woman.
I don't know how old "Jeffrey in Detroit" is, but when I got married
at 23 (35 years ago), I did not do it erroneously - at the time I
thought that it was the right thing to do and I truly loved her. I
was just unaware of my gay feelings because I was not living in a
time, nor had i grown up at a time nor in a circumstance where I was
able to explore/understand/articulate/fulfill those feelings. I was
not in denial because where I lived (New Hampshire, a very
conservative republican, primarily catholic society) and the
religious family in which I grew up did not provide me with the
emotional or social option to even consider those feelings. So I was
unable to talk about how different I felt and those feelings remained
repressed. As I said in my previous message, if I had grown up more
contemporarily and knew then what I know now, I may have made very
different choices - but that is a moot point and I only look forward
in my life. However, I want Jeffrey to know that I do not in any way
regret my 27 year marriage or my 2 beautiful adult sons.
I don't presume to judge anyone else or the choices that they have
made in their lives. But what I have learned - and both Jake and
Marki (each in their own unique ways, as they are from very different
generations) seem to share and promote is what I said above: look
forward, not backward, and work to help create a climate (socially,
legally, societally) where we can all find out and be who we are
openly and happily.
Warren
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