The Interrogation

By Beverly Greene

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"I don't often talk about my sexual experiences with men, no. I find that it doesn't come up often in lesbian conversation. I do, however, on occasion mention something which happened during the time that I was dating a man. Relationship issues are still relevant."

"So, you equate your relationships with men to those with women?"

"In some ways. I mean, some things are definitely very different between dating women and dating men, but some things are pretty much the same."

"So, you don't think that dating women is better?"

"Better how?"

"Better in any way."

"Uhhh...yea, I mean, I guess so. Like I said, some things are very different. It's hard to compare them fairly. I know that I'm meant to date women and I was much younger and less honest to myself or others about who I was when I dated men, so it's hard for me to judge."

"Do you feel that you gained anything from dating men?"

"Absolutely. I have learned something from each and every person that I have ever dated, no matter if it was a man or a woman. I have taken those lessons with me into my next relationship hoping that it will be better than the last. So, yes, I feel that I gained necessary experience with relationships from dating men."

"Do you feel that you could not have gotten those same experiences from dating women?"

"Yeah, I suppose that I could have, but like I said before, it was a different time in my life. I wasn't honest with myself so dating women really wasn't an option at the time. Dating men was the only option that I felt that I had."

"Do you wish that you could go back and date only women and learn those experiences from them instead of from dating men?"

"What kind of weird time paradox is that? If I went back not knowing what I know now, I would still probably date men. That is where I was at that time in my life. I was not ready to face the reality of who I am. If I went back knowing what I know now, I would date women, but I wouldn't need to learn those experiences all over again because I would still have the memory of learning them the first time from the men that I dated."

The woman looked over to her companion and when she saw a nod who's meaning I could only guess at, she asked one final question.

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