Firstly, I just want to say thank you to everyone for your responses. I wrote this last night feeling teary and alone and I'm so glad this community exists. I spoke on the phone with my girlfriend yesterday, told her how I felt insecure about the status of our relationship. For those questioning the contradiction between her being a proud bisexual, yet not wanting to offend 'the others'; I'm her first serious girlfriend (she dated a couple of women in the past but they ended badly). Her family are friendly to me, though they've told my GF that 'being with someone of the same sex will make life harder'. 'The others' are her colleagues who she has on Instagram - she's worried about discrimination in her mostly male workplace. My girlfriend said she'd like to put up a picture of us on to mark our one year anniversary, though she says doing so will be a big thing for her because she's still getting over homophobic bullying she received when she was a child. I don't want to make her feel like she HAS to do this just to please me, I just would've hoped it wouldn't have been such a big deal - and now I'm really doubting the seriousness of this relationship. That being said, she's supported me a lot this year - emotionally. She's patient, makes me laugh, makes me consider different view points - and I think I could marry this girl. What gets me is she was the first one to say "I love you" and "Marry me (One day). " We've even looked at pictures of houses together. She even stated "given we've done all these things, putting up a picture of us is still a really big thing". So I guess I'm still stuck. But I sincerely appreciate everyone's input.