{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F835b23e7-269c-4841-b538-1ce84470e503","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 041: Gay Man, Married To A Woman \u2013 Mixed Orientation Marriages That Work \u2013 Cody Shirley","description":"Guilt, shame, and your truth. Gnawing, eating away at you until you finally test the waters to see what happens. What you end up discovering is, \u201cYou kissed a man and you liked it!\u201d\r\nBut how do you face your wife and tell her you\u2019re a not the man she thinks you are because you\u2019re attracted to men?\r\n\r\n* Do you continue to live a secret life of lying, deceit, guilt, and shame?\r\n* More importantly do you allow your double life you alive, potentially destroying your wife and children?\r\n\r\nSuddenly the obvious becomes the choice. You choose the lesser of two evils and fess up about your emotions, desires, and truth\u2026even if it does lead to your wife calling you a \u201cbutt pirate!\u201d\r\nLess than a year into his journey as a man exploring his sexual orientation, Cody Shirley has come out to all of his family and friends to say, \u201cI\u2019m a guy and I like having sexual experiences with guys, but I also love the emotional connection I have with my wife.\u201d So how does this work? Is he gay, bisexual, or just exploring his sexual desires? You\u2019ll have to tune in to find out the real story and the real life of a man living in a Mixed Orientation Marriage!\r\nWhat we discover in this week\u2019s episode of the Coming Out Lounge is that sexuality and sexual orientation have more than 50 shades of grey and they\u2019re aren\u2019t always a simple as gay, bisexual, or heterosexual. During our chat Cody shares his truth, his journey, and his deep intimate desire to be authentically who he is for himself, his wife, their children and society. It might just surprise you that what you hear may make you wonder\u2026\u201dWho am I, and what closet do I need to come out of?\u201d\r\nShow Highlights\r\n\r\n* Learn the truth about honesty and secrecy \u2013 something you may not have heard before\r\n* What\u2019s hurt isn\u2019t what you think when your husband comes out as gay\r\n* Tweetable: We marry people, we don\u2019t marry genders!\r\n* This is one gay man who hasn\u2019t been judged and ridiculed by a group of people you would most expect it from\r\n* Discover the two things he wishes his wife could sprout\r\n* Guess who he\u2019s gotten the most hateful, out-lashings from? The answer will surprise you!\r\n\r\nConnect With Cody\r\nWebsite\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n<a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Frickclemons.com%2Fepisode-041-gay-man-married-to-a-woman-mixed-orientation-marriages-that-work-cody-shirley%2F&title=Episode%20041%3A%20Gay%20Man%2C%20Married%20To%20A%20Woman%20%E2%80%93%20Mixed%20Orientation%20Marriages%20That%20Work%20%E2%80%93%20Cody%20Shirley" data-a2a-url="https://rickclemons.com/episode-041-gay-man-married-to-a-woman-mixed-orientation-marriages-that-work-cody-shirley/" data-a2a-title="Episode 041: Gay Man, Married To A Woman \u2013 Mixed Orientation Marriages That Work ...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4b9b6c41-474a-4fd0-a374-cbb2a7aa23a4/1400x1400_uncloseted_artwork-01-573.jpg"}