For four and a half years, Danielle hasn’t been completely honest with herself.  Now that she’s come out, honesty comes in stages apparently.  What she said initially to her family and close friends is, “I’m exploring my sexuality”.  It took four and a half years to “explore your sexuality”.   Lewis and Clark went 8,000 miles in two years and they were both flamboyant homosexuals*!  You got to get a move on Danielle!  I mean you were in a workshop entitled, “Coming Out of a Straight Marriage”.  You wanted to open our relationship so you could date other women.  Those aren’t signs that you’re exploring, those are signs that you explored!  Why are you so hesitant to say and live your truth?  What’s holding you back?  If you’re going to end a twenty-three year relationship with a child involved, then you should be able to say more than, “I’m exploring my sexuality.”  I want you to tell the truth.  The absolute truth because that’s all the therapy has been leading you to.  It had very little to do with you falling out of love with me.  If it did, our therapy sessions would have looked much different, and you wouldn’t have tried to make things work over the years.  No one holds on for years to try to fall in love with someone again.  Someone holds on for years in order to figure out their sexuality and coming out.  I don’t have a parent figure to go to.  I need for this to not be a secret anymore.  I can’t face people with this happy face when inside, I’m hurting.  I’m happy for you with your journey, but this journey keeps me up at night and breaks my heart.

*They weren’t.