How to Cope When Your Spoe Is Gay

Contents:

• STRAIGHT UPL GET MARRIED EARLIER THAN GAY UPL. HERE'S A LOOK AT WHY.
• THE LONELS OF BEG GAY A STRAIGHT MARRIAGE
• IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND
• HOW TO COPE WHEN YOUR SPOE COM OUT AS GAY

STRAIGHT UPL GET MARRIED EARLIER THAN GAY UPL. HERE'S A LOOK AT WHY.

And until 2015 – when the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage – that didn't clu data shows that the average age at first marriage for homosexual upl was olr than heterosexual upl.

To be a gay man a straight marriage is to be disnnected om self. Very few gay men seek out and then read articl about lonels unls they’ve e to the realisatn that they’re lonely.

~ Phil* * * * *How do I expla the lonels as a man, a gay man, a hetero relatnship – not even a relatnship, a marriage. Well, I, like any other gay guy knew I was gay om a young age, and like many other gay guys, felt pletely unable to e out and be hont wh myself and those around me. I didn’t want to have any attentn on me and have someone disver that I was gay.

THE LONELS OF BEG GAY A STRAIGHT MARRIAGE

In my md, I felt that I would be ‘outed’, and I always felt that people assumed that I was gay. The thought of havg someone ‘out’ me was terrifyg… all I uld do was remove any potential of this happeng, so I beme to now when I am 43, and I have been an open and hont gay man for nearly two years. Of urse, no one knew (which still surpris me to this day) that I was hidg myself as a gay man, but they knew that I was unhappy.

Now I know my logil md that I’m not the first married gay man to e out, and I certaly won’t be the last – but my irratnal md, I felt like I was the only one. As we sat and chatted, my mum ma ments about homosexualy and asked (I’ll never fet the words) “have you been dabblg the gay scene? This mak me lgh still, but she ntued; “you know, if you are gay, I want you to know that I love you and always will”…This was credible.

I was a gay man that jt me out and had no support work my small regnal muny.

IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND

After que a while (and due to me not beg publicly out) I cid to jo the gay app ‘Scff’. I n hontly say that I didn’t (and don’t) tly know what the gay scene n be like, but I joed this app the hope to make some lol iends. Also, for a small monthly fee, you n jo the growg muny of other gay men who are all prrisg their nnectn acrdg to the three pillars of nnectn.

Jo me and Andrew for a ffee and a chat the upg episo of my podst for gay men ‘Connectn over Coffee wh The Lonels Guy’ om Thursday 16 September 2021.

HOW TO COPE WHEN YOUR SPOE COM OUT AS GAY

Subscribe to my webse through eher a basic subscriptn (ee) or premium subscriptn (monthly charge) and let’s stay nnected as we work to -stigmatise lonels and promote thentic nnectn for gay men. Sharg my work really helps reach more gay men and helps all to -stigmatise lonels and promote thentic nnectn for gay men may not feel lonely and have jt the right amount of thentic nnectn your life, but sharg this article uld really help a iend or relative who may be quietly stgglg wh the thoughts and feelgs of lonels and disnnectn. ~ Thank you ~Important notice: All views exprsed above are my own and are tend to support, challenge and spire gay men to nsir the issue of lonels and crease awarens of the need for thentic nnectn wh themselv, wh others and their muni as an antidote to chronic lonels.