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Support » Sometimes I'm not okay » September 10, 2024 1:10 pm

M-Kate
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Sometimes I'm just not okay, but perhaps that's alright.   I learned of my husband's bisexuality and infidelity about 1 1/2 years ago.   We've been married nearly 30 years and I was totally blindsided.   I'm trying to accept that I will continue to have ups & downs and to accept my feelings.  I want to give myself "permission" to sometimes feel sad.  We had issues in our marriage before and we have issues now.   Are these current issues insurmountable?  I don't know and I don't have to know.      

Support » Open Marriage - I don't get it » May 18, 2024 5:01 pm

M-Kate
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It's seems so strange to me.  I think that some couples think that since one spouse is bi, they're entitled to have extra marital sex, or they can't be content without sex with both genders.  I don't get it. 

Support » Open Marriage - I don't get it » May 16, 2024 2:29 pm

M-Kate
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What surprises me is that so many straight spouses go along with open marriages as if it's totally reasonable. 

Support » Open Marriage - I don't get it » May 16, 2024 8:14 am

M-Kate
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I realize that there are no guarantees.  I'm taking one day at a time.  

Support » Open Marriage - I don't get it » May 15, 2024 4:09 pm

M-Kate
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I've joined other online mixed orientation relationship support groups.   Many straight spouses write about accepting open marriages after disclosure.   I honestly don't get it.  I sometimes think that I'm in the minority.  I think that it would be similar to my husband telling me that he really likes women with larger breasts and so he gets to have sex with large breasted women periodically.  Why would he get to have sex with men on the side because he has same sex attraction?   I've told him that if he wants to have sex with men again, we should get divorced, and I will be very supportive as his friend. I've encouraged him to live the life that he wants to live, but he has to choose.   Is this unreasonable?

Is He/She Gay » Gay +1 » February 4, 2024 10:50 am

M-Kate
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I've already asked this question in the support section, but I thought I'd ask here as well.  Has anyone heard of the orientation "Gay+1"?   I gather that it means gay, but sexually attracted to one's spouse.   Is this a commonly used term?  

Support » Gay +1 » February 3, 2024 10:17 am

M-Kate
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I see it on a Mixed Orientation Facebook group that I've joined.  I hadn't heard of it before.  I don't know how common it is.  

Support » Gay +1 » February 2, 2024 4:04 pm

M-Kate
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Have any of you heard the sexual orientation category "Gay+1"?   Is it commonly used?  

Strategies for MOM's » Can he be happy? » January 26, 2024 5:37 pm

M-Kate
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He said it was none of my business.   He says that he loves me and wants to recommit to our marriage and that he won't seek out sex with men again, but I don't trust him. 

Strategies for MOM's » Can he be happy? » January 26, 2024 5:30 pm

M-Kate
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Yes, that makes sense to me.  I think that I'm still struggling emotionally since he really hasn't apologized adequately.  He doesn't even acknowledge that he deceived me for 29 years.   He has compartmentalized and rationalized his extramarital sex. He has apologized for hurting me, but not for his behavior.  I think that he's sorry that I found out (because he was being blackmailed).  

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