How to feel bi while dating a guy
It doesn’t matter to me if other people clock that I’m bisexual. What matters is how I feel
SAYS SCARLETT COUGHLAN
When I met my partner, dating yet another of the male species was not on the agenda. I was freshly single and had just moved to a new flat, alone for the first time. I’d even bought a kitten to keep me company for goodness’ sake. I was welcoming singledom with open arms – as much as any serial monogamist can.
With all the potential this fresh start promised, there was one thing I was most excited for: dating women again. I would picture making them tea in my new pink teapot the morning after the night before, or drinking wine on the green velvet sofa I’d picked out. But things didn’t happen like that.