i actually don’t see Jonah as someone who was promiscuous in his youth. I think he’d be too scared to be open about his sexuality like that.
Oh he flirted plenty, but everything had plausible deniability. He knew just the way to wrap men and women around his finger. Keep them coming back for more but never *truly* giving them what they wanted.
He had a reputation in his circles for being charismatic and likeable, but… odd. When questioned about his bachelor lifestyle he simply said that he was far too busy with his work to be married.
I do think a part of him would be relieved he couldn’t experience romantic desire- he saw it as something he was above. But amatonormative society has its way of digging in and making him question if something was wrong with him. If he was cursed. It certainly led to resentment for his friends who became preoccupied with women and children and starting a family.