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Re: A gay ex-husband answers your questions
eholmes5: My husband spent years lying to me about who he was and why he was the way he was, and I spent years trying to figure it out. I think at the end of the day there is a very simple question, which is: given where you are right now in this relationship, are you happy? Are you satisfied, content? Is this situation acceptable to you? If your child was in a similar situation, what would you advise?
For me, at the end of the day, I wasted too much time trying to figure things out. Does it matter if he is gay or straight, when he is someone who lies to you? That's not an innie or an outie issue: it's a character defect.