So What's The Big Deal?

Some who come across this blog may wonder "What is the big deal? So you're bi. Why does it matter? " It matters because of things I have experienced throughout my life in terms of prejudice. Both straight people and gay people have said some mean things about bisexuals when in my presence, and I have read even worse online.

Here are my fears about coming out as a bisexual woman married to a straight man:

~People will think this means I am promiscuous, and looking to hook up with women on the side, and am unfaithful to my husband.
~People will think my husband and I are swingers, or that I bring girls home and let him watch.
~People will think I am actually undecided about my sexuality, that I am really a lesbian in denial, and that I will end up leaving my husband.
~People will think I am less fit to raise my son because I am perverted, or that I am setting a bad example.
~Other parents will say something in front of their children, and their children will pick on my son.
~People who have known me for a long time will suddenly become uncomfortable arround me, or decide that I am not someone they want to be close to.
~Female friends will worry this means I am checking them out, and won't want to try on clothes with me, watch movies and drink wine with me, or go to the beach with me.
~People will think I am trying to be trendy and get attention.