Barbara Joan Streisand? She's like buttah!
Posted on 09/29/2014 9:50:01 AM PDT by wagglebee
Barbara Joan Streisand? She's like buttah!
I actually agree with you. But the ex husband in this article doesn't appear to have been cheating on her -- which he could have done -- he simply divorced her. Probably the least-bad thing he could have done.
Your comment “strange world” reminded me of the flood during Noah’s day. I so understand why the LORD flooded the earth and killed all but eight people. To me the odds that out of those eight there were probably some bad things wrong with some of them is overwhelming (excluding Noah-his generations were perfect) of course.
A woman at work asked for advice in a similar situation.
Husband came out as gay, but doesn’t want to get divorced.
The husband’s solution was an open marriage, so he lives with her and the kids to maintain the family (they have children) but he has the freedom to see guys on the side.
She asked for advice.
Most advice she received as “it is so great he feels free to come out today”, or “here is a support group for straight spouses of gay guys”.
My suggestion - treat it as if he had asked for permission to commit adultery as a woman. If you wouldn’t permit him cheating on you with another woman, then get a divorce, and he’s free to pursue his relationships as he’d like. If he wants to maintain his family, he should get counseling to be the faithful husband and father he wants to pretend to be. And if he’s asking for an open relationship, feel free to refuse and demand STD testing because he is risking your health.
I was the only one who suggested divorce / actually staying together as the two main choices.
I was reprimanded at work with an entry in my HR file for using the judgmental term “adultery”. My advice was considered too controversial, derogatory to homosexuals. My statements were inappropriate.
The fact that she was asking for advice was irrelevant, the fact that she was discussing a personal and sexual matter wasn’t inappropriate, but giving advice that would have been a no-brainer 20 years ago was unacceptable.
If I had not been female, and said I was giving the same advice I’d give to any other woman in any other situation with a cheating husband, I probably would have lost my job.
Yep, the pervert part. They don’t end up there because of lack of sexual desire.
Heart wrenching.
“I have personally been closely acquainted with women in similar situations. “
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I know 2 women who had this happen.
One I worked with years ago—and one who now lives in my neighborhood.
These ladies are doing quite well——kids grown.
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this recently happened to a couple i know... they have one 3-year old son... but she is the one who left for her lesbian lover... it was shocking! some of her close friends thought she might be having an affair... she seemed different... then it came out that she was leaving him... so we assumed for another man... but no! for a woman... so then we assumed the woman would be some hot mama, as the woman leaving the marriage is really hot... but no--she began posting pics of her and her lover on Facebook... her lover is a female Justin Beiber look alike! shocking!
Whoa...whoa...WHOA! "Fault" is one thing but I,a guy,would think that there'd be "warning signs" for a wife.I mean,it's one thing for a woman to say "I'm too tired" but when the husband says it night after night...
“...may be an offshoot...”
Indeed. Flick the safety OFF and SHOOT the bastard between the horns.
I am dismayed that my fellow FReepers would make what appears to be the assumption that Janna Darnelle knew before marriage that her fiancé was homosexual and thus at least partially at fault!? Is it not possible that she was blind-sided in the revelation by her husband?
As far as the judicial process is stated in this personal recounting, it is one of the grievous faults of the liberal mindset that judicial legislation is a remedy to past (perceived) injustices. What gets lost to these judicial activists is that opinion or perception of correction outside public voting or legislation is FRAUD!
There’s a big effort on (as we all know) to normalize homosexual marriage.
It may very well be that 1) the judge really was, as she claims, trying to mske a larger societal statement by placing the kids with the father, and/or she objected to the kids being exposed to his new lifestyle (she says so in the article) and the judge decided she was an unfit parent.
The truth is that the only thing holding together traditional families is that men and women who honestly want one continue finding honest others who want one as well.
This story can be seen as the natural bookend to how straight husbands are often raped/destroyed in regular hetero-hetero divorces. Which is driving young straight men to abandon marriage. Get enough straight women to come forward with stories like this and young strait women will start following suit.
” Next time, marry a straight guy.”
Stupid,simplistic answer to a complicated problem.
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Which leads me to suspect that there might be something a little off about the author. Aside from her obviously faulty gay-dar.
she should be reprimanded for even bringing this up at work... plus what did she do? blab to everybody the advice everyone was giving her? i do not feel sorry for your co-worker... she sounds awful... i am sure she is not very productive...
Doen't ring true, but in the absence of any real information I'll withold my opinion.
I am so glad you posted this story. This is a reflection that has rarely been shown. As always, the kids are the pawns and the victims. It strengthens my belief in natural and sanctified marriage. Homosexuality is not a victimless crime.
It's really not all that complicated. Gay men shouldn't marry women.
It tends to make everybody miserable, and it's that much more messy if kids are involved. And yes I am partly blaming women - many women who marry gay men know who they're marrying and do so anyway. The fact that the author of this article isn't mad her ex-husband married her -- but that he left her -- is a telling indicator that she knew what she was signing up for.
Ben Franklin once quipped "Either you will be governed by God or by-god you will be governed."
“I read the small print only because looking at those ladies,all of whom are young enough to be my granddaughter,would give me chest pain.”
Have a look and then pop a nitro. It’ll be worth the headache.
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