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Title: Coming Out to Your Partner as Transgender
Post by: stephaniec on February 03, 2016, 08:51:11 PM
Post by: stephaniec on February 03, 2016, 08:51:11 PM
Coming Out to Your Partner as Transgender
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlize-veritas/coming-out-to-your-partne_b_9144992.html?utm_hp_ref=transgender
The Huffington Post/By Charlize Veritas 02/03/2016 04:57 pm ET | Updated 1 hour ago
""No. You're not leaving me," she said. "I've decided and that's it."
I'll never forget those words or the image in my mind of her standing there in the kitchen crying. Pleading with me. You see, I was trying to break up with her.
Why?
Because I was afraid to tell her the truth. I was afraid she wouldn't love me anymore. I thought that it would mean our whole relationship had been a lie."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlize-veritas/coming-out-to-your-partne_b_9144992.html?utm_hp_ref=transgender
The Huffington Post/By Charlize Veritas 02/03/2016 04:57 pm ET | Updated 1 hour ago
""No. You're not leaving me," she said. "I've decided and that's it."
I'll never forget those words or the image in my mind of her standing there in the kitchen crying. Pleading with me. You see, I was trying to break up with her.
Why?
Because I was afraid to tell her the truth. I was afraid she wouldn't love me anymore. I thought that it would mean our whole relationship had been a lie."