Wife discovers husband is gay after 20 years of marriage
An Irish woman has opened up about the pain of discovering that her husband of 20 years was gay.
Speaking on RTÉ Radio One’s Liveline, the woman who only gave her first name, Mary said she thought she was happily married until she discovered her husband’s sexuality.
He was a good, decent, kind man. But he was living a lie, she revealed. I found out by accident and in that second I knew that my marriage was over.
She continued: I loved him. Love doesn’t die easily, it takes time, like it does for it to grow, and it takes time to die.
Mary didn’t tell anyone for three months after she found out that her husband was gay
Mary said she was shocked and heartbroken when she found out about his sexuality.
I hid in the closet for three months, she said. I didn’t want t...