTE#Friend: Oh my God! I DO? WHO? What do you know that I don't? #QUOTE#Me: I'm bi. #QUOTE#Friend: Oh. I wasn't expecting that. This is surprisingly awkward. #QUOTE#And then my bi friend and I accidentally came out to each other. #QUOTE#Friend: So apparently there's this scale of gayness with 0 being asexual, 1 being completely straight, 2 being bi and preferring the opposite gender, 3 being bisexual, 4 is gay leaning toward the same gender and so on. #QUOTE#Me and her simultaneously: I'm a 3. #QUOTE#Friend: Oh shit. Are you serious. #QUOTE#Me: Yup. You? #QUOTE#Friend: Yup. Cool beans.

This troper was worried about coming out to her mother, who had expressed disapproval of bisexuality in the past. Eventually, she plucked up courage to drop it into everyday conversation, and was amazed to find her mother wasn't all that surprised. She's the only family member I've come out to, but I'm fairly sure my brother is aware of it and most of my friends seem to be able to tell before I come out (or they think I'm gay), so it may be a case of TransparentCloset. My sexuality does tend to come up in conversation a lot with my online friends, probably because most of them aren't straight either.

This troper's first coming-out experience was over the internet, to a friend who was already a little bit out of the closet, so the reaction was pretty much "welcome to the club!" She came out to most of her older friends over the internet, actually, after another (female) friend asked her out and she had to explain that no, she did not have a sexuality-based issue with this. Or any, really, though the date never did happen. With the newer ones, it was pretty much "So yeah, I'm bi," almost inevitably resulting in "oh? okay, cool."

This bisexual Troper has done this quite a few times since starting university, mostly just by mentioning that she goes to the LGBT group meetings. Her favorite, however, was when she was sitting in a bar with three friends (two bi and one gay), and this happened: #QUOTE# Friend: So... wait, is everyone at this table at least bisexual? #QUOTE# All: Hell yeahz! *highfives* ...And that was the sum of our coming out to each other.

This troper has had this conversation: #QUOTE# Friend 1: Are you gay? #QUOTE# Friend 2: No, he's straight. #QUOTE# Friend 1: Are you sure? #QUOTE# Friend 3: She was asking ''him'', not ''you.'' So, which is it? #QUOTE# This troper: What are you guys talking about? Isn't it obvious that I'm bisexual? Anyways, back to the topic at hand... who's buying lunch?

This troper came out to his parents with a spiel inspired by Austin Powers. #QUOTE# Me: "I'm...bisexual." #QUOTE# Father: "You're what!?" #QUOTE# Me: "I'm bisexual. I swing both ways, I switch hit, I play for both teams. I'm a double agent! I'm AC/DC, baby, yeah!" #QUOTE# Mother: "So...*sigh* Johnny Depp, or Orlando Bloom?"

This troper pulled this in a slightly dramatic fashion on the last day of high school to his whole class. A Special Ed class. Most of them just giggled as if he'd said something naughty. Unfortunately for a close friend of his... #QUOTE# Mormon friend: "You're...gay?" #QUOTE# Me: "Well no, I'm bi, I don't mind either." #QUOTE# Mormon friend: "I...don't think we should talk to each other again."

Not that it mattered anyway being the last day of high school. In a twist, there was a friend later on in life who this troper thought was gay and was actually bi.

This troper's friend pulled this on him. Incredibly casually. By introducing this troper to his boyfriend. Revenge was gotten a few months later, with an even more casual revelation of this troper being bi to said friend.

One guy asked this troper if she would go out with his friend who's a girl. This troper responded "Sure." Her friend gave her a confused look. "Are you a lesbian?" "No, I'm bi." "Oh." Two minutes of silence later: "This is surprisingly awkward."

This troper rather failed to pull this trope off. Her roommate came out to her as bi on the first or second day of college, and rather than just say, "Cool, me too," she Could Not Spit It Out for the next three months and had to make a big stammering deal out of it when she finally realized her HintDropping had not worked and she actually had to just say it.

I've (female troper) happily managed this twice so far. The first time was to my sisters, and the following conversation played out: #QUOTE# Me: Um... I think I'm bi. #QUOTE# *pause* #QUOTE# Sister: Okay.

Just a couple days ago, while looking at some wonderful Yaoi pics online late at night with a sleepover w/a friend, just after we had spent ten minutes massaging each others feet. She had misheard me commenting on something: #QUOTE# Friend: Wait, what? Who's Julie? #QUOTE# Me: um... That's not what I said. #QUOTE# Friend: Okay... I thought you weren't telling me something for a moment there. #QUOTE# Me: No. I do not have a girlfriend. Not yet, anyway. #QUOTE# Friend: Not 'yet'? #QUOTE# Me: I'm bi. #QUOTE# Friend: ...Okay.

Honestly, I don't see being bi as much of a horrible change for me. It just means that I get to enjoy the sleepovers that much more...

This troper got a horrible migraine one day at work and had to go home exactly half way through the work day. I get home and see a note in my inbox, remaining me that the day was a joke holiday for gay people to protest homosexuality being considered a disease by "calling in gay" ("Sorry, I can't work today, I'm gay"). I made a joke about my bisexuality without realizing I was doing it at the time. It counts as this trope as a few people who thought I was gay thought I did it on purpose, and it meant I was bi. I am, but it wasn't.

Me and a pair of friends (who we'll refer to as "O" and "T" (who I knew was Bi)) were talking about ... something I think it was either Series/DoctorWho or JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac. A third friend ("P") walks up and ... #QUOTE# '''P:''' Having a little "Bi corner" here? #QUOTE# ''pause'' #QUOTE# '''Me:''' ''(to O)'' You're Bi? #QUOTE# '''O:''' Yeah. #QUOTE# '''P:''' You didn't know? #QUOTE# '''Me:''' No ... #QUOTE# '''T:''' You learn something new every day!

Just to add to the situation P later came out as Bi a few weeks later ... I swear to god we're turning into the cast of {{Torchwood}}.

This troper is transgendered and bisexual. She finds that a lot of hilarious situations crop up because of it. (Provided her father isn't around, since he doesn't know.) I've used the 'I'm not that picky' joke more times than I can remember, but the funniest (and most... trying) times have been when explaining my sexuality to my mother. Yep, hardest thing I've ever had to do. It was kind of like singing 'Gay or European' to a straight guy... Or something. Maybe. The conversation basically went: #QUOTE# Me: Mom, I'm not gay, I'm a bisexual girl. #QUOTE# Her: So you're a lesbian? #QUOTE# Me: No, no. I like them both. I do kind of prefer men, though. #QUOTE# Her: So... you're a straight girl? #QUOTE# Me: ...Nnnnno. I like both. #QUOTE# Her: Oh, okay. I think I get it. So do I.

I love my mother, but dear god, some things I just want to know!

This troper has succeeded in this several times. Recently, she tried to tell another one of her friends by the following conversation: #QUOTE# Me: So, recently I had this dream where I was making out with a girl. It was FoeYay, too. #QUOTE# *short while later* #QUOTE# Me: ...In case no one even noticed what I said back then, I'm bi. #QUOTE# Friend1: Oh. Okay. Cool. #QUOTE# Friend2: What? What's that mean. #QUOTE# Me: Um... I like both guys and girls. #QUOTE# Friend2: Oh! Okay!

I'm honestly surprised at how innocent my Innocent Uke friend is...

I don't normally announce my sexuality (only if asked, brought up in conversation, etc.) because often people will either:

A. Tell me I'm just doing it for attention.

B. Tell me bisexuality doesn't exist and that I'm crazy

C. Be a {{Jerkass}} about it and deny me friendship, even if we where previously friends

This troper tends to do this by casually mentioning attraction to another girl, and when she gets the inevitable 'You're a lesbian?!', responding by saying she's bi. Once, she was hanging out with three friends and she pulled this. This exchange happened: #QUOTE#Friend 1: Wait, you're a lesbian? #QUOTE#Me: No, I'm bi. #QUOTE#Friend 2: Cool! Me too! *high fives* #QUOTE#Friend 3 (who knew): I'm straight, are you straight? #QUOTE#Friend 1: I'm straight.

And later on, I commented on how the two straight friends where sitting normally on opposite ends of a couch, while my bi friend and I were sprawled out on the bed with our feet in each others laps.

This Troper was trying to pull it on one of his best friends when: #QUOTE# ME: Dude,I'm bi. #QUOTE# FRIEND: What is that? #QUOTE# ME: I like both guys and girls. #QUOTE# FRIEND: Ohh...........me too!

apparently he's not,he just thought it was cool!

This troper occasionally will mention in passing to friends and coworkers about never having had a boyfriend or girlfriend.

This troper. Never stresses the fact. Only mentions it if it somehow comes up. One of my female friends is ''slightly'' more obvious about it, to the point where I tell her to leave some girls for the rest of us. Her stock response is "Hey, you know I'm a pimp." She explained her orientation at one point as "love is love", and had apparently been asked by her parents if she was lesbian.

I recently dropped the fact to a friend - who somehow had missed it entirely - on the birthday party of above mentioned female friend (combined birthday party with another female friend, in fact. The sheer amount of LesYay those two do, entirely on purpose...). He said he had a hard time seeing me as bisexual. I concurred, because going only by how we look, anyone would say that he'd be more likely to be the bisexual one. But in some kind of subversion, he's one of the most straight people I know, wincing even at HoYay. That one time he actually joined in to sing Gay Bar on open stage karaoke night, I said I'd wonder for the rest of my life how they got him to do it. I'm still wondering.

In the past six months, this troper has had at least three people casually mention their bisexuality. My favorite was this: #QUOTE#Friend: Hey, are you straight? #QUOTE#Me:...Yes? #QUOTE#Friend: 'Cause I'm not. ;D This Troper lives in the deep South. This trope applies to him, and do I really have to explain why?

I've encountered surprise from people learning about my sexuality only some of the time, although this may in part be because there aren't that many people I've explicitly told, as opposed to incidentally (or straight up accidentally) implied. It's sometimes amusing when people are surprised, in part because apparently I'm a lot more reserved and conservative-looking than the images people have in their heads of bisexual men. I haven't mentioned it to that many people in part because I get tired of dealing with the "bisexuality doesn't exist" baloney. No, sir or madam, I'm not really interested in giving you a detailed history of my love/sex life just so I can demonstrate to your satisfaction that yes, I am in fact capable of figuring out who I'm attracted to.

You too? Well, like the people near the top of the page said, "High five."

I've done this a couple of times -- never with best friends, but with more distant friends and friendly acquaintances. The second time I came out to anybody in person happened this way: I was on the bus with a couple of guys I knew (both a year younger than me -- one I'd known for eleven years, the other for three years) and they were talking about how they thought it'd be cool to be bisexual. I dropped the bombshell, "Hey, I ''am'' actually bi." Both were fairly surprised but seemed cool with it; the one I'd known for eleven years even asked if I thought he was attractive (the answer was "Kinda, but I've known you since you were five so I really don't think of you that way.")

Pretty much every girl at this tropers school. Except for her(she's asexual) and her friend(she probably never thought about it before, she's kinda innocent). And a few of the guys to, well they're the only ones open about it at least...

This troperette. I once commented that I was het-leaning bi in a friend's locked blog and a common friend of both said, "huh, you're bi?" I replied, "well, yup?". He was very cool with it.

While straight, this troper has had this moment with many friends, almost all female, to the point he just assumes bisexuality in people until proven otherwise. Considering his circle of friends, this isn't too farfetched an assumption.

This Troper was jokingly asked in a game of Truth or Dare "Are you bi?" to which she casually responded "Yeah." There was a sort of surprised silence, and then a general murmur of "Oh, ok...cool...right..."

I was in a huge comment conversation with four of my friends, teasing one of them who I had flirted with previously and saying how he "needed to experiment with his sexuality." I saw two of them the next morning, and they said, "Wait, are you ACTUALLY bi!?" After confirming that I am they shrug and say "Never would have guessed..."

I'm this (or more properly pansexual). Most people I know get really chocked to hear when I tell them (me holding out for the right one is probably a factor in this), but strangely my parents of all people always knew apparently and don't really care at all.

@/BTIsaac calls himself Bisexual, but never really puts too much emphasis on it. So far, the only people who know are my sister and cousin (and a few old roomies who may not really believe it). The former doesn't care much (not what you'd expect from a catholic eh?). The later had a hard time believing it (cuz bi people are actually gay in denial phase). But I'm more of the type that would consider AnythingThatMoves. Well provided they're sufficiently human, and look good. Emphasis on looking good. A roomie I had decided I should watch the lemon party when he heard I like guys. Well, no thanks.

I tried to tell my friends I'm bisexual, but they keep thinking I'm making it up for attention. They might be right.

I was recently on the receiving end of this. A female friend in school casually stated that she was bi (in a tone of voice generally used when the speaker knows that everyone knows what they're saying) in the middle of a conversation about psychiatrists (in the context of her psychiatrist insisting that there must be some trauma that made her bi). Nobody reacted much though I had thought she was just lesbian until she mentioned it.

This troperette just recently went through this with a female friend/coworker. Only it went something like this: #QUOTE#Friend: My fiance thinks I'm going to leave him for one of the girls that work here. #QUOTE#Me: My boyfriend does too! #QUOTE#Both: So wait.. you're... ME TOO! We both went home and told our significant others. Apparently, guys don't care unless it was caught on tape or they see it live. *pout* Granted, my boyfriend really DOES think I'm going to leave him for a girl. But girls that like Pokemon AND shopping AND sex are few and far between these days.

I suppose this (male) troper is like this. For a while I constantly wondered "am I straight? Gay? Bi?" I do like both sexes, although numerically more girls than guys. Then realized, who cares? I like who I like and it doesn't matter what I call myself. Honestly, it's a lot less stressful when you stop trying to pigeonhole yourself into some silly category. Though, when people ask, I'll generally say I'm bi.

Me... ''probably''. And every time I try to think it through I get the mother of all headaches.

This troper's friend just came out to me that she was bi after she did Day of Silence. Discussion went something like this: #QUOTE#Friend: The truth is... I'm bisexual. #QUOTE#Me: OOOOOOH! Awesome.

This Troper occasionally has to do this when she starts hearing things about those greedy, promiscuous, unfaithful bisexuals who'll do anything that moves (or that there are no bisexuals) from her girlfriend's friends

@/WhiteSabbath is generally assumed to be Camp Gay, imagine people's surprise when he shows them his long list of beautiful ex-girlfriends.

When I told my mom I was bi, she said she thought the same herself and is just glad I'm not exclusively gay, not because she's discriminatory but just because I could get on better in normal society.

This Troper's school makes them do something completely pointless every Thursday rather the home room. The other week we had to walk around the town park. Taking advantage of the free time, a couple of my friends (One a straight female and the other a gay male)and I started talking about what our dream guys would be like. I then proceeded talking about what I like in girls, fallowed by a "Wait! You're bi?!" from my male friend. All the more amusing because I wan never really secretive about it.

This troper first came out as bi during a game of who-would-you-turn-gay-for, when he said that he not only would turn gay for a particular Bishonen friend, but that he found him pretty arousing, and that there were a few other guys he found pretty hot. Since both this troper and the guy in question are het-leaning bi in (at the time) more-or-less monogamous relationships, nothing came of it. Whilst he hasn't told all his friends (and certainly not his religious family), those who do know mostly don't care at all, except to remember that I might be worth asking out, although this is probably helped by the fact that only about a quarter of this troper's university department's male student (CS) are exclusively straight.

This troper is bisexual. Probably. I'm mostly attracted to women, but there are some guys I find attractive as well. I've only been consciously attracted to guys for the last year or so, but looking back, there were guys before then that I clearly (from my present-day POV) had some kind of crush on. My level of certainty seems to fluctuate a bit - sometimes it feels obvious to me that I'm bi; at other times (including the time of writing) I just feel confused and unsure. In any case, I haven't told my friends or family yet, and don't intend to until I've got a better grasp on it.

Do you happen to be me?

I suppose I'm far from the only one to feel this way (original troper here). I finally had my first sexual encounter with a guy (actually, my first sexual encounter period), and it was...okay. Kind of fun, but nothing world-changing. I guess that does make me at least slightly bisexual.

Two of this one's female best friends gave a couple of throwaway lines saying that they're bisexual. This one's reaction? "... Are you doing anything tonight?".

This troper's mother is very gay-friendly, and has had gay male friends since the 1970s. Which is why I was stunned when I introduced her to my friend Alex (a guy), and later mentioned that Alex is bisexual, and her jaw practically hit the floor. She couldn't believe he was bi, and kept saying, "I never would have guessed in a million years." Now admittedly, Alex doesn't set off most people's gaydar that strongly, but there was no reason for her to be as surprised as she was - especially considering that she knows several men of the ManlyGay variety. I finally understood her confusion, though, when she said, "So I guess he was named Alex because it works for boys and girls, right?" I responded, "Mom, the word 'bisexual' doesn't mean 'hermaphrodite.'" What did she say? "Oh, then what does it mean?"

This Troper can't be bothered explaining to her friends that no, she's not a lesbian, but she isn't straight either. I'm attracted to both, although at this point in time girls seem to have the advantage over boys ;)

Being naturally flirtatious (possibly obnoxiously so), this troper never really surprised anyone by telling them she was bi. Seeing as most of my friends are bi, have some bi leanings or are just open-minded, it was never really a problem. I flirted with guys and girls just as overtly, even though it was usually harmless. Most of my friends knew without specifically knowing, if that makes sense. The only bad reaction I ever got was some awkward silence when I came out to an acquaintance who was ranting about bisexual girls creeping on her. About ten tense seconds passed until the bonfire resumed the usual noise levels.

This Troper came out completely by accident. Consider this scene -- #QUOTE#'''Sara:''' *glomp* Hi Hair. [No, the Troper doesn't know why she calls her 'Hair' either; and most of their interactions are like this.] Be my girlfriend? #QUOTE#'''Troper:''' ...Uh. #QUOTE#'''Sara:''' *goes away* #QUOTE#'''Troper:''' *frustrated* Just because I like girls doesn't mean I like ''her''! #QUOTE#'''Boy:''' You like girls?

Addendum: The fourth time I "came out" [after this time and my parents] was just to get people to stop joking that I was a lesbian, and the main reason the Boy involved in the above has tried to keep me from wearing a tuxedo to the end-of-year dance is because that would probably end with a similar "I AM NOT A LESBIAN, YOU IDIOTS, I'M BI". Lately she's taken to acting like everyone already knows. So. Yes. This Troper breathes this trope when she's not panicking about it, is what she's trying to say. (She doesn't know how to flirt, though, so for the moment the only way she can bother anyone about it is unnerving the above Boy by ranting about, say, Michael C Hall's wife and that it would be nice if she could stop staring at her and pay attention to the plot...)

What's really annoying is coming out as bi, only to find out that your friends knew before you did. The conversation went something like this: #QUOTE#'''Me:''' "I'm bi." #QUOTE#'''All my friends in unison:''' "Well, ''duh!'' Where have ''you'' been?"

When this troper came out (involuntarily, her friend yelled it out to pretty much the whole school) all of her other close friends basically said that they knew, but they were just waiting for her to figure it out.

The one above happened to this troper almost word for word, a few years later this troper and the same friends are at a costumed ball, where a guy has been following this troper around for a while, trying his darndest to be seductive #QUOTE#Guy: So, why'd you come here tonight *winkwinknudgenudge* #QUOTE#Me: *DeadPanSnarker* Mainly cause of the dancing girls. #QUOTE#Guy: *CompletelyMissingThePoint* Ooh, an admirer of the female form? #QUOTE#Me: Well... yeah

A few hours later, I've managed to escape his bad lines and am dancing with a woman, which he apparently doesn't appreciate #QUOTE#Him: Hey, can I join in? #QUOTE#Her: Hey, why don't you piss off man? #QUOTE#Him: (to my friend) I can't believe she ditched me for that bitch! #QUOTE#My Friend: Um... I heard her talking to you before - please don't tell me you don't get it. #QUOTE#Him: Get what? Is she trying to make me jealous? #QUOTE#(and at this point, my friends laughed him out of the room, while I was mostly oblivious to the drama)

I pulled off this trope with my brother (the only member of my family who believes that I'm not going through a dumb teenage girl phase by calling myself bi). We were having a conversation about the sexuality of some character. #QUOTE#Him: Well, you've never dated anybody, right? So you could be bi or gay or something, and just not know about it. #QUOTE#Me: Actually, I am bi. #QUOTE#Him: Oh, really? Cool.

And then the conversation moved on as if nothing had happened. I could have ranted about my confusion and the fact that I am actually probably pansexual and how I've been going back and forth about liking girls for a couple years now, like I did on LJ (essentially coming out to my friends in doing so). But that doesn't translate so well into real life. I'm secure enough these days that I can just say I'm bi and move on, which was not true a few months ago.

This Troper has done this twice in recent days, first with a nice semi-friend (male) and then her older brother, whom she considers one of her best friends:

With friend, on the subject of boobs and such: #QUOTE#Me: I'm really more of a hips and legs person. #QUOTE#Friend: Wait, so you're bi? #QUOTE#Me: Well, I've never had a boyfriend or girlfriend but, you know, girls are really pretty. So, yes. #QUOTE#Friend: Sweet.

With brother, on the subject of my lack of boyfriends/girlfriends: #QUOTE#Brother: Really, I wouldn't mind if you got either at this point. #QUOTE#Me: Honestly, me too. #QUOTE#Brother: I had a feeling.

This troper is not Bi (though he would say he is a lesbian in a male body), however his girlfriend is. He found out through his best friend who had learned this before me during a series of conversations I didn't know about. (three months of this later, he tried to steal her, the bastard.) She confirmed this with me during the following exchange. #QUOTE#Me: so your bi? #QUOTE#She: yeah, I thought you knew. #QUOTE#Me: huh… well crap! #QUOTE#She: what!? #QUOTE#Me: I have to be extra careful with you now. You got options!

We currently have a long distance relationship. I encourage her to find a girlfriend. As long as I stay her boyfriend, I don't mind. (especially if it involves a tenchi solution in the future.^^)

This troper, a 17-year-old Australian teenager only recently discovered he was bi, after thinking his whole teenage life thinking he was gay. So far he's come out to:

His best friend.

His internet friends.

A girl who saved him from killing himself at a point earlier in his life.

His best friend in primary school.

A girl he stopped from killing herself.

A girl he was friends with in primary school (who also turns out was bi).

His brother.

Yet every time he was about to reveal himself, he always felt that it would be awkward and they wouldn't be friends anymore (save of course the internet friends), they were always partial to it and didn't mind at all. For a few of them, he even just casually slipped it into the conversation. E.G. When stopping the girl who was about to kill herself, he went through the reasons he almost killed himself a few months ago, including an attraction to a guy who already had a girlfriend and was most likely straight. She calmed down, stopped herself, and barely mentioned it afterward. He has yet to come out to anyone less close, fear they be JerkAss 's.

This troper just has one question to ask herself. Is she straight if she's in a monogamous relationship with a boy, more Lesbian because she finds women more attractive, or Bi if she likes both because she's very committed to a boy but finds women more attractive?

I have the same question. I date men but I can't help drooling over women sometimes

If you're attracted to people of both sexes, you're bi. You wouldn't be straight -- orientation's about what you feel, not what you do.

This Troper still thinks she is heterosexual even if she does drool over women sometimes. At least she is pretty sure she is...a girl can find another girl sexually attractive without being gay!

Actually scratch that. After years of heavy denial it finally sank in that I am bisexual.

This troper came out a little while ago to her friend. It started out as a sarcastic joke about how I was "as straight as a U-turn". I corrected myself by saying "Nah...it's more like a right angle". Cue expected "you're bisexual?"

I have told and implied that I'm bisexual to everyone I know, making some people more accepting in the process, it's even like that on my Facebook except I lost a sorry excuse for a human-being as a "Friend" due to it. I'm not sure if I want people who are homophobic on my Facebook, that's hating on half my sexuality. I also call myself pansexual and sexually/romantically fluid. I mean sometimes I get excited over boys over girls or girls over boys. Depending on the situation.

A friend of This Troper made the otherwise pleasant discovery that his girl went both ways when it came out that they both shared the same Ex. ''Awkward''.

Is your friend ScottPilgrim?

This Troper is an example of this trope. #QUOTE#Friend: Do you think I'm hot? #QUOTE#Me: Well, I'm bi, and I would say yes. #QUOTE#Friend: Um... #QUOTE#Me: But I get that you wouldn't go out with me or anything. Right? [[hottip:*:Right.]]

I (totally straight male) was talking to a female friend of mine about the gratuitously flamboyant clothing of some people we had just designed for a school project. (Seriously, a purple cape/scarf thing with an orange shirt?) Eventually, the following dialogue ensued. #QUOTE#Me: I love this guy on the left. He looks fabulooousss!! #QUOTE#Friend: Yeah, I know. Well, at least they look interesting. #QUOTE#Me: I guess so. Have I mentioned I'm heterosexual today? #QUOTE#Friend: Ah, don't worry about it, me too. Well... Mostly heterosexual. Anyway, (abrupt change in conversation)

I'm a pansexual female teenager, in a place where if you're not at least a little bi, your friends think there's something wrong with you. I'm currently in a relationship with a boy, but due to my naturally cuddly nature, I usually get the assumption of "lesbian" from people who have either not heard about my boyfriend, or don't believe me when I tell them. When I do come out as pan/bi/whatever, I get varying hilarious results. This usually depends on the people I come out to, and the way I do it.

My friend and I simultaneously came out to my current boyfriend (we weren't dating back then) #QUOTE#Me: Did you know [classmate] thinks we're dating? #QUOTE#Friend: *laughter* #QUOTE#Boyfriend: Why would she think that? I mean, you're two straight girls- #QUOTE# *cue friend and I twisting together and grinning seductively at each other* #QUOTE#Boyfriend: Ookaay, neither of you are straight... *walks away*

A possible subversion when I came out to my dad: #QUOTE#Dad: I'd still be happier if you were gay. I wouldn't have to worry about you getting pregnant. #QUOTE#Me: Well... half gay, at least! #QUOTE#Dad: Bi, right? #QUOTE#Me: Pan, actually. #QUOTE#Dad: Not with squirrels!? Because there are all number of things I don't want to see you with.

And finally, in a discussion with a lifelong friend, who I'd sort of just assumed ''knew''. Note that we'd been having a flirtatious, crude conversation for a while before the exchange occurred. (we were then discussing our preferences in our partners) #QUOTE#Me: Hmm... I like long hair, but only on guys. I like it shorter on girls. #QUOTE#Her: Wait... You like girls!? #QUOTE#Me: You didn't know!? #QUOTE#Her: No... Great, that means we're both gay. Do you know how awkward the past half hour seems now?\\

So would that make it Retawkward?

Yesterday, I decided to make a joke about one of my lesbian teachers having a subconscious gaydar, and liking one of my friends because she is a lesbian, and only being fond of me for half a year because I am bisexual. One of my friends had been out of the loop at the time because of strange class schedules keeping us apart, and wasn't aware of either of our sexual orientation. Awkward silence ensued. Later, when I told one of my other bisexual friends about the story, she immediately told me to add it to this page.

My girlfriend and I had the classic "What?! You're bi?" "What?! ''You didn't know?''" situation.

I came out when I was fourteen, to my mom, then dad, then rest of my relatives. Mom was surprised, but supportive in that awkward "Oh...I see, I just want you to know I'm okay with that", dad just joked about it but was accepting, rest of my relatives...didn't go so well...

This actually happens to me quite often. While I never mention my sexuality, I don't feel the urge to hide it either. So, I'll be talking to some people and make some comment about my preferences in my boyfriend or girlfriend. There's usually a double take and, "Wait...you like girls?" "Yeah..." "So...you're bi?" "Yeah..."

The time this troper left the closet before his parents was easily one of his own Crowning Moments of Funny: #QUOTE#Troper: Momma, I'm bi. #QUOTE#Momma: As in "Bisexual"? #QUOTE#Troper: Yup. #QUOTE#Momma: Your heart commands you, and you have the right to follow it. But YOU DON'T ENTER ANYONE TO YOUR BEDROOM, YOU PERVERT!!! #QUOTE#Troper: Not even women? #QUOTE#Momma: Neither women nor men. The rules are for everyone! #QUOTE#Troper: At least you're egalitarian on that... And with his father, Hilarity Ensued. EPICALLY: #QUOTE#Poppa: *looking at his son's bits* That means you have everything for both??? #QUOTE#Tropper: Damn it, Poppa! I'm bisexual, not hermaphrodite!!!! #QUOTE#Poppa: Then how do you manage to... #QUOTE#Trooper: *facepalm* And as if it wasn't enough, some years after that he updated his Facebook profile, putting he was on a relationship (He still is) with a Gentle Giant, marvelously Cloudcuckoolander, Adorkable man, and set it as "Only show it to friends". The thing is that this troper has in his Facebook friendlist highschool classmates, med school friends, long-life friends, and family... As this troper said: "I didn't go outta the closet. I fumbled and fell face-first outta it! Brilliant! XD"

One of my best friend once told me that she kind of liked three people at once, then listed their names, one of which was a girl. I did a doubletake and a bit of a FlatWhat and she was like "Oh, I'm bi." I was like, "Yeah, so I gathered."

This Troper came out to her sister in a rather plain way. #QUOTE#Sister: I heard yo met Lanay. What did you think of her? #QUOTE#Troper: Good kisser #QUOTE#Sister: She's a girl. #QUOTE#Troper: Yup. #QUOTE#Sister: Okay sis.

This troper is technically pansexual (or more accurately, panromantic polysexual), but usually just identifies as bisexual for simplicity's sake. She also actually came out by saying "By the way, I'm bi." Thanks, TV Tropes.

This troper is asexual. Because of the sort of people I hang out with, sex is a pretty regular topic of conversation. Saying "I'm asexual, by the way." tends to get more varied reactions than my bisexual friends.

First time I ever came out was completely unintentional on my part, to my librarian. We were discussing the teenage book group, which had had rather a long hiatus because of a chronic member shortage, and just started again with all new members (I was the only original member left). Conversation went something like this: ->Librarian: I noticed there weren't any boys there, is that a good thing or a bad thing? ->Me (meaning that the others were all pretty young and I wasn't really looking for anything anyway): Doesn't bother me. ->Librarian: Ah, you go both ways? ->Me: *Okay, just accidentally came out but she seems fine with it... SureLetsGoWithThat* It should probably noted that I am actually am bi (and female, hence the boys comment), but my comment was totally unintentional. I have derived much amusement from this.

Description of this troper : 5'9", 260 pounds of mostly fat body, with enough muscle and stature to wear the weight somewhat well. Showcases absolutely no signs of even liking dudes unless you ask. Granted, that may be because not everyone reacts well to his bisexuality. Here's a conversation to showcase how he outed himself to some people he knew IRL. #QUOTE#'''Friend''' : Hey, when you said you were bi on that forum, is that true or were you just trolling them as usual? #QUOTE#'''Me''' : I never joke about my sexuality. #QUOTE#'''Friend''' : Oh... OH!

This Troper went to the movies with a few of his friends and a kid he didn't really know, Ended up sitting next to that kid holding a large bucket of popcorn #QUOTE#''Me'': Wouldn't in be funny if stuck my dick in this popcorn" #QUOTE#''Kid'': "Dude, I'm bi" #QUOTE#''Me'': "Well shit this is awkward"

What you should have said was "well ok, I guess 'funny' isn't really the word..." This led to possibly the greatest friendship in the history of man, and many a joke about a relationship as this troper is as gay as straight can be.

Hi, everyone on the internet, I'm bi!... Well, I can't think of a bigger BiTheWay then that.

This Troper came out to her mum yesterday evening. Apart from my mum asking when had I '''''decided to be bi''''' and me doing a big facepalm, it was quite a funny moment: #QUOTE# Troper: Mum, I have something to tell you. #QUOTE# Mother: Oh God ... #QUOTE# Troper: What? #QUOTE# Mother: Just get on with it. #QUOTE# Troper: ... I'm bisexual. #QUOTE# Mother: Oh *clasps chest* thank God, I thought you were pregnant!

Today, I found out my friend, whom I thought was straight for years, is actually bi. This is how I found out. He has gone into a strange "Egyptian Walk" pose for a minute and I asked him why he did that. I'm not sure he understood, but he replied: #QUOTE# Friend: It's because I'm bi. #QUOTE# Me: Wait, what? #QUOTE# Friend: I'm bi. #QUOTE# Me: ... #QUOTE# Me: Um, by bi, do you mean bisexual? #QUOTE# Friend: Yes. #QUOTE# Me: Oh, alright then...

I know it sounds weird, me saying that, but I'd been looking at something about bipolar disorder and was a bit confused.

Having been challenged by a (straight) friend to a game of gay chicken, I informed them that I would probably be prepared to go a good deal further than they were. They asserted their skill at the game, to which I reiterated my own... several times... with a friend backing me up. When he finally clicked, the look of sheer terror on his face (with my arm around his shoulder) was wonderful.

I was talking to a friend the other day on the bus. He was discussing his surprisingly good luck with his new girlfriend (a friend of mine who I met him through). He listed off his previous relationships which had gone badly... #QUOTE# Harry: ... and then there was that guy a couple of years ago, he broke it off with me pretty quick... #QUOTE# Me: ... Guy? #QUOTE# Harry: *laughing* Yeah, I'm bi. I don't look this gay for no reason! #QUOTE# Me: *also laughing* Well, that's informative.

Same troper - this is how I recently came out to my parents. Apparently they couldn't tell.

This female troper went through a huge boy-crazy phase in high school, and so my friends who knew me then were a lot more shocked when I came out as bi in college than my college friends were.

After a Discussion about a drunken make out between two straight guys... #QUOTE# Friend: is probably the straightest guy at the table right now... #QUOTE# Troper: Does it count that even though I'm bi #QUOTE# Friend: You're Bi? #QUOTE# Troper: Yea #QUOTE# Friend: No, but glad to see you came out about it...

Happened to this troper during a party: #QUOTE# Me: That girl out there is HOT. #QUOTE# Female Friend: Nah, she's too pale. I like the brunettes better. Like that one. #QUOTE# Me: ... Wait, what?

The other day, at this tropers literary club, he decided to lean his head on his friend sitting next to him, as he often does to people. #QUOTE# Friend: Hey, Troper? #QUOTE# Me: Yeah? "lifts head" #QUOTE# Friend: I'm dating someone. #QUOTE# Me: Oh, whatever. "puts head back down" (I find the gesture platonic.) #QUOTE# Friend: It's a girl. #QUOTE# Me: Oh, cool. "Puts head back on her shoulders, her expression shocked" You're gay? #QUOTE# Friend: No, bi. #QUOTE# Me: Okay, cool. "Friend starts hysterically laughing"

This troper's friend evolved from a 'Gay Basher' to this.He admitted he was just confused and denied himself.He's more straight than Bi,but developed some serious feelings for his new housemate who's now been promoted to Token Gay in our group.

This troper has a friend whose coming out as bi created a lot of ripples in his social circle, and was the topic of a lot of attention. Her best friend then privately divulged her annoyance at what she saw as attention-seeking, mentioning that she was particularly pissed because she was also bi. This was the first anyone had heard of it. Nobody cared.

This happened with this troper and her best friend at the beach. I was terrified to come out to her, since she was not very tolerant. Instead, it accidentally slipped out when we were admiring guys and I mentioned how nice one of the girls looked. Basically, she just said "Okay, that's cool, still love you like a sister, now let's eat some lunch."

Inversion. This troper recently came out to one of his gay friends as Bi (not looking to hook up, mind you. Just so I could tell someone). I made a kind of big deal with telling him. His response? "Yeah, I knew it already".

Friends don't mind, think it cool, knew all along before I came out, or are bi as well. Family merely plug fingers into their ears and go "LALALALA I'M NOT LISTENING!" when they're not chiding me for not wanting to provide grandchildren/cousins/nephews/nieces in the near future or telling me to go to Hell for being so wrong.

For this troper, it happened during an exchange with her roomie that went a little like this: #QUOTE#Roomie: You know, I think (insert guy friend's name) is kind of cute. #QUOTE#Me: He and his girlfriend both. #QUOTE#Roomie: Huh? Do you mean in the cute couple way or the "attracted to both of them" way? #QUOTE#Me: Both ways. *Shrug* #QUOTE#Roomie: Didn't see that coming.

This Trooper had this conversation on Xbox Live: #QUOTE#Firend: That's so gay! #QUOTE#Me: Hey! Don't use that language, I'm gay! #QUOTE#Firend: You..are? #QUOTE#Me: Well, half-gay at least-Oh look I shot someone!

This Tropette's coming out of the closet to her mom, in a conversation about my 5th grade teacher. #QUOTE#Mom: (Something along the lines of "I bet a lot of guys thought your 5th grade teacher was pretty.") #QUOTE#Me: Yeah, and some bi peoples, too . . . Like me #QUOTE#Mom: Wait, what? #QUOTE#Me: I'm bi. #QUOTE#Mom: Nice. *Sees her boyfriend walking into the area* Boyfriend(not actually saying peoples names), my daughter's bi. #QUOTE#Mom's boyfriend: Oh, so you like girls, huh? #QUOTE#Me: *Gets incredibly embarrassed and hides face* #QUOTE#Mom: I'm sorry. Did I embarrass you? #QUOTE#Me: Yeah, you kinda did. #QUOTE#Mom: I didn't really expect you to come out of the bisexuality closet in the kitchen. #QUOTE#Me: That doesn't mean you can just embarrass me like that!

This troper tried to invoke this, but it ended up failing miserably. The person he was sitting with on a project had started saying "You LOVE men" to other people as some sort of joke. Well this started. #QUOTE#Other person: You LOVE men. #QUOTE#Me: You know, you could love both. #QUOTE#Other: Nope, you can't do that. #QUOTE#This went on for at least a day or so before the other friend asked the question. #QUOTE#Other: How can you like both men and women? #QUOTE#Me: Well you could be bi. #QUOTE#Other: You're bi? #QUOTE#Me: Yup *promptly goes back to work on the project* #QUOTE#Him and his friend thought I was joking for a little while until I looked straight into his eyes and told him that I was.

This troper had a drunken conversation with their SO: #QUOTE#SO: So you're bi? #QUOTE#Me: Yeah. #QUOTE#SO: I doesn't bother me. #QUOTE#Me: Good. And it doesn't bother me that you're straight.

This tropers friend told him he was bi, in the middle of a Starcraft2 game of all things.

Conversation this troper had with a friend two days ago: #QUOTE#Friend: [Justin Timberlake] and Puck from Glee are proof I'm not entirely gay. #QUOTE#Me: I didn't know you were even partially gay. #QUOTE#Friend: Isn't everyone? #QUOTE#Me: Definitely. But most people don't identify that way. How gay would you say you are? #QUOTE#Friend: Not gay enough to have a girlfriend, but gay enough to wish I could. #QUOTE#Me: Oh ok. I'm not gay enough to want a boyfriend, but gay enough to think it's weird I don't.

This troper is somewhere between a 2 and 3 on the Kinsey scale, and, although he is pretty confident and comfortable with his sexuality, is in the half-closet due to: #QUOTE#The NoBisexuals attitude in his school #QUOTE#Not being sure about how his friends would react #QUOTE#Basic unimportance. I am not attracted to any dudes in my circle of friends or even my grade, (with one exception), so I feel like bringing it up will be unnecessary

This troper has only told two very close friends that she is bisexual and has made them swear not to tell anyone else. I fear what may happen if I tell my family, especially my mother...

I've pretty much accepted that I'm bi. Hard to deny it when you're totally in love with your same-sex best friend.

This tropette is a very open bisexual. Despite it, it still takes me ''screaming it in their face'' for people who don't know to get it (ignorance is bliss, I geuss?) Even though they all say "it was pretty obvious" (or something to that extent) after a while. Below are the most notable instances of this (in order.)

My mother (This is the first time I came out to anyone.) #QUOTE# ''(Talking about my crush)'' #QUOTE# Mother: So you're ''not'' a lesbian after all! #QUOTE# ''(Laughing)'' #QUOTE# Me: ''(Between laughs)'' I'm bi! #QUOTE# Mother: ''(Silence)'' #QUOTE# Me: Umm... You couldn't tell? #QUOTE# Mother: ...Huh...? #QUOTE# Me: Bi! Bisexual! Attracted to males and females! #QUOTE# Mother: Are you sure you're not just bicurious...? #QUOTE# Me: ''''YES.'''' #QUOTE# ''(Silence)'' #QUOTE# Mother: Meh, I should've figured.

My best friend (I'll call her EJ.) #QUOTE# EJ: ''(Chattering)'' #QUOTE# Me: ''(Distracted by girl walking by)'' #QUOTE# EJ: Are you listening to me? #QUOTE# Me: Sorry. Distracted by hot girl. Won't happen again. And you were saying? #QUOTE# EJ: Okay, so--what? #QUOTE# Me: I'm bi. #QUOTE# EJ: Oh. Okay. That's kinda what I thought. Did you know my cousin's gay? I'm a very open-minded person with that stuff. Anyway...

My stepfather (M.) #QUOTE# ''(Looking at picture of Pam from True Blood)'' #QUOTE# M: Oh yeah! #QUOTE# Me: I second that. #QUOTE# ''(Awkward silence)'' #QUOTE# Me: I'm bi. #QUOTE# M: You're bi! As if that wasn't easy enough to figure out!

EJ's boyfriend (AC) and a male friend of hers (I.) We were at the beach. #QUOTE# Me: Dammit, almost everyone at this beach is over 50 and everyone who's not is butt ugly! ''Where are the hotties!?'' #QUOTE# AC: What the hell? #QUOTE# EJ: ''(Mumble)'' What the fuck was that...? #QUOTE# I: ''(Scoping beach)'' I can't help you there since I don't judge guys, but that chick over there is pretty nice. #QUOTE# Me: ''(Looks)'' Meh, she's so-so. I prefer blondes. #QUOTE# AC, I: What? #QUOTE# EJ: She's bi. #QUOTE# Me: I'm bi. #QUOTE# I: High five! #QUOTE# AC: But...how would you do it with a girl...? #QUOTE# Me, EJ, I: ''(Facepalm)''

This troper is probably one of the last people you'd ever expect to be bisexual, but he is. Not much else to say about it. I had a pretty classic {{Bi the Way}} moment when coming out to one of my best friends, but it wasn't particularly funny or notable, just slightly awkward and very relieving.