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Re: Embracing my husband's same sex attraction
@Alex1984
This is all so sad and so bizarre. It must feel so awful for him to have these reactions from his own family and I am sorry you are getting that feeling from them as well. It really goes to show that you have no idea how people will react when coming out. I am sorry you both have had to deal with this.
It really speaks to the reason that so many never feel safe coming out.
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Re: Embracing my husband's same sex attraction
Instead of my regular monthly update, I decided to post a poem. I am hoping many would be able to relate to the tension in it - regardless of your current experience or the final outcome of your relationship. I think this tension between the complex world and the simple truths extend beyond our situations, but I find it does come to the surface more often on the pages of this forum.
Sun Will Not Rise
The sun will rise tomorrow, - she said.
No it will not, - he said.
How can it not? - she asked.
The birds will sing, the wind will blow, the flowers will bloom, the world is complex, so the sun will not rise, - he said.
And he was right.
Or at the very least he was closer to the truth than she was. The world was complex. The birds sang, the wind blew, the flowers bloomed and about a thousand other things happened - all at the same time.
The world was not about the sun rising. It was about a thousand different things happening.
Do you now see? - he asked.
I do, - she answered.
However... the sun rose.
As for our situation, we are at the same place - settled, for-now-monogamous, having great conversations (often overly philosophical).
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