As we get closer to the divorce finality. my wife and I have had a lot of interesting conversations. Last night was no different. I had told her that I would go with her to run several errands and we were talking about the server. Then the conversation moved in my direction.
She told me that for years she had thought that I was flirting when I was talking with women. After I told her about me, it finally dawned on her that I was just trying to find common ground with the women. I was trying to be one of them. That's when she shocked me. She said that she always thought that I liked to watch romantic comedies for her, and now she has figured out that I really did like the movies after all. She told me all of the things which she now understands about me and that there are quite a few feminine things about me. She even told me that my middle son doesn't think that I am a real man. He even sees Michelle everywhere.
Now ordinarily I would be upset about being called not a real man, but in this case it is ok. See they finally get the fact that I am me. I have a little of her and him in me and they see it. The best part is that I can let Michelle out more now that I let my family know about me. I don't have to hide thing anymore. Now I still don't push things with my family, but if they see something then they know why.
Has anyone else had something similar happen to them after they opened up to someone else before?