There is no brand fallout for being the other woman, the other man or even the married aggressor.

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Many gay men have indeed been or even are currently married in the conventional sense.

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Even getting married or having kids (see story, p. 194) creates complications worth reviewing with a pro.

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We may not even be officially married, may be engaged or living together or seriously dating.

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Needless to say, we had no idea that anything we were saying or doing that night, or even that year, would lead us to where we are today, which is married, with children, a mortgage, and a budding fear of the inevitable moment when one of us will die before the other.

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In addition, many married couples worry that if their undercover spending became known, it would hurt or even fracture their marriages.

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But there is a cultural component too, a set of assumptions employers make about married women, even ones who have supportive spouses doing their share of the housework or the daycare duty.

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