My wife and I just celebrated our 33rd wedding anniversary. I am 56 years old and identify as bi and demi. My wife identifies as straight. We are happy in our monogamous Mixed Orientation Marriage. I grew up in the Dallas/Fort Worth suburbs. By nature, I was an introverted STEM kid who was pretty terrible at sports, but I excelled at school. I was a teenager in the 1980s during the height of the AIDS epidemic. I always dated girls, but I couldn’t understand why guys also

When I started this journey around 18 years ago, I tried so hard to find positive examples of mixed-orientation relationships. All I wanted was to know that we could make it, that we could come out on the other side okay. I wanted to see others loving each other through it, even if the relationship ended. I wanted to see kindness and empathy. I didn't find a lot of that, and it truly affected me in negative ways. Support groups, with all the benefits they offer, still bring

Mixed orientation relationships absolutely can succeed, and that success can come in many forms. Everyone's story will be different.