Hi, Im one of those people who "discovered" they were gay later in life. I'm divorced but on good terms with my ex. Any others out there like me?
I was never married, but I did have heterosexual relationships before I realized at 30 that I was gay. Not surprisingly, those relationships never really worked out, though I am still friends with a few of my exes.
Hi I never married (came damn close though), and recently accepted that I'm gay. I'm out to everyone except my ex and her family, who I still live with. I love having a complicated life
Hello and Welcome to EC!! I know that there are others here that discovered themselves later in life.
Not really the same situation as you, but I realised I was gay when I was 17, I used to be a stereotypical straight person, so you could imagine how upset I was at the time, but I wasn't in a relationship at the time, but I had a massive crush on this girl, which just complicated things further, I think this made it harder for me to accept myself, so yeah, you're not alone, it feels like your world has been turned upside down, everything you once knew was a lie, took a lot of time (still is) for me
Hey. Welcome to EC My good friend is 42 and was married with 2 kids. He is now partnered with a guy and is in the process of coming out to everyone.
I was married more than once. Have two daughters. Discovering (or rediscovering) my love for women at 50+. You are not alone. My first ex, well, I don't expect to interact with him now that my child is grown. My second ex has been one of my best friends since we split up 8 years ago and probably always will be. We raise our daughter as if we are still married, but just living in different houses. It's great. His twin is gay. I told him I thought I was gay, when I realized it He approves. He said he always thought it seemed like I was missing something.
Hi there! I do understand you, this is now a big new era beginning for you but believe me you did the right thing otherwise it would have been very difficult for you to be happy! I was sent to a boarding school, a military academy but I survived and now Im a married guy to another man being together for the last 10 years... and I started like you did! You are brave! Happy new year!
I've known I was gay since I was about nine years old. Couldn't really reconcile it with my family. So I ignored it and pushed it down inside me. Tried a couple of "straight" relationships which never really worked, go figure. Threw myself into work and continued to ignore it. Over the past year I have finally come to terms with my sexuality and I now accept that I am gay. I am actually embracing it. Really just beginning the coming out process. This site has been a godsend for me. Being able to openly discuss these kinds of issues has given my courage a huge boost. So, in short, welcome to EC, and you are definitely not alone.
I know what you mean. My wife agrees too, we were unhappy with the way things were going but I am happy to finally realize and accept my homosexuality
Howdy, I was in a "heterosexual" (or should I say heteroplatonual) relationship until sometime last year. Truth is I never really "discovered" - I always knew, but by and large seemed to pretend or should I say tried to convince myself that no that guy wasn't really hot - mustn't look at him too much - must look at a few women to even things out (even though I hadn't the faintest idea what I should be looking at (on a woman)).
