How do I let my girlfriend know I'm not gay?

You're just gonna have to let her know somehow that you're not interested. Maybe subtly hint to her that you're straight somehow

I would have thought having a girlfriend would suggest that you aren't gay

OP is one of those girls who refers to their female friends as "girlfriends", which is technically true but in this context is highly confusing...

What kind of things would I say?

I made a friend at university recently, and she's lovely. The first day we met she gave me a huge hug and said she was homesick. We agreed that watching some funny movies and getting take-away would help to cheer us up. To watch the TV in my room, you have to kind of sit on the bed with your back against the wall. We ended up cuddling a bit and falling asleep together. Because she was upset, and the only option was to lounge on the bed and it's pretty small, I didn't really think anything of it.

The past week, she's been clingy and is always asking to do things "alone together". Things that are very date-like. This is not on its own unusual, but she always wants me to let her do my hair or give me massages. She texts me more than anyone else has since moving in. On the walk to class yesterday, she called me pretty and asked to hold my hand. It was then I realised that I'd been entirely oblivious to hints she was dropping. Given that she said she had boyfriends before, I just went with it presuming she was straight and just a really affectionate person.

I have unintentionally strung her along very badly, and I feel awful. Is there anything I can do to make it less hurtful to tell her I'm not interested? We share lots of hobbies and I want to keep her as a friend. I've tried to feel the same way about her, but I'm not wired that way. Please help me stay friends with her!

some girls are very clingy and some people prefer to be with a particular best friend rather than a group of acquaintances. I dont see what she's done that is a sexual pass. I doubt this girl is really bisexual.

I don't think most (friends that are girls) walk around holding hands...

I made a friend at university recently, and she's lovely. The first day we met she gave me a huge hug and said she was homesick. We agreed that watching some funny movies and getting take-away would help to cheer us up. To watch the TV in my room, you have to kind of sit on the bed with your back against the wall. We ended up cuddling a bit and falling asleep together. Because she was upset, and the only option was to lounge on the bed and it's pretty small, I didn't really think anything of it.

The past week, she's been clingy and is always asking to do things "alone together". Things that are very date-like. This is not on its own unusual, but she always wants me to let her do my hair or give me massages. She texts me more than anyone else has since moving in. On the walk to class yesterday, she called me pretty and asked to hold my hand. It was then I realised that I'd been entirely oblivious to hints she was dropping. Given that she said she had boyfriends before, I just went with it presuming she was straight and just a really affectionate person.

I have unintentionally strung her along very badly, and I feel awful. Is there anything I can do to make it less hurtful to tell her I'm not interested? We share lots of hobbies and I want to keep her as a friend. I've tried to feel the same way about her, but I'm not wired that way. Please help me stay friends with her!

This bugs me because she’s not done anything to suggest she’s sexually interested in you. I’m like that with a lot of guys and even girls too if I know they’re not my type and they trust me. I’m just a very family oriented person and so prefer close connections with people rather than shallow ones and sitting in bed watching movies is just a comfort thing, not a way to get sex. I always compliment people a lot because I know they put in effort and deserve to actually be told it’s nice.

u r gay; you just dont know it yet.