Lesbians Only Is it important to you that you have lesbian friends?

I'm really interested in why it's important to you or why it's not important to you.

Every second month, my wife and I attend our local lesbian meet-up. During the off months, ten of us have a breakout of our own as our interests and lifestyles are more limited (we're all married or partnered, middle-aged, empty nesters, our children are adults, we're all smokers, etc.). Sometimes we meet in a street café, sometimes in one of our houses. After warm hugs and hellos, we spend the next hour, sometimes two or three, swapping stories over coffee and cigarettes. We cover all the funny, serious, touching, frustrating, problematic or sad experiences we've had in the last month. We also enjoy discussing the challenges that our society confronts us with as lesbians, and how we cope with those challenges.

 

I don't care about that
heart matter

 

so true

 

We also have straight friends, but being around other lesbians also has its advantages.

 

I prefer to have Lesbian friends or at least Bisexual, I've tried straight women and men as friends, the women don't get it, and tend to not want to be a friend to me, and the straight men, just get a bit too nasty when talking about women, you know disrespectful, so I feel uncomfortable talking to them, even online, like on Facebook or something. But in person it's worse. But I would prefer some Lesbian friends, that's actually why I am here. As a 57 yr old I don't really get into the whole hook up thing or going out by myself to a bar or club. I want someone I can talk about other women, but without it being all about sex and disrespecting women, like with straight men. I know some Lesbian can be that way too, but I like to talk more nicer about women, respectful. I just want some nice friends to just do normal stuff, watching movie or tv shows together or talking about normal stuff or world things, not just about sex and women.

 

Our friends are all over the map but it’s definitely not something either of us considers when meeting new people. Maybe I’d feel differently if we didn’t live in such an open minded/ LFBTQ community.

 

I have always been bi. But as I grew older I became more of a lesbian. I guess thats what I am now