sometimes to avoid confusion and all of the dumb jokes about pansexuals being attracted to skillets and frying pans, i just say that i'm bisexual.
one time at a family gathering, my (religious) grandma was going off about sexualities that "don't exist" (basically, she was saying that anything that is not gay or straight is made up). when she started going on about bisexual people and saying all this dumb stuff, so i figured i would "make a joke", *wink wink* *hint hint* and when she said "I don't even know why people identify as these fake things, bisexuals don't even exist!" i just went "grandma,, i'm literally right here.." and she GASPED, like, she was sHoCkEd. my cousins that already knew were laughing their asses off and i could see that my grandma was getting kinda mad, so i was like 'oh god, im about to ruin my entire relationship with her, it's best that i tell her it was a joke' and i just go "It's a joke grandma, im straight hahaha" and she just went "you better be.." and then she lectured me about not joking around about stuff like that.
imagine what it's gonna be like when she attends my wedding haha
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