One Year

One year ago today I told my wife I was gay and began this blog. What a year it has been! Over 61,000 blog views, over 1,000 comments and 148 posts. I know that I made the right decision to come out to my wife and us splitting up was also the right decision for [...]

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They are all gone.

I’m back from vacation and returning to a semi empty house was weird. No wife and no dogs. All of their stuff is gone too. It made me pretty sad but I am looking forward to Bell Guy moving in tomorrow. Saying goodbye to her a couple weeks ago was tough. Saying goodbye to the [...]

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Grandmother’s Funeral

As I blogged about a couple month’s ago, my grandmother died on March 19. Arlington National Cemetery has such a backlog of funerals, her service was not held until today. I had been dreading this day for some time because I really do not handle death well and do not like to ever be emotional. [...]

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Grandmother Dies

My grandmother died of Alzheimers disease today. She had been in a retirement home for a few years and had been completely incapacitated for a long time. The last real conversation I had with her was maybe three years ago. I knew things hadn’t been great with her lately but I still wasn’t expecting this [...]

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Priceless

Plane Ticket to Orlando: $400 Rental Car in Orlando: $150 Telling Your Mom You Have a Boyfriend on Christmas Morning: Priceless When I arrived in Orlando late Christmas Eve, the car rental company was out of cars. They told me to rent from another company and I’d be reimbursed. I did so, at a premium, [...]

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“It’s Better to be Who You Really are…

…than be unhappy being someone you really aren’t.” That was part of the message from my brother responding to my email last night. He, too, is very supportive. I explained to him the difficulties Mom was having and warned him to expect a call from her. I am not close to my brother because he [...]

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Out to Brother; Trip Postponed

Lot’s going on, but a short post today. I sent my brother a note telling him that I am gay. He and I are not close so he will not freak or anything. I am hoping this will appease Mom and take some pressure off of me. I have not heard from her since that [...]

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See Ya Shitty September

I am glad September is gone. The month was long and pretty much sucked. I think things went okay for me overall, and I accomplished much by telling the three most significant people in my life that I am gay, but I hope October is better. I am sincerely grateful to you guys that have [...]

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A Disastrous Call to Mom

As I previously posted, I received a long email from Mom about ten days ago. I said that I was busy with our corporate event, and I’d get back to her. I was trying to figure out what I was going to say when I received the following email today: I think telling me when [...]

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Finally Back

I’ve been away from this much longer than I wanted. Now that work has calmed down, maybe I’ll be able to post as the title of my blog suggests I would. Maybe I should have named it Semiweekly Briefing. I have decided to take this blog a little more anonymous now. It irritates me to [...]

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