(NOTE: This is not to say that there are only two genders. I'm simply posing a question and trying to simplify it to "female-bodied persons" and "male-bodied persons". Feel feel to elaborate if your situation is different.)

If you are in a relationship with someone, male or female, do you ever miss or at least feel a little sad about the possibility (or reality) of never being with the other gender again? I don't mean "other gender", as in "other gender than your own" but rather, "other gender" as in "other gender than your partner".

I'm in a straight relationship right now and I love my boyfriend to death but there are times that I miss when I was with a woman. It's not just about the sex, though there is that (even though I'm sure I could be with a woman if I wanted because my boyfriend in interested in, you know, all that). It's also about how it's different to date a woman instead of a man. I've never had any of the problems that I've had with men when I dated women. I can't say this is true for ALL men because I've never dated every man but in my experience, dating women was just...different. Of course, I never really got to the point of a "serious" relationship with them so maybe things would have changed. But regardless, I'm not even really bisexual. I identify myself as a lesbian with a boyfriend because I am not attracted to any other man than him but I am attracted to women in general. So the whole "longing" thing may be worse in me than others. I'm just lucky that I'm so in love and so attracted to my boyfriend and that I may think about it sometimes but I would never leave him just because he's not the "right" gender. less

(NOTE: This is not to say that there are only two genders. I'm simply posing a question and trying to simplify it to "female-bodied persons" and "male-bodied persons". Feel feel to elaborate if your situation is different.)

If you are in a relationship with someone, male or female, do you ever miss or at least feel a little sad about the possibility (or reality) of never being with the other gender again? I don't mean "other gender", as in "other gender than your own" but rather, "other gender" as in "other gender than your partner".

I'm in a straight relationship right now and I love my boyfriend to death but there are times that I miss when I was with a woman. It's not just about the sex, though there is that (even though I'm sure I could be with a woman if I wanted because my boyfriend in interested in, you know, all that). It's also about how it's different to date a woman instead of a man. I've never had any of the problems that I've had with men when I dated women. I can't say this is true for ALL men because I've never dated every man but in my experience, dating women was just...different. Of course, I never really got to the point of a "serious" relationship with them so maybe things would have changed. But regardless, I'm not even really bisexual. I identify myself as a lesbian with a boyfriend because I am not attracted to any other man than him but I am attracted to women in general. So the whole "longing" thing may be worse in me than others. I'm just lucky that I'm so in love and so attracted to my boyfriend and that I may think about it sometimes but I would never leave him just because he's not the "right" gender. less

(NOTE: This is not to say that there are only two genders. I'm simply posing a question and trying to simplify it to "female-bodied persons" and "male-bodied persons". Feel feel to elaborate if your situation is different.)

If you are in a relationship with someone, male or female, do you ever miss or at least feel a little sad about the possibility (or reality) of never being with the other gender again? I don't mean "other gender", as in "other gender than your own" but rather, "other gender" as in "other gender than your partner".

I'm in a straight relationship right now and I love my boyfriend to death but there are times that I miss when I was with a woman. It's not just about the sex, though there is that (even though I'm sure I could be with a woman if I wanted because my boyfriend in interested in, you know, all that). It's also about how it's different to date a woman instead of a man. I've never had any of the problems that I've had with men when I dated women. I can't say this is true for ALL men because I've never dated every man but in my experience, dating women was just...different. Of course, I never really got to the point of a "serious" relationship with them so maybe things would have changed. But regardless, I'm not even really bisexual. I identify myself as a lesbian with a boyfriend because I am not attracted to any other man than him but I am attracted to women in general. So the whole "longing" thing may be worse in me than others. I'm just lucky that I'm so in love and so attracted to my boyfriend and that I may think about it sometimes but I would never leave him just because he's not the "right" gender. less

I'm in a straight relationship. I am married, have been with my husband (including dating before marriage) for eight years. During those years, I also dated several women. My husband disapproved/s of my behavior. I miss being with a woman every single day. I miss the feel of a woman's soft touch, kiss, caress. Women know what woman want...period. Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoy sex with my husband, and couldn't live without him, but I have always found women to be more attractive physically. Also things seem to be more emotionally intimate with other women. I wish he would allow me to indulge every once in awhile, but he is far too important to me to go behind his back. I could never be unfaithful to him without it being a consensual agreement between us....but god if I could..... less