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Old Feb 05, 2016, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by bixkf View Post
No! I don't want to start dating men! I'm saying that if my wife can't deal with me coming out....I'm not going to force her to,accept it. But I cannot maintain my status quo. If that means she leaves...I have to accept that is possible.
Here's what I was just thinking. I mean this in a compassionate and respectful way. I think for some reason you are deeply angry with your wife. Holding in anger/rage can cause extreme anxiety. Plus, when does all this come to a head but right around Valentines Day, when everyone is wishing they had the perfect relationship. I think it's less about coming out, and more about hurting your wife due to this anger you're repressing. And I don't believe you are even consciously aware of it, because anger is such a difficult emotion in a long term relationship where the partners are afraid of the ugliness/hurtfulness of certain emotions and how vulnerable their exposure makes us.

Again, I mean this in a respectful way. Heaven knows I have had my share of repressed anger turning into anxiety.