Maren Morris reveals the biggest difference she’s seen in dating women versus men after coming out as bisexual

During a recent appearance on the U Up? podcast, Maren Morris who identified as bisexual last year, shared her experiences of dating both men and women.

According to ‘People’, to begin with, Morris noticed that she connects more easily with women compared to men, with whom establishing a deep connection takes longer. “My experience has been really positive. But I also have a confusion sometimes because I can connect with a woman, any woman, within like two minutes, and we'll be talking about our childhoods... Like, we will get into it so quickly. With a guy that would take like years to get into that trauma,” Morris, 35, mentioned.

She elaborated further, “But we're so good at building community out of sharing stories or gossip or whatever... It's a survival technique. We cling together out of vulnerabilities.” Although she can connect with women on a “emotionally deep level,” this sometimes creates confusion in distinguishing between a romantic connection and a friendship. “I sometimes have the hard delineation of romance versus friendship, because women can connect so quickly and easily, which is a magical thing about us,” she said. “But that's the comparison, I guess, to dating men, right? Because I've been there. It's like, I have enough friends. I think I'm good. I'm looking for something beyond that. But sometimes the chemistry isn't there. It doesn't depend, you know, on the guy or the girl.”

Morris, who was married to the singer-songwriter Ryan Hurd for five years before filing for divorce in October 2023, announced her bisexuality in a celebratory LGBTQ+ Pride Month post in June last year.

“happy to be the B in LGBTQ+,” wrote Morris, a longtime supporter of the queer community, along with photos of herself holding Pride flags during her RSVP Redux Tour stop in Phoenix. “happy pride.”

Later in the podcast, Morris discussed her first date with a woman and expressed that she was “nervous.” “I had never been on a date with a woman. So, of course, I'm going to be like, 'What the hell does this look like?' But then it was so easy and ended up being like a three-hour hang,” she remarked.

In August, Morris said that she found the courage to come out as bisexual after writing her song ‘Push Me Over.’ “I didn't ever feel before I had the courage to say that, and it was something that I knew for decades, but I think it was just the timing of: I'm in a space to say this without anything really getting misconstrued, and it's Pride Month,” Morris explained about her Instagram announcement. “I also had just felt comfortable in myself enough to write a song like 'Push Me Over.' It gave me the little shot of courage I needed, I guess”

“It didn't really feel like coming out,” Morris added regarding her decision to publicly disclose her sexuality. “It just felt like, 'Oh, and by the way, I'm kind of in the club too, so happy pride.' It was the most free, fun, silly way to do it.”