Wisdom From Divorce: Changing Sexual Orientation Doesn’t Make Divorce Easy

When divorce involves one spouse coming out as gay, the sexual orientation is often cited as the reason for the divorce. People nod with understanding or gasp with shock or surprise. In reality, it may not be that simple and the sexual orientation is a cloak.

I know our marriage was compromised way before my sexual orientation came up for me, it was just a catalyst for me to come out of the comfort zone. I always thought that he would at least not to have think of me with another man. He’s even admitted the tendency for him to say, “Well, I didn’t do anything to contribute to the end of this marriage. She just wants to be with a woman. And hey, sucks for me.” But he knows we had problems way before that.

Candace Walsh was married for seven years before she started to follow her lesbian instincts.

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  • http://www.nevadadivorce.org/ Nevada divorce

    Divorce is rarely easy…I think sexual orientation issues make it even harder.

  • speaktruth

    The author engages in a tactic common in the demise of such marriages – denying responsibility for the consequences of lying to the person they pledged their life to. When someone is living a lie and not being their genuine self – keeping a secret- real intimacy is impossible in a marriage. A gay person cannot love their opposite sex partner as a straight person can. In addition the straight person geels the absence of real desire. The straight spouses self esteem is constantly eroded with the knowledge that “somethin is wrong.”

    • http://sincemydivorce.com Mandy Walker

      @Speaktruth – I don’t see it as black and white as this. I don’t think Candace lied to her partner when they married – she wasn’t aware of her authentic sexual orientation at the time of the marriage. I do agree that once there is awareness, continuing in a straight marriage is difficult if not impossible.