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How I went from straight to gay in a span of just a few months

Discussion in 'Coming Out Advice' started by justinf, Jun 12, 2012.

  1. LauraMarie

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    amazing story.. thank you
     
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    Gorgeous, inspirational, and beautifully written -- thank you! Hugs and love. <3
     
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    Loved this part. :slight_smile:

    Your story is very inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
     
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    Amazing writing. I can relate a lot. Very inspiring, thank you.
     
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    Wow...This so reminds me of me in many ways. Great story love story....enjoy the ride man!:eusa_danc
     
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    Hi Justin,

    Thank you for writing this, I am in a very similar situation only I'm a girl. I left my boyfriend of 8 years b/c I knew I had no choice.

    I'd love for you to read my story: http://emptyclosets.com/forum/support-advice/68314-i-reject-being-lesbian-but-i-have-girlfriend.html

    It's pretty much a rambling, but I don't know if my outcome will be as good. I am unwilling to accept that I'm a lesbian and want so badly to be able to go back in time, but I can't.

    I am very proud of you for being much stronger and writing this post, it was great to see someone in a similar situation.

    Hugs,
    S
     
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    that was beautiful!
     
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    that was beautiful and heartfelt. I was actually linked to this posting through Unicorn14's thread and I'm glad I was! Really tugged my heartstrings.
     
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    This is an amazing story :')..

    I feel like i'm going through menopause right now,i'm an emotional wreck sometimes and others i'm totally fine,cheery even. I don't know what it is.. I have even taken to writing.
     
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    Hi Justin,
    This is my first post here and your story is indeed interesting and shared in a very eloquent and tasteful manner. I had my first experience with another man almost exactly a year ago and it has been a very interesting year indeed. I have been drawn towards bi sex for many years and now and it has been a difficult struggle and sometimes, it has been frustrating and even painful.

    I admire and respect you for how you have come to terms with your sexuality and your needs even though I am happily married and cannot imagine life without my lovely and precious wife of over 30 years. Our marriage is solid but over the last few years, we have lost the sexual spark and we have drifted apart in our needs. We have enjoyed trying things - swinging, threesomes, D/s and B&D, to name a few - but our life is a busy one and we eventually settled on a monogamous marriage because of kids sand commitments and demands and she settled into what I found to be a very mundane and unsatisfying bedroom routine. Her needs are very basic and simple but I have always been much more adventurous and into trying new things. I was becoming increasingly and painfully frustrated in the bedroom and despite the fact that I would never leave her, I finally gave in three years ago and started to look for a guy who was into a longterm FWB and who had needs that fit with mine as a Dominant.

    It's amazing what we can learn about ourselves if we just let ourselves be who we really are and drop the foolish inhibitions that our society places upon us as far as what is "normal" and oh yes, then there are the labels and the branding if one's sexual needs do not mirror what we are taught is "acceptable". I have found that being with another man is as natural to me as being with a woman and in ways, I find men to be much less complicated and there's less drama than with most women. I have played with several different guys but while I did enjoy the experiences, I still prefer and most enjoy the fellow who I had my first experience with. We have a good relationship and he is gradually coming to grips with the fact that he has discovered that he too, enjoys sex with a man far more than he initially thought he ever could or would. Perhaps it is because he has been able to really open up to me with his long suppressed needs to be disciplined, humiliated and restrained. He had tried for years to get his wife to accommodate those desires as his job is very demanding and stressful, but she would never really make any attempts to meet his needs in what is otherwise a good and happy marriage. He considered himself to be straight and had been seeking an ongoing, discreet relationship with a dominant woman but after much looking for someone who he was comfortable with and who he could trust, he was not realizing any success. He insisted when we met that he was straight and he responded to my ad only because he could not find a woman to give him what he needed. We both live in small towns, so it really is difficult to find someone who you can be open and honest with, so when he read my lengthy and detailed ad on Craigslist, he contacted me and we found that we had much in common. He recently suggested finding another submissive guy to join us as he and I can't get together that often. I would like o play on a weekly basis and he suggested that I find another playmate to "fill in" for me between our times together and play with us at times, so the search has begun.

    I think that were I single, I would probably find myself leaning more and more towards becoming gay. It's taken me some time to come to terms with just how much I enjoy a male playmate and my boi and I have at times just indulged in all out gay sex with no Dom/sub overtones or bondage and I have to admit that while I am not really a big fan of giving head, I did enjoy those times much, much more than I would have ever imagined possible even just a year ago. I have no problem at all understanding you turning and enjoying your new life. The most difficult aspect of this is accepting the fact that we enjoy homosexual contact and learning to simply accept ourselves as we really are. For you, it has been a journey and the same applies to myself. I have the feeling though that my journey has just begun. I wish you well and much happiness.
     
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    Absolutely loved reading this and wished it was longer! I remember once reading a post you made saying that you would never come out to anybody, so it's really great to know that you're planning to come out to your housemates. :slight_smile:

    I wish you all of the best and hope things just keep getting better and better.
     
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    i... salute you after reading this
     
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    Justin I just want to thank you for this story... it seems similar to mine and just yesterday I got the courage to tell this guy who I know for a few months and fell in love with to be my boyfriend! thanks again :slight_smile:
     
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    Hey mate
    Saw one of your posts in which you describe how you apparently turned from straight to gay. I myself feel to some extent identified with that past experience you had. For my whole life i've thought of myself as straight, but since about a year ago i discovered i got pretty turned on by gay porn. Well that turn on, on gay porn has ups and downs, where sometimes it turns me on a lot, and others not at all. The thing is straight and lesbian porn always get's me an erection and excited to some extent but it doesn't get's me going as much as gay porn in the "really turn on" periods. Much alike i like gay porn increasingly when i spend time without it, straight porn turns me on increasingly as I spend time without it. This might seem like an obvious case of bisexuality but I keep on, for some reason, denying the excistance of bisexuality, or at least in myself, so i end up always categorizing myself either as straight or gay (most of the time straight). I'm getting pretty annoyed about how much time i spend worrying and overthinking this subject. I've seen on your blog that you're bisexual, and also are quite alike me in your hobbys that it would be a good idea to ask you for some feed back and advice. Any help is appreciated. Hope i'll be hearing back from you :slight_smile:
     
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    Wow great story! Just want to thank you, Justin, and all those who have commented because you have put into words what I could not.
     
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    great story! Congratulations!
     
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    Zombie thread. :slight_smile:
     
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    I am sitting here, staring at this blank response box thinking to myself, "what even are words anymore."
     
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    Hi there. (this was going to be a private message but it wont let me send it) I am a 20 year old male. I feel I have went from stratight to gay. I am depressed. I read youre story which was updated a long time ago. And they say sexuality is fluid. Now I just want to say, it says youre bisexual, did you get attraction to women back but still attracetd to men? Or because of what has happened (and im gonna see a sex therapist) is it better to say bisexual. Im not offending you, I am going through the same thing and i want my attraction to women back. You seem to be inspiring. I have read this a while ago and wanted to see because sexuality is fluid that if things changed again. Plus how do you cope with things so well and be happy? Im trying my best.