Oprah - Transgender segment on Unfaithful

[KayCeeDee]

Basically it is about a lady that is not coping well and is unfaithful to her MTF spouse.  I just searched and it is now being shown on OWN currently but I'm going to keep an eye out for it.  I'm interested mainly because my therapist is in the video.

http://www.oprah.com/own-unfaithful/Cheryl-and-Julie-A-Transitioning-Transgender-Womans-Struggle-Video

[EmmaS]

Well that's really complicated, it's hard to blame either person honestly because the situation is so hard but I think that she should not have cheated and instead she should have just asked for a divorce. At the same time, I don't think it's fair of Julie to assume that her wife would be comfortable with a woman because it would be a double standard. Julie is finally becoming the woman she has always been, but if her wife feels so strongly that she needs a man and not a woman then that's okay too because she is being honest with who she is. Clearly they both love each other but just because you love someone, that does not mean you should stay with one another.

[KayCeeDee]

That clip was just part of the segment, I'm curious to see how it was resolved since Caroline was really pleased with how the segment went.  (We had a discussion on what an odd series for it to be on.)

[Dahlia]

Basically it is about a lady that is not coping well and is unfaithful to her MTF spouse.

She should have filed for divorce since her MTF spouse was unfaithful to her.

Pretending to be a man during their marriage and coming out as a MTF is a horrible thing to do to an unsuspecting wife.
No wonder she's unfaithful after the MTF spouse's coming out....she  has inflicted an ID crisis on her and now the wife is trying to regain her own sexual preference etcetcetc.

Can't watch the link since it's not available in my region....but do they have children?

[Rita]

I will see it later, but I hardly think coming out to your wife as being unfaithful.  Its not like being born with the wrong set of parts is something understood yet so of course people repress it or even outright deny it to themselves as long as they can till they explode and it becomes something they need to do.

The wife on the other hand is not really unfaithful because well, love and sexuality often play hand and hand.  Love can conquer many things but if your not attracted to the same sex  or  opposite sex in some situations it is not something you can push forward with all the time.

If you transition while married, you always run this risk.