by Karen | Jan 15, 2024 | Mixed-Orientation Relationships
This week, Grand Designs Transformations Australia featured an unconventional family household: a woman, her gay ex-husband, and his new husband, all living together in the former family home. Closeted mixed-orientation relationships don’t always have a...
by Karen | May 14, 2023 | Straight Wives
Here’s to the women who dreamed of being wives and mothers, who fell in love, married their sweetheart and then… discovered the marriage was a sham. As a result of your relationship with a man you discovered was gay or transgender, you may have lost the opportunity to...
by Karen | Apr 11, 2023 | Mixed-Orientation Relationships
Last week, on the TV show, Insight, the topic was “Discovering a Hidden Past.” The key questions addressed were: Should discovering a loved one’s buried past impact your present-day relationships? And how does it shape who you are? Audience members revealed a...
by Karen | Feb 14, 2023 | Mixed-Orientation Relationships
It was a Tuesday, in 1989. Valentine’s Day. The day of romance. The day I accidentally got engaged to a gay man. Well, the engagement wasn’t accidental, but I certainly hadn’t intended to get engaged to someone who was more attracted to men, than me! The...
by Karen | Feb 6, 2023 | Straight Spouse
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, I’m sure you’ve heard the song, “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye. You probably know at least some of the words and find yourself joining in when the song plays on the radio (even if the only words you know are the...