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June 11, 2025 10:51 am  #1


Hid his bisexuality

My husband and I have been married almost three years and together almost eight years. During this time, he never told me he was anything but straight. This past summer of 2024, he was getting extra shady with his cell phone and nastier and less patient with me about anything. I was suspicious but I didn't know what about.

In October of 2024, I found that he was messaging women on snapchat and buying pictures from them. Then, I thought they were cis women. I did not find out until months later that they were trans women. He ran out of the house with his phone and deleted everything and would not let me see anything. He was an asshole to me about and was not forthcoming about anything then. He said he had a foot fetish and just did it to get off to women.

In December of 2024, I discovered he was texting two women on his phone and hiding them under names of his male friends. He was talking shit about me to them and complaining and just talking to them about things in general. I didn't see anything romantic, yet, but it was inappropriate. He talked to the one girl way too much. Months later I discovered that he googled "crush on coworker." He knew he had a crush on this girl and downplayed it. His reaction to me discovering these texts was horrendous. He ran around the house and called his mom instead of talking to me about it. He also called both women to have them say he wasn't cheating, when I asked him not to do that. 

Fast forward to February 8 2025, I go on his laptop and discover he has a sniffies account. He was taking pictures of himself and messaging men all over the area. He was messaging as if he was going to meet them. He said things like "married, but secretly gay" and "I havent gone all the way but i have fooled around." When he found out i knew, he first said it was him just getting attention and "getting off" on the attention. Then he said it was role play. Then he said he went on there looking for trans women. He did this dance with me from February to April. Then in April he admitted he had "some" attractions to feminine men and "fem boys." Now, in May 2025, he is saying he is full bisexual and that he always knew. He said he always knew he had an attraction to men.

I spoke with someone close to him and they said they thought I knew he was bisexual. So now I’m wondering why/how this person knew? They said my spouse never directly told them, but that they heard from someone else: were these rumors or what? I have no idea. But it could mean that many people knew something that I did not know at our wedding.

It has been a trickling out of things over the course of the last 6 months or so. I am devastated, confused, angry, and sad. We are getting divorced. I am very confident in my decision to divorce him. I am just so angry at him for treating me this way. He has every trait of narcissism there is. He claims he never had any relations with a man ever. He says he has attraction to men and women, but leans more towards women. He seems to love trans women pre op. I don't know if I believe anything he says, since he has lied about so much. There are so many things I don't understand. Is he gay but in denial? 

Last edited by marie2312 (June 26, 2025 3:25 pm)

 

June 11, 2025 2:47 pm  #2


Re: Hid his bisexuality

Hi Marie, 

I'm so sorry for what you're going through - it's awful.  And you're not alone. 

Glad to hear you're confident in your decision to divorce.  You had the right to know everything about his sexuality, and it was his responsibility to tell you.  

Conventional wisdom in the straight spouse world is that whatever our closeted spouse tells us is only the tip of the iceberg.  The stories that my GXH told me when he first disclosed to me turned out to be half-truths and deliberate deception - a continuation of the gaslighting he'd done pre-disclosure.   Seems to me that not believing anything he says is the appropriate response. 

Once my GXH disclosed, it was apparent that divorce was the correct path - my divorce is still fairly fresh but OMG it's so much better on the other side.  Please consult with an attorney, and double down on the self-care.  I also highly recommend therapy.  What you're going through is truly a mindfuck.  

 

June 11, 2025 8:11 pm  #3


Re: Hid his bisexuality

Marie2321,

As a straight guy I can say from what you wrote he is gay.  At best "not straight".

Again as a straight guy if you put a gun to my head I would not be on those sites..especially with a loving wife at home.

At the end of the day I realized it matters little if they are straight, bi, gay, green alien
..you don't lie and rage and sneak  around on a spouse you swore to love.

Read the first aid kit and know you did nothing wrong.   These spouses hid a fundamental truth about themselves from us.  In a word they never gave 100% or gave absolute true fierce love. 


Wishing you strength and stoicism on your journey.

Last edited by Rob (June 11, 2025 8:12 pm)


"For we walk by faith, not by sight .."  2Corinthians 5:7
 

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