This is between you and your mother and has nothing to do with ISFPs. Not all ISFPs are bisexual, just as not all ISFPs are left-handed. MBTI has nothing to do with sexual orientation.

 

This is between you and your mother and has nothing to do with ISFPs. Not all ISFPs are bisexual, just as not all ISFPs are left-handed. MBTI has nothing to do with cognitive functions.

as a judger, I make generalizations. I can't help it. sorry

 

As an isfp, do you consider yourself naturally bisexual?

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Definitely not, personality theory should have absolutely nothing to do with your sexual orientation. Personality theory can tell you a lot of things, but this is not one of them... It's a bit like asking if all ISFP's are fat, there should be absolutely no correlation.

 

You can't just change sexual orientation. You can discover you may have attraction to the same/opposite gender later in life, even if you'd never realised it before, but the attraction was always there.

 

I don't think type has much to do with it either, I'm afraid. Personally I'm straight, and not attracted to men in a sexual way at all really. I do have a list of 'men I would do if I were' though. :laughing: I don't see much wrong with that.

 

well, I thought I was a bisexual, but then I found out I was just a lesbian until graduation.

anyway, regarding your mum...well, people change over time. Either that, or she's straight but happened to have found somebody who she could emotionally connect so intimately with that she started becoming attracted to her, despite her being a female. This is actually talked about in the Highly Sensitive Person book by Elaine Aron (this is a bit of a tangent, not implying that your mum is an HSP because I don't know her). I can definitely relate to that and would say that this is a possibility for me too.

 

well, I thought I was a bisexual, but then I found out I was just a lesbian until graduation.

I find this interesting. My SO says that she experienced this as well.

 

Like pretty much everyone else, I don't think me being ISFP has any effect on sexuality.

Personally I'm a demisexual though.

 

I guess if you follow the spectrum theory, then some people might be a little bisexual. While, I'm not bi or gay myself, I will admit that I do check out guys sometimes. I'm open to the idea of people being bisexual and I think it's pretty advantageous in some respects - like finding partners easier. However, I have talked to several people about dating bisexuals and it seems to me like a bunch of them would not date them, I think because of the fear that their options are wider and therefor, somehow more likely to cheat.

I think one the possibilities is that your mom has finally accepted her sexuality, whatever it may be. She might have suppressed her feelings due to religion and now feels free from it to pursue her own interests. I dunno, just one of the many things that could be.

 

I think one the possibilities is that your mom has finally accepted her sexuality, whatever it may be. She might have suppressed her feelings due to religion and now feels free from it to pursue her own interests. I dunno, just one of the many things that could be.

I believe my mom has done what society has expected of her, reproduced, and now she feels free to move on to what really interests her. I do not get mad over this. You cannot fight who are on the inside.

Ps-My mother's mother, and infp, has had 15 children with an esfp. I believe my mom has a desire to feel valued and counted...it does not matter whether she gets this feeing from a male or female.

she was one of the "lucky" ones in the family..."high-yellow" with a "cute face"...so she uses this to get noticed, especially as an introvert...because a lot of her siblings are esfps and are really outgoing...this is just my assumption...as an inxj, the responsibility of looking after my mother's emotional well-being as well as my esfp brother and mines can get overwhelming at times. Sometimes I'd wish she was stronger as a person and would accept the aging process. We all go through it. It's the circle of life. There have been others before her who were old while she was young and enjoying the benefits of her youthfulness. We all go through this process!

 

I am not bisexual. I've always been attracted to men, especially men who have a beautiful bass or baritone singing voice, although I do sigh over the occasional tenor. I like to sing a duet with another woman but romance? No. Just singing.
If other people are gay or bisexual, it really doesn't bother me. If people have romance in their lives and are happy, I am happy.

 

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Like everyone else, I don't think there's any link. I'm sure there are a bunch of bisexual ISFPs as there are bisexual INFJs. Personally, I'm straight, but who knows. So far in my life I have never been attracted to girls, but if it happens, it happens, I can't change it. If that's what you mean by being "open to it" then I guess I am. I also don't have any kind of problem with other bisexual people, but I think it's more person-related than personality-related.