I’m wondering if there is any space here for relationships outside of strictly straight relationships.

I considered myself straight most of my life until I started dating my ex-girlfriend a few years ago. She has exhibited a lot of the LVM traits described in this subreddit, and I feel like my eyes are being opened on how much we both were wrong in many cases after reading a lot of posts here. I definitely was a total PickMeisha, but she was had her flaws, too. In the beginning, she made me feel precious and desirable and always wanted to take me to nice restaurants and getaways. However, she slowly became cold, distant, and eventually cheated on me when she got bored of me. It was awful and one of the worst experiences of my life.

I don’t think I will date a woman again (it was a bad breakup and I’m pretty much turned off to the whole idea now) but I don’t know if I consider myself 100% straight, either. Also, what if I meet the most perfect woman for me in the future, someone who has all the traits we look for in a HVM?

For now, I’m not really looking into dating anyone, but I don’t want to feel like I need to pretend to be someone else to fit in with this community. I’m just wondering if there is space for a person like me here.