I Guess I'm Glad They're Happy. But This Is Weird

[+ Gar1eth]

I even being gay, I'm too much of a traditionalist. But apparently there are more things in heaven and earth....
 

Let me know if you can't open the article, and I'll try another link. 
 

He’s gay. She’s straight. They’re happily married.

APPLE.NEWS

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Meet the couples who are redefining what it means to be in a relationship, including those in gay-straight and...

 

[+ sync]

"Whatever floats your boat."

[samhexum]

11 hours ago, Gar1eth said:

I Guess I'm Glad They're Happy. But This Is Weird

fair enough... I heard they're glad you're happy, but think you're weird.

[maninsoma]

11 hours ago, Gar1eth said:

I even being gay, I'm too much of a traditionalist. But apparently there are more things in heaven and earth....
 

Let me know if you can't open the article, and I'll try another link. 
 

He’s gay. She’s straight. They’re happily married.

APPLE.NEWS

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Meet the couples who are redefining what it means to be in a relationship, including those in gay-straight and...

 

I couldn't read the article, but two thoughts come to mind on the subject:

I can understand a couple remaining married after one realizes they are gay, and not just duplicitously.  I had a therapist decades ago who was gay but still married to his wife of a couple of decades because they had a strong friendship and didn't want to disrupt their family.

Some people marry for reasons other than sex and love.  I knew a gay man and a lesbian who -- again decades ago -- married each other to get their families off their backs and to ensure they wouldn't be cut out of their parents' wills due to being gay.

If this article is about two people getting married where he already knows he's gay and she's straight, unless it's done for some practical reason it does seem odd to me.  

[+ cougar]

I could not open the article, but I know from my experiences, no one wants to grow old....alone.

[+ Charlie]

I have known closeted gay men who married women, but the marriage usually ended after the man came out--e.g., my brother-in-law's step children are his husband's children by his former wife (and they are all open about the relationships). I also know men who married women before they came to terms with their own sexuality. But I have never known an openly gay man who married a straight woman, or an openly gay woman who married a straight man.

[samhexum]

I don't know if it was this particular article but I read about them a couple of days ago.  They are longtime besties.  There was another couple mentioned in the article I read consisting of two female best friends, one of whom is asexual.

Edited Saturday at 04:35 PM by samhexum
because you wonderful people deserve his best efforts

[+ sf westcoaster]

Acceptance - you want to be accepted then you have to accept others.

 

[jeezifonly]

Lawful Marriage is a State-issued business contract between two individuals. Nothing in the contract specifies who the two must or must not be, aside from not being in a similar contract with another person at the time.

The great part is that the qualitative parameters within one couple's life under contract have no forced effect on any other couple's qualitative parameters. 

Chacun a son goǔt! 🥂

[+ BOZO T CLOWN]

Straight women marrying gay men has been a time honored tradition for generations... especially among Hollywood celebrities. Just ask Judy Garland and Liza Minelli.
Martha Raye and Vivian Vance both had gay husbands.. and were very happy, by all accounts.  It's a lot more common than you think. And nothing weird about it.

BTC
🤡

 

[samhexum]

15 minutes ago, BOZO T CLOWN said:

Judy Garland 
Martha Raye
🤡

 

I miss @WilliamM.  

[+ Gar1eth]

4 hours ago, samhexum said:

I don't know if it was this particular article but I read about them a couple of days ago.  They are longtime besties.  There was another couple mentioned in the article I read consisting of two female best friends, one of whom is asexual.

I believe it was. In this case  she knew he was gay beforehand.  A spiritualist of some type told her that he was her soulmate.
 

I guess I'm just too conventional. My intellectual side says as long as they are happy and not hurting anyone. But my emotional side says this is bananas. In this case I know my intellectual side is most likely right. But he still hasn't convinced my emotional side. 
 

Maybe this link will work. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/trends/2025/10/09/mixed-orientation-lavender-marriage/

Edited Saturday at 08:54 PM by Gar1eth

[+ BOZO T CLOWN]

7 minutes ago, samhexum said:

I miss @WilliamM.  

  Bozo misses Martha Raye ☹️

BTC
🤡
 

[samhexum]

1 minute ago, Gar1eth said:

 My intellectual side says as long as they are happy and not hurting anyone. But my emotional side says this is bananas. In this case I know my intellectual side is most likely right. But he still hasn't convinced my emotional side. 

I'll bet your intellectual side thinks your emotional side got peanut butter on your chocolate and your emotional side thinks your intellectual side got chocolate on your peanut butter.

[+ Gar1eth]

10 minutes ago, samhexum said:

I'll bet your intellectual side thinks your emotional side got peanut butter on your chocolate and your emotional side thinks your intellectual side got chocolate on your peanut butter.

I'm not overly fond of Reese's. Don't get me wrong. My Santa Claus bod will def eat multiple pieces at a time if offered.  But they aren't something I'd usually choose on my own.  I'd be much more likely to pick them if they had some caramel thrown in the mix. 

[Luv2play]

3 hours ago, BOZO T CLOWN said:

Straight women marrying gay men has been a time honored tradition for generations... especially among Hollywood celebrities. Just ask Judy Garland and Liza Minelli.
Martha Raye and Vivian Vance both had gay husbands.. and were very happy, by all accounts.  It's a lot more common than you think. And nothing weird about it.

BTC
🤡

 

Rock Hudson too.

[+ friendofsheila]

that porn star marrid Margaret whiting and she knew about his gay side.

[BSR]

14 minutes ago, friendofsheila said:

that porn star marrid Margaret whiting and she knew about his gay side.

Ah, Jack Wrangler (on the left), my first daddy crush …

[+ BOZO T CLOWN]

18 hours ago, BSR said:

Ah, Jack Wrangler (on the left), my first daddy crush …

Ah, Margaret Whiting (on the right), Bozo's first mommy crush....

BTC
🤡

Edited Sunday at 07:02 PM by BOZO T CLOWN

[+ azdr0710]

42 minutes ago, BOZO T CLOWN said:

 (on the right)

BTC
🤡

excellent!