Shifting the tide
First off, I want to say how appreciative I am of all those who have supported us. After many tears and many hard days, Juliet and I are no longer together. We have been officially divorced as of December 19th, 2019. Some might ask, “Why? Or who is at fault?” My response is, no one is to blame. Some might want to cast blame but that does not solve anything nor does it create an environment of healing. In the beginning, when we started to date it was both hard and easy for me. When spending lots of time with Juliet it felt unnatural to me in some cases but very connecting in other situations. As a gay man, I knew I was giving up physical intimacy that would come naturally to me and I was ok with that. I knew if we continued dating the future we both desired was to get married. I pressed on because I wanted a family and that is what I was being told was the right thing to do. I wanted that to be true! In fact, in my mind that was the only thing really worth living for. In the months o