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Mon, 10 March 2003 22:36

Guest

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Registered: March 2012
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Greetings.
I'm gay and married. My wife found out about me from my sleep talking. This was four years ago. Since then, she's outed me to the church leader, and from there, I've been rail-roaded through church-sponsored reparative therapy.
Therapy only made my longing for men intensify to the point that I've been secreting away cash for the day when I have enough nerve to leave the family. We have three out of the nest and one twelve year old.
I have alot of anger towards organized "Christians", since it was the church that advised me to marry 26 years ago to cure me of homosexuality. Now that same church counts me as a cured statistic, and I get called in periodically for questioning about my success: this is, to me, a continual witch hunt.
I can't figure out how to go about leaving. What do I say? Moving out while she's away seems so cowardly.

		Self-Introduction By: Guest on Mon, 10 March 2003 22:36
		Hi Brent By: timmy on Mon, 10 March 2003 22:47
		Re: Hi Brent By: Guest on Tue, 11 March 2003 15:20
		Advice, mostly, is not necessary. Support is. By: timmy on Tue, 11 March 2003 16:35
		Re: Self-Introduction By: Neph on Tue, 11 March 2003 02:02
		Re: Self-Introduction By: Guest on Tue, 11 March 2003 15:25
		Welcome, Brent By: trevor on Tue, 11 March 2003 05:36
		The importance of church By: timmy on Tue, 11 March 2003 08:00
		Re: The importance of church By: Guest on Tue, 11 March 2003 15:37
		Re: Welcome, Brent By: Guest on Tue, 11 March 2003 15:34
		Re: Welcome, Brent By: rbryce on Wed, 12 March 2003 03:51
		Re: Self-Introduction By: Guest on Tue, 11 March 2003 09:22
		Hi Brent! Welcome By: Darren on Tue, 11 March 2003 18:02
		you lucky fella... By: Guest on Thu, 13 March 2003 01:00
		Re: Self-Introduction By: kevin on Tue, 11 March 2003 23:02
		thanks By: Guest on Thu, 13 March 2003 01:03
		Exquisite News By: Guest on Thu, 13 March 2003 01:15
		It is certainly "Exquisite News" By: warren c. e. austin on Thu, 13 March 2003 04:13
		Fantastic! By: trevor on Thu, 13 March 2003 04:18
		Re: thanks By: rbryce on Thu, 13 March 2003 01:22
		its a boy By: Guest on Thu, 13 March 2003 01:28
		Re: thanks By: trevor on Thu, 13 March 2003 04:49
		Re: thanks By: rbryce on Thu, 13 March 2003 08:09
		Re: Self-Introduction By: e on Thu, 13 March 2003 02:58
		YES! By: warren c. e. austin on Thu, 13 March 2003 04:07

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