Maluco
Last Man Standing 3 champion 2019/20
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Showing sympathy to people in a difficult situation isn’t condescending. If it were, society would be a horrible place to live in.Think people are too quick to jump to black and white conclusions when it comes to these situations.
It's not as simple as him being straight or gay or bisexual. It's a spectrum along which there are people who struggle their whole lives to pinpoint exactly where they lie. He hasn't necessarily been lying to his wife or family all along, because he may not have fully known or understood what or who he was until recently.
At the end of the day, who the feck are we to feel sorry for his wife or to have any opinions about the guy and what he could, should or might have done? She seems to be supporting him and his decision to come out, so for me, deciding to feel sorry for her is more than a little condescending. For all we know, she spent "the best years of her life" raising a family with someone she loved and has been a part of this process for him all along.
People are too quick to jump to cynical conclusions and offer unnecessary opinions about deeply personal matters these days. Why not just take his statement at face value and let them worry about the personal stuff?
But agree with you, in that there are not enough public details to feel strongly one way or another or to really know how people feel.
But even in his statement and interview, you could tell it’s been painful and a process for all parties. So it isn’t at all condescending to have sympathy.
I wish them all the best anyway and hope everyone has peace about the situation.