Hi, I'm new to this website and new to coming out, but I'm also 50 years old. I have been very comfortable with my sexual preference since my about my mid-20's, but I chose to join the military and had to be very careful not to involuntarily 'out' myself. Since I lean strongly in my preference to men, I chose to simply shut the 'romantic' portion of my life away. Part of that decision was also based on the fact that I was working in Military Intelligence and didn't want to have to worry about foreign adversaries finding information they could use to potentially blackmail me. At first, I assumed I would only be in the military a short time, but I really enjoyed what I did and, long story short, I just left the military four years ago after 24 years. Now, I'm finallly ready and free to explore my sexual identity openly - I'm just very late in getting to this point. Oh well. That's my story. (And I'm sticking to it!)
