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- From: fisher@ncselxsi.uucp (Chuck Fisher)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss,ba.motss
- Subject: Re: Straight spouses on ABC's 20/20
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.202101.10545@ncselxsi.uucp>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 20:21:01 GMT
- References: <1993Jan18.195709.16153@oracle.us.oracle.com> <thaaang.727391545@cwis> <1993Jan19.012205.12960@oracle.us.oracle.com>
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- In article <1993Jan19.012205.12960@oracle.us.oracle.com> dgilly@us.oracle.com (Daniel Gilly) writes:
- >The angle of the story was how to cope with this situation.
- >The gay or lesbian partner is usually 2 times happier as a result -- the
- >liberation of coming out, probably triggered by finding a motss
- >partner. Meanwhile, the straight spouse's self-esteem is shattered,
- >and he or she will probably end up alone.
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- In the case of my ex-wife, she's already re-married, while I'm still
- single. I think that we're *both* happier now. Our kids seem to have
- survived as well.
-
- Chuck
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