Hi. Looking for advice in how to keep the conversation flowing when talking about sex with my brother.
I'm 28 in a homosexual relationship.
He's 32 in a heterosexual relationship.
Recently we have introduced sex into conversation. No specifics, just general mentions. I'd like to be more open with him as we've recently started being more open with each other.
We live interstate so text rather than talk. Need advice on what kind of questions/responses I should ask, without being too open and forthright, and without scaring him off with regard to my own homo sex stories.
Cheers.
I'm not quite sure what the goal is here. It is good that you want to share your thoughts on intimacy with your brother. I am assuming you are close and mutually supportive, and have a history of confiding in each other. IF that assume is correct I'm not sure how specific you need to be, regarding details. Since your brother does not have sex with guys, talking about some aspect of the actual deed itself would seem to me to be a one sided conversation. The specifics can be a bridge to far.
My own brother is also straight. He has had a number of long term relationships that are always passionate and intense. I don't need to know the specifics of what they do - but I can tell when they are happy and when they are not. We have talked about issues - sometimes frictions within the relationship a few times about sexual problems - he wants something she doesn't like to do, or the other way around but through all that the specifics rarely come up.
From my end, he knows I screw around, he has met and been friendly with my long term ex - and he certainly knew what two gay men did in bed. I often sounded him out on a variety of things while in the relationship but I never needed to be sexually explicit or frame a conversation to be just about sex. To me, it would be like asking a cook at McDonalds questions about French cooking. The ballpark is completely different.
Is there something that needs to be said I'm not seeing? Would you have a similar conversation with a straight friend you were as close to as your brother? I would not - but maybe I'm missing something. My straight friends would not need or want to know too much about gay intimacy 99% of the time. If something came up I would hope they would just ask - I'm sure my brother would. He did ask me about anal many years ago because he really did not see the appeal, but that was a fairly short conversation.
I'm sorry if I'm missing the need for this, hopefully you can explain to me why this is important to you. I sincerely am curious. Thanks.