tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post1867286635725540029..comments2024-03-28T03:40:29.423-04:00Comments on Passage des Perles: Passing on, coming outDuchessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-83265871075722492612011-07-19T19:27:15.508-04:002011-07-19T19:27:15.508-04:00Anonymous: Thanks, I'm going to see if I can g...Anonymous: Thanks, I'm going to see if I can get that from my local art video store. I love Tom Wilkinson!Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-11347085529360792792011-07-19T18:21:45.443-04:002011-07-19T18:21:45.443-04:00Hi there -- I've never commented on your blog ...Hi there -- I've never commented on your blog before, but when I saw this post I was reminded of the movie "Normal." It was an HBO or Showtime original movie about a middle-aged small-town family man (Tom Wilkinson) who stuns his family and community by announcing that he wants to have a sex-change operation and become a woman. Jessica Lange plays his wife. Obviously not the same situation at all, but similar theme of "coming out" relatively late in life, if you're interested in other movies in the same vein. It's a fantastic movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-33032916550464591992011-07-10T10:34:52.475-04:002011-07-10T10:34:52.475-04:00Kristine: I too have heard comments like your frie...Kristine: I too have heard comments like your friend's mother, from both men and women. Some people's sexuality is more fluid than other's. It still surprises me when someone asserts, at mid-life, that they had *no idea* they could fall in love with a person of the same sex.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-1174920793781317442011-07-09T12:02:31.798-04:002011-07-09T12:02:31.798-04:00When I was in my 20s, my best friend's parents...When I was in my 20s, my best friend's parents divorced. A few years later, my friend's mom found someone who just happened to be a woman. My friend's mom told her, "I always knew I'd fall in love again, I just didn't realize that it would be with a woman." For me, that comment says it all. Thanks for posting your lovely story.Kristinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15143185713112516921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-7145763255386837582011-07-07T14:40:31.045-04:002011-07-07T14:40:31.045-04:00Chicatanyage: There must be a collection of late/l...Chicatanyage: There must be a collection of late/late-ish love stories somewhere. My mother saw love bloom among her friends into the 80s.<br /><br />Tash: Thank you; Linda is a wonderful woman and I am eager to meet er new partner.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-84261518074950408272011-07-07T11:45:04.163-04:002011-07-07T11:45:04.163-04:00Wow. Thank you for this touching story. Shows us j...Wow. Thank you for this touching story. Shows us just how important it is to remember life is a journey and not a destination...continuously growing and discovering, at every age.Tashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16098443697617091162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-65014546351371586682011-07-07T03:22:44.662-04:002011-07-07T03:22:44.662-04:00A very heartening story with a happy ending. Love ...A very heartening story with a happy ending. Love can indeed arrive at any age. I did not meet and marry my current husband till I was 50.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08902418849121978821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-60953844685497137912011-07-06T14:00:44.652-04:002011-07-06T14:00:44.652-04:00What a wonderful story about your friend. Romance ...What a wonderful story about your friend. Romance is a wonderful thing, at any age. <br /><br />The Christopher Plummer film sounds really good.Susan Tinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11900811284963063686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-66950128143325387872011-07-06T12:57:57.163-04:002011-07-06T12:57:57.163-04:00I am sorry for your friend's grief, but very h...I am sorry for your friend's grief, but very happy to hear of her newfound joy. <br /><br />Back in the eighties, an old school friend of my mother married, raised a daughter, got divorced, and then came out when she was forty-eight and has had a female partner ever since. After the initial shock, my mother adapted readily and they still attend reunions together and exchange Christmas letters. That entire generations should have had to suppress who they really were--from the world and even from themselves--saddens and angers me. But it is getting better, thanks in no small part to their courage.Staircase Witchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-420750972220011432011-07-06T11:18:45.470-04:002011-07-06T11:18:45.470-04:00Perhaps we ought to add the words, "It's ...Perhaps we ought to add the words, "It's Never Too Late," to, "It Gets Better."LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-33708157679852528582011-07-06T10:53:01.931-04:002011-07-06T10:53:01.931-04:00How sad...as a devoted daughter myself I shudder t...How sad...as a devoted daughter myself I shudder to think what pain she must be experiencing.<br />Good for her that she has discovered love and joy with someone new. <br />I do not feel that we are in a position to judge or choose partners for our friends or family. Hopefully your friend has made a wise choice and she will be happy.hostess of the humble bungalowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453827257671312902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-82914977166585842542011-07-06T10:46:58.925-04:002011-07-06T10:46:58.925-04:00I've had a few friends go through the same thi...I've had a few friends go through the same thing, one after raising five children. As you say, whether or not a suppressed lifelong orientation or the serendipity of meeting a particular person, it really doesn't matter. Friends thrill to see friends happy.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-40028208385672038562011-07-06T10:34:13.312-04:002011-07-06T10:34:13.312-04:00It's a blessing and a lesson for us all when a...It's a blessing and a lesson for us all when a person finds his or her heart's desire. How can the whole world not wish them well?Rubiatontahttp://rubiatonta.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-92217565048788291362011-07-06T09:43:30.044-04:002011-07-06T09:43:30.044-04:00I'm so glad your friend has found someone who ...I'm so glad your friend has found someone who makes her so happy. Thanks for sharing this with us, mother and daughter are both remarkable women.emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831705475681591440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-76029576835014102632011-07-06T09:05:50.417-04:002011-07-06T09:05:50.417-04:00One of the things that heartens me is that our cul...One of the things that heartens me is that our culture seems to be shifting toward greater acceptance of GLBT people. It's always wonderful to see someone shift into being openly their authentic self. I'm glad your friend has found new love and happiness at this point in her life. It just goes to show we never know what life still has to show us.Susan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16005855250089328310noreply@blogger.com