Forum: Sharing Stories
Some of the extracts below were copied, with permission, from the BMMAmerica mailing list. Others were submitted directly to this website. Email the webmaster to submit your own story. The contents of this page will change over time. We'll try for variety and fresh points of view in these accounts of deeply felt personal experience.
- Self-Hatred: Two Pathways
- Roger writes about coming out to his wife: I feel lighter than ever before
- Terry writes to a new member of the group
- Fred recommends books on mixed orientation marriages
- Two wives talk about the grief of ending a marriage
- Mac writes about whether to tell one's wife in detail about sexual experiences with men
- Marnie talks about her husband's revealing his bisexuality
- "Family Outing:" a daughter's point of view
- Kris talks about the value of personal stories on this web page
- Thoughts on a Father's Coming Out to His Children, by Amity Buxton
- Jennifer advises a husband about how to talk to his wife
- Stan, Bill, and Martin talk about the "heaviness" of wishing for intimacy with a man.
- Charles, a straight husband, talks about his bisexual wife.
- A husband talks about staying in the closet for the children's sake.
- Four fathers talk about the impact of divorce on young children.
- Rick's Pipe Dream
- The Other Guy: Stories of a foursome, a threesome, and a husband with a series of boyfriends
- Carl talks about deciding not to be sexual with men
- Mark talks about keeping his sexuality hidden from his wife
- Hal talks about the pain of coming out to his wife
- Frank talks about anonymous sex and depression
- Leonard and Will talk about accepting queerness in oneself and others
- Bob talks about remaining affectionate and sexual, despite medical problems and aging
- Ben talks about trying to find his way, with limited options
- Josh talks about how frankness about sexuality has changed his marriage
- Sean talks about violence and forgiveness in marriage
- Sean and Will talk about being closeted and being honest
- Jennifer talks to Philip about how wives feel
- Jennifer talks about honesty
- Jennifer & Maggie talk about their husbands
- Jennifer talks about the labels 'bisexual' and 'gay'
- Jennifer and Sarah talk about loving more than one person
- A wife tells of discovering that her husband is bisexual
- A wife tells her story about the other side of the closet
We encourage you to share your reactions to these stories and your experiences. You can submit your story by email to the webmaster. If you would like to contribute your thoughts anonymously (e.g. under a pseudonym like all the above), please indicate this in your email.