It was really COVID lockdowns that made me realize I'd been suppressing my identity for pretty much my entire life. Not being able to go out or do much gave me the time to finally ask, 'What am I doing and who am I?'. At first, I thought I was just a CD (crossdresser), but I've been on HRT for around two and a half years, gotten laser hair removal, and top surgery. I'm now 55 and happy with the real me.
I met my now wife when I was 31. I decided that loving them was bigger than any fear I had about being a lesbian.
I feel like 28 was 'later in life.' I came out, after a loooong time of introspection, reflection, and looking at my past until I accepted I wasn't straight. And I realized, as hindsight is 20/20, that I knew something was up before I even entered kindergarten.
My wife of 10 years left me with three kids. She filed for divorce and months later, while contemplating the future and dating again, I had to be honest with myself. I was gay. It was a relief to be honest with myself and accept me for who I was. I did not realize how difficult it was to hide that part of myself. I wrote myself a letter that I would reread often. I ended the letter with the line, 'The best is yet to come.' Two months after writing that letter I met my wonderful husband.
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