I guess my biggest life update is that I'm filing for divorce.
On some level I've sort of always known this, but I'm gay. I enjoy the company of women, but I don't feel sexually attracted to them. I feel sexually attracted to men. I had this sort of epiphany at work when I was talking with a guy, Steve, about my relationships and aspirations. I realized that I don't really feel connected to women at all, and I never felt any connection to anyone in the past. I prefer men. To be honest, I still feel a bit confused, because I feel like having sex with a man feels really like a bizzarre and a bit disgusting idea, but I nevertheless now know that I want to date men. I was programmed to date women by disney movies and such. Have you ever seen clockwork orange? That's kinda how I feel.
I broke the news to my wife a few days ago, and she said she needs to take some time to process things. I feel like there's some pretty major cost that I sunk into this relationship. We've been living together for 8 years. I told her that I'm OK with continuing to live together if she wants to, but that we won't be continuing any romantic relationship together anymore. I feel really awful, to be honest, because it feels like I've been leading her on for 8 years. She's a wonderful person and has been really understanding about all of this, so I hope we'll be fine. I'm giving her all my money. Also, because we've been trying to have kids, things are pretty fucked up. I'm actually not that against having kids with her, even now, I just don't want to be romantically or sexually involved.
I actually like female porn much more than male porn, which is why I always assumed I was straight. I also like having sex with women. But the older I've gotten, the more I've realized that relationships are not just about sex. It's about connection. I think the idea of having sex with a man is, honestly, pretty repulsive, but I think I'd be fine with that if I can have a deeper relationship with someone. I've always found men more interesting, and I think now I know why. It feels like I was being spoon-fed information by the mass media to act in a certain way, and conditioned into not considering ideas that went against the "mainstream", having relationships with men being one such example.
I didn't really want to tell my wife, because she has already many things to think about, but I've been secretly wanting to get closer to Steve. I know that he's gay and single, and he's been introducing me to new things all the time. Like, yesterday, he was feeding me Japanese sashimi from his chopstick. We clearly share a connection, even if there's nothing romantic there yet. I just feel guilty as shit about my wife. So I'm probably not going to pursue things further but just start afresh.
I dunno, I guess that's the big turn of events. I'm gay. Who would've known.