Bruce Jenner is not helping

[DonnaT]

Here is Bruce Jenner with red nails.
I am most surprised that a former Olympic Gold Medalist is smoking a cigarette.

http://www.today.com/popculture/bruc...zergnet_306774

We are fortunate that we do not have media following us everywhere.
I'm actually surprised that he does not cite "privacy" as his reason for
going full-femme to sneak out of the house.

Seems he is more concerned with how his daughter is reacting, so he tries little things to cope. Like many of us have. He told his mother he wasn't transitioning, and she said she would love him either way.

http://www.franchiseherald.com/artic...s-revealed.htm

According to a report by Daily Mail, Esther Jenner directly asked her son about the allegations. She narrated: "I've brought this up to him on the phone when we've talked and he says, "Mom, you can't believe this stuff."
Bruce Jenner's mom then replied: "Well, I want to tell you one thing, Bruce... (if) it's true or false, it's not going to change my love for you."

[junetv]

the OP meant it wasn't helping his relationship with his own wife. For some of our spouses who are in the DADT realm of things, seeing stuff like this is like a psychological land mine that explodes for no reason whatsoever, other than reminding them of the hurt they feel because of crossdressing, and they explode with all the emotional baggage of when they first found out. I understand the OP's intentions. Sorry, but those are the cards we're dealt. Just have to learn to survive in the midst of the emotional land mines.

It's probably a little harder for the OP, since Bruce seems to be going for the whole nine yards (see what I did there).

[tifftg]

June,

Got it exactly right. My comments were around the fact that even when we set up a don't ask don't tell relationship the public actions of others create a tense environment of fears, questions and doubting that the spouse is making the right choice.