tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34239589.post627035304166880451..comments2024-03-27T11:00:44.652-05:00Comments on Michael-In-Norfolk - Coming Out in Mid-Life: Coming Out in Mid-Life: More Painful Than Many KnowMichael-in-Norfolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06330888799107186550noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34239589.post-3188436389792730752009-09-09T11:32:08.522-05:002009-09-09T11:32:08.522-05:00Amen and amen. There is a lot of hoopla about gay ...Amen and amen. There is a lot of hoopla about gay men coming out early, and good for them, I say. Yet there are many many men who married because it was the expected thing, because it was the only thing. And they face hard hard choices. <br /><br />I opted to come out. I lost nearly everything and everyone, including wife, kids, family, friends, job, court cases. Faced with similar choices, a friend and former co-worker (who worked for the same religious-based organization I had) drowned himself.<br /><br />The pain is real. folks. Awfully, terribly real. Like the poet Sherman Alexie says, the world is two parts broken heart, one part hope.Jay R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34239589.post-30634476495898853732009-08-28T19:07:52.457-05:002009-08-28T19:07:52.457-05:00there are many times where i look back the last co...there are many times where i look back the last couple years and wonder why in the hell i did what i did.....this has been an incredibly stressful journey, some laughs, many many tears...anger...and all the other gamets of emotion that i had no idea i even had.;....yes i am out, yes i am gay, yes i am single, would i do it again....i don't know....daveinclevelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12322520630429327304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34239589.post-46100463132845782772009-08-28T13:56:45.197-05:002009-08-28T13:56:45.197-05:00For those of you reading this comment, click on &q...For those of you reading this comment, click on "my name" to go to a posting I did on my blog FOCUS which was inspired by and although not by name is dedicated to Michael and others who have and are going through the trials and tribulations of coming out and ending marriage.<br /><br />The post is titled, "It's a lonely path of hell for coming out and ending what is a sham marriage".Lyndon Evanshttp://lgbtrainbowlinksfocus.blogspot.com/2009/08/lonely-path-of-hell-for-coming-out-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com