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Personal Story
by Djura from Kragujevac, Serbia and Montenegro
Middle age story

I've liked both sexes for as long as I can remember. When I was an adolescent I was in love with a girl from my class, but I was also excited by a few boys in the school gym. But that kind of desire was not common and usual in my time. So I always worked hard to suppress it in myself, to forget about boys. But always, in one way or the other, it came up. But I was secure in my orientation toward women, at least I thought at that time. So I got married.

I have a wife and daughter. It was not long ago that I heard of bisexuals. I was happy when I realized that I am not as special as I thought I was.

I married young -- I was 20 and she 19 -- and was a faithful husband to my wife as far as women are concerned, but I couldn't stop myself from looking, thinking about and desiring men. It seemed to me that it was not cheating. They just attracted me sexually. I didn't want to make some deeper connection.

In that time in my town there was a park which at night was known as a "place for homosexuals." Every time I passed by I was exited and felt anxiety. And then, one night, when my wife Milena was in the hospital waiting to deliver our daughter, I was nervous and didn't know what to do with myself alone at home. So I decided to go and just walk through the park, just to see what was happening there. That night I had my first sex with a man. I was 21 and it was like I made my biggest wish come true.

The next months and years Milena was so taken with the child that I had free evenings and I started to visit the park often. Then I made some acquaintances and heard of some other places where I could meet men. I lived a double life; I was simultaneously satisfied and frightened. Sometimes I was terrified at the thought I was the only man who was doing both sides. Milena was occupied with raising our daughter and working, and I was very careful, so, as far as I know, she never realized the situation.

Of course I didn't go out every time it crossed my mind. Moreover, I waited sometimes too long, resisting my desires, to make it special, so it didn't become ordinary. Just once I thought that I could fall in love with the man, and I ran away. It wasn't something I could allow myself in my situation.

Years passed, computer and Internet came to my home. So I found out about other bisexuals. It was a relief. Not that I now have the heart to tell my innocent wife the truth, but anyway it is much easier now when I know that people like me exist.

 

I've liked both sexes for as long as I can remember. When I was an adolescent I was in love with a girl from my class, but I was also excited by a few boys in the school gym. But that kind of desire was not common and usual in my time.

...So I got married.

 
 
 
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