While perusing erotic stories today, I saw quite a few that mentioned early experiences with someone of the same gender. It's often mentioned that boys masturbate in front of each other or with each other, but I don't know of anyone who has.
My childhood playmate and I would occasionally look at and touch each other's chests, but there was nothing there was really nothing there to touch at the time. Other than a game of spin-the-bottle during an preteen all-girl slumber party, I never saw any kind of experimentation take place. Nothing too exciting happened during the slumber party. A few girls took off their panties, but they had nightgowns on. And we all stood in line in the bathroom together and took turns peeing so we wouldn't wake the parents by running in and out of the bathroom all night.
I knew nothing of same sex play while I was in elementary school. In middle school, two girls were rumored to be lesbians and were outsiders from the rest of us. No one wanted to be accused of being the same, so no one talked with them or played with them. In high school, it was the same kind of treatment, only different girls. It wasn't true, but we all thought it was. All of the accused girls were big-boned or BBW and rather butch, which at the time, were the only "clues" we had.
I was bi-curious in college, but didn't sleep with a woman until I was 23. I was at a party once and there was a lesbian there who wanted to kiss me. I wanted to kiss her, but was nervous as hell. It didn't help that everyone in the house stopped talking and stared at us. It was way too much pressure. I remember the blood pounding in my head and the feeling of taboo keeping me from leaning in to her. She flipped out when I didn't kiss her and call me a tease and basically ripped me a new one. She was a bit psycho. I seem to attract crazy women.
My first time with a woman was amazing, as was every time thereafter. I've had some incredible times making love to women and although I haven't been with one in several years now, I still consider myself bisexual. If I had to pick a sexuality to claim, I'd have to say straight because there is just no substitute for a man and the way a masculine lover can make me feel. But I will always hunger for the taste, the feel, the sounds, the sights and smells of another woman. There's nothing in this world quite like them.
So have you experimented with people of the same gender as yourself? What did you do? Was it a positive or negative experience? Do you still play with people the same gender as yourself? If you haven't played, do you wish you could or are you curious about it? Do you ever dream or fantasize about it? If you do, how do those dreams and fantasies make you feel?