When I came out to my own mother, at 40 years old, I was a parent, I had been married to a woman I loved for 20 years, I had a successful career, we owned two homes, and there wasn't a single person who would have guessed my secret or my struggle.

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Because I married a wonderful woman with a good job, I was able to close my business after the birth of our second child to become a writer and full-time dad.

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Can I blame my father for my having married a woman who does not believe that our past holds the key to the rest of our lives?

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One day, I met a woman who had lived next door to us when I was married, and we got talking.

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In Belfast I met a woman we will call Sarah, in her late 30s and happily married with children.

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I'm a 48-year-old, 6 feet, 450lbs. woman married to a terrific 46-year-old, 5 feet 10 inches, 165lb man.

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As a career woman, not yet married but getting close to it, I agree with some of Michael's points and disagree with others.

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