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Support » I feel like I suffered enough, now? Now, he wants to be mommy. » June 7, 2022 6:04 pm

Wow. That is very intense and I don't have any advice for you but to keep fighting for your child. And Prayers. Lots and lots of prayers sent your way, Momma. I don't know how I would handle or feel in this situation so I cannot offer up advice. And I'm sorry that other groups have treated you that way. More than that, I'm sorry that you have gone through all of this. 

Our Stories » New to this ... maybe; I'm not sure » June 7, 2022 5:50 pm

For context, my husband is Jeremiah, my sisters are Irene and Kayla...

I am married to my husband who is transgender...I am not new to that, as he waited until we were married for 2 years to tell me. At first, I was confused and to be honest, kind of angry, that he didn't tell me before we got married. We got married in 2011. So, it was around 2013 when I found out. He didn't go into detail about any of it, and honestly, I was okay with that. I dealt with it and came around. Then a couple months ago he made a Facebook page. He waited until I got home from work and showed me. I was angry. So angry that I literally sat there speechless. It isn't that I didn't want anyone to know, maybe on some level that was the issue, but the first thought that crossed my mind was that now everyone was going to find out something about our personal life that I didn't want anyone to know. I felt that it wasn't anyone's business. I never thought that I would have to explain to my parents and his parents, our very conservative parents, that my husband was suffering from gender dysphoria. My older sister, Irene, already knew because I felt that she was the only person I could talk to about any of this. I trust her with every fiber of my being. She isn't judgmental about anything, and in fact is very LGBT+ friendly. I always thought I was too; in fact, I still believe I am. I just don't fully understand what my husband is going through and that bothers me. 
Back to the Facebook page...I started getting text messages from my friends and family. They thought it was a joke. They thought he was just messing with everyone. When my younger sister texted me at 3:00 in the morning the day after he had posted it, (I have to get up at 2:00am for work on the weekends so I was up), she was the first one to see it and ask me about it. I told her that it wasn't a joke and that I was not sure how to feel about our private lives being put up publicly for the whole world to see. It was two weeks before

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