| NolSinkler said: People HAVE been living in successful heterosexual relationships, despite having homosexual desires, for thousands of years. Only recently have people started taking issue with it. |
Of course it's possible. I could ignore my homosexual desires and marry a woman, pocreate, etc. I actually seriously considered this before accepting that it would probably be a miserable experience. Yes, gay men have been living as heterosxuals for thousands of years, but only because of cirmcumstance. The vast majority of them never knew that there were others like them out there and those who did many times did seek to satisfy their desires.
If I had been born 50 years ago I have no doubt that I would marry a woman and have a normal family, but at the same time it would be a miserable existence other than having children of my own. The physical pleasure of having sex with my wife would be lost because of the fact that I'd have to think about someone else just to get aroused and stay that way. Even if a gay man marries his best female friend in the world, the burden of his desire will always be there and its something I rather not live with. It would be unfair to my wife who I could never love in all the ways necessary even if I wanted to.
