TeekTalks :
My ex wife literally had me believing that, despite anything ever being overtly said or done about it, but she had me believing that my friends and family were essentially homophobic. Not in the loud and obvious way, in the subtle ways that communicate "we accept your relationship, but we don't consider it as real as *normal* relationships". Subtle things that left me feeling othered and not quite accpeted....because what else could possibly explain all the awkward interactions, or why other couples were loudly celebrated (engagements, showers, etc. Because it couldn't possibly be that my ex was a problem, or that I was slowly being isolated from my other connections.
I didn't realize I was being isolated until the affairs started. Since the end of my marriage I have heard countless stories of things my ex said or did when I wasn't present, some things she flat out lied to me about what happened, and I blindly, and fiercely protected her because I really did believe these people had a problem with her/us because we were different. We were lesbians, they will never understand our experience.
I'm still learning about situations, from over a decade ago that were just completely warped. I once thought I had a perfect marriage that suddenly changed and collapsed, but the only thing sudden was my awareness of it.
2026-08-17 14:21:01