Oct
22

Dilemma of a Bisexual Married Man

Letters, Migs Speaks 39 comments

hi migs. i’ve read one of your posts…and the comments regarding bi married man having relationship with other man. i myself is married with 2 kids and is now in a relationship with an 18 yr old guy with a lot of gf’s… this is my first relationship with another man after 12 yrs of marriage..i am his first. It isnt easy for both of us…we argue a lot… because we dont know how to handle this kind of relationship. There are lots of risk for both of us. i dont want to destroy my family and jeopardize the future of my kids. and he doesn’t want to break his 5-yr relationship with one of his gf. But more than anything we are really best of friends and we don’t want to break the bond between us… we have separated a lot of times but we keep on coming back to save the relationship… sometimes i make the first move most of the time he would say sorry and try to win me back… ron

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Jul
31

Married Man and His 21-year-old Assistant

Corporate World, Issues, Letters, Love and Dating 51 comments

Hi Migs,

Been reading your blog so i know im bi (married with 2 kids) – i enjoyed being with both sexes and i don’t have any problem getting one when i was younger. But since i got married, it’s more of loyalty and promise NOT to cheat on anyone.

I work in a hotel sales department and got a new assistant last month (hired and interviewed by HR). On the day he was introduced to me, we got good vibes for each other and we were so comfortable with each other right then. For the next few days and weeks, we tell each other our life stories, we went out for a picnic with my family and him with his gf (of 5 years).

Since he is 10 years my junior (I’m 31, he’s 21), i treat him like a brother – i am his mentor and confidante. But here is the dilemma – just like your latest posts here about bromance and “straight guys can’t keep off….“; we are so close and comfortable that we play around the office and off-work (sports or night-out). Sometimes if i’m on the phone or on the computer or while me driving; he would come up and tickle me, touch my thighs, my shoulders (pressing it like massage), hug me or anything contact. he is also thoughtful and sweet; he brings me chocolate sometimes and bought me a shirt after he went out for a 2-day out-of-town business trip. As for me, i try to be discreet and not show him the same way coz i know it would hurt me, or my family in the future.

But yesterday was a different story – we were out for lunch (haven’t seen him for one week – i was on vacation) and he asked me if I missed him, I then asked him if he misses me – then he said yes. We were laughing at my vacation stories and playing around the food when until he said “I love you bro!” – i was a bit surprised and i looked at him, he was serious and i told him “don’t worry, i love you too”.

So what should my next move be? ask him if he’s gay? How will i do it? Whats the best way to know if a person is bi or gay? Should i return the favor – show the same feelings he is showing me? I don’t mind if we go to bed too, he is hot and good looking (btw, he is caucasian, im halfer Fil-Can) so maybe tell me how i can seduce him.

But I dont wanna ruin our friendship if i made a wrong move.

Thanks so much!
Married Man

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Hello Married Man,

I admire you for your loyalty and your commitment not to cheat on anyone. I see so much lack of integrity in this world that when I hear someone declare their loyalty and integrity, I feel so refreshed and inspired.

Your letter is riddled with red flags, but still I focus on what you say early on in your letter: “loyalty and promise NOT to cheat on anyone.” I recognize that this is my set of values latching on, resonating with yours. So take the following as it is — my desire for a world whose people are true to themselves, and are true to their promise as well.

You asked what your next move should be. Allow me then to offer my thoughts, and while this may not be agreeable to all, they are my truth, my lush, pulsating, up-to-the-minute truth:

1. Don’t shit where you eat.
2. He is your assistant.
3. You have chosen to be a loyal married man, blessed with 2 kids.

Connect the dots and you know what I’d say your next move should be. You yourself treasure the friendship. I would hold on to this. Friendship is such a beautiful thing. Not all our guy relationships should end up in bed. We are very sexual beings but we should not allow this fact to define every aspect of who we are. There are other beautiful things in life such as loyalty, integrity, family, and yes, even platonic friendships.

I know what I’m recommending is a difficult track. I wish you strength.

Migs

Feb
27

How do we deal with Gay Married Men?

Gay Confusion, Issues, Letters, Migs Speaks 46 comments

2456065971_abeb760907Hi Pre Migs!

Dumating na time ko to tell you about myself. I am happily married with one kid. I’ve been working abroad for more than 15 yrs na. Since pagkabata, I know myself na may pagka-berde ang dugo ko, pero since then I’ve kept it to myself, the other side of me. I have a very loving and understanding wife, ika nga, what more can I ask for?

Before I got married and even while married, I had relationships with the opposite and the same sex. Ganun siguro pag malayo kayo sa isa’t isa ng asawa mo. My wife kasi is also working outside the country, nasa US siya. Ako naman, nag-Saudi for 4 years, then went to Dubai where I worked for 10 years. Year 2005 when i went home to Pinas and decided na di na bumalik ng Dubai.

Noong nasa Pilipinas na ako, okay ang lahat kahit wala ang asawa ko (nasa US nga siya). Dahil doon, natuto ako na makipagtext with the same sex, and makipag-meet and, the usual, have sex. Going to massage parlors, gay bars and Fahrenheit ang naging hobby ko.

Early last year, I came to the point na gusto ko nang magpakamatay sa sobrang guilt ko dahil sa kasalanan ko kay God and to my wife. Parang di ko na kaya. Pero God was still there to help me. May of last year I got an email from a friend in Africa asking me if I want to work again pero sa Africa nga. Sabi ko sige para new environment and para matigil sa mga ginagawa kong mali dyan sa Pinas. Sa ngayon, nandito ako, solo sa Africa at nagta-trabaho. Pero honestly hinahanap-hanap ko ang mga boys dyan sa atin.

Till next time. World Peace!

Your Pre,
JAKE

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When someone approaches you, a gay man, married with a wife and perhaps a kid or two, saying he feels guilty yet he clearly has a penchant for men, what do you do? What do you tell him?

Do you tell him: stop your philandering and be straight with your wife! That he should deny his real self coming out because he has committed himself to a woman?

Do you tell him: it’s okay, be yourself.That he has to prioritize who he really is, and that his marriage to a woman was in the first place a mistake he made out of foolish thoughts and assumptions?

Do you tell him: you’re a fuckin’ mess, you son of a bitch! This to a man who has enough self-hatred as to even consider suicide?

Do you tell him: hate the sin, not the sinner. This to someone who may not even be able to distinguish between the two? Because much as he tried for years to pluck out the sin from the sinner, even marrying a girl in the hopes that his being gay may just magically fade away, the sinner is still left sinful and, the sin not a tad faded but as clear, even more, as it has ever been before?

Tell me, dear friends in this blog, how do we deal with gay married men?

Jan
27

Why does it have to be just one?

Gay Confusion 107 comments

Here’s a letter from an MGG reader, Jay Vee. Read and share your thoughts:

Hi Migs,

images-1way-1way I’m jay vee, 25, and a reader of your blog for about a week now. Migs, Thank you!! malaki kasi ang tulong and advice na naibibgay mo sakin just by reading your blog. I just wanna share my problem and hingi na rin sana ng advice mo, i’m straight (yata!?!) and ikakasal na ako sa march. Ang problema migs may mahal pa akong iba, Si Tom barkada, best friend at boy friend ko.

ito ang kwento ko, Si tom at ako ay nabibilang sa isang barkada na puro straight na lalake ayon sa normal na takbo ng mundo sa mga mangmang na tao. Siyam kami mag babarka na puro lalake isa akong probinsyano na nag kolehiyo sa manila sa isang paaralan sa Intramuros. 2 konyo (erin at tom), 1 skolar (inyong), anak ng gov’t employee (adam) at 2 probinsyano (ako at si jeff) ang barkada namin.

alam ko mula pagkabata lalake ako, at hindi ako bakla madami ang nag bago mula ng tumira ako dito sa manila, marami akong sekretong malupit na hindi pwede malaman ng mundong kinabubuhayan ko, sapagkat pag nangyari yon katapusan ko na, mas gugustuhin ko pang mamatay.

napagdaanan ko kong paano manggamit ng bakla, ang pakikipaglaro sa kanila para lang ibigay kong ano ang gusto mo dahil sa mga brkada ko noong high school na mga eksperto dito.. (wala nangyayaring sekswal ah) ang naka tanim sa utak ko mula pag kabata hindi maganda ang buhay bakla! tatanda ka mag isa at gagamitin ka lang, na alala ko may nag tanong kay daddy “paano kong lumaking bakla ang mga anak mong lalake?” sagot ng tatay ko “itatapon ko sa dagat!” hala!! wag ka magalit sa tatay ko mabait na tao yun at marami nag mamahal dun lahat na uri ng tao, ayaw lang nya siguro talaga mag ka anak ng bakla.

sa ngayon asar ako sa mga taong galit sa bakla at nanggagamit ng bakla, asar din ako sa baklang galit sa lalakeng nasa kahon!! naniniwala kc ako na kailangan mo palang kilalanin muna ang tao bago mo husgahan kong bakit ganun sya. ang pag huhusga at pag kakalat na bakla ang isang lalake na nasa kahon pa ay hindi nakakatulong kundi lalong nag papa liit ng pag katao nya.

balik tayo sa kwento ng problema ko, graduating na kami noon anim na lng kami natira sa barkada si adam kc pumasok sa PMA, at si Erin nag migrate sa america (pag katapos ng relasyon namin) . lahat kami may gf noon masaya ang tropa, at before graduation naisipan naming mag bakasyon sa nasugbu kasama ang mga gf namin… 3 days and 2 nights yon.. sa aming barkada wala pag hihinalaang bakla sa amin kc lalakeng lalake talaga kami lahat.

sa nasugbu…
around 1:30am siguro lasing na lahat… antok na rin si gf ko so pinatulog ko na sya… ewan ba pero gusto ko pa uminom so “inom pa tayo, bitin ako!!”, “tara samahan kita!” -tom, so ayon balik inuman kami nang maging seryoso usapan. napag usapan namin si ?Erin ang barkada kong pinaka ka close ko,
tom: “pare, tanong lang wag ka magagalit?” sabi nya
jay vee: “shoot”.
tom: “pare, naging kayo ba ni erin?”
jay vee: “GAGO!! ano problema mo!” napa mura tuloy ako..
tom: “pare kc, bago umalis si erin nag inom kami lasing yata ang gago, mahal na mahal ka raw nya at hindi nya kaya na wala ka, umiiyak nga na parang babae.” -
ano isasagot ko… eh di tumawa na lang ako… sabi ko matulog na tayo puro kalokohan na nasa isip mo… bago ako pumasok sa kwarto ko tinawag nya ako at bigla ba naman ako hinalikan eh tag libog ako migs, so sige nangyari ang hindi dapat mangyari..

ewan ko migs, pag balik namin ng manila kami na yata. talo pa nya ang lahat ng naka relasyon ko babae at lalake kong mag mahal, ramdam ko mas mahal nya ako kaysa sa gf nya, pero alam nya at alam ko na mas mahal ko gf ko kaysa sa kanya…

25 na ko, gusto ko na mag ka pamilya, mag ka anak na legal, at tahimik na buhay.. umuwi ng Pinas yung tatlo kong kapatid para sa bday ko lumuwas din ng manila sila mommy at daddy, lahat sila kinukulit ako na kailan daw ba ako ikakasal baka daw mawala pa si GF, napamahal na kc si GF sa kanila, wala naman kc akong masabing masama kay GF nasa kanya na lahat maganda, matalino, mayaman, masipag, mabait at syempre mahal na mahal ako!! lahat ng M yan ah.. sabi ok ok soon!!

sa madaling salita inaya ko na nga ng kasal si GF. mula noon biglang lumayo sakin si Tom, gusto ko sya kausapin pero umiiwas talaga sa akin migs, ang sakit kc mahal na mahal ko pala yong tao at parang hindi ako kompleto pag wala sya sa buhay ko. B-day ng gf ni Tom chance ko na para kausapin si Tom tatlong oras na kami mag kakasama pero hindi pa kami nag kakausap ng seryoso kc andun lagi kami sa gitna ng barkada. nauubusan ng beer so kailangan ni tom bumili doon ako nakakuha ng pag kakataon na kausapin sya sumama ako sa kanya, tahimik lang sya at hindi ako kinakausap kahit anong tanong ko… pauwi na kami non habang nag nag mamaneho si Tom sabi ko..

Jay vee: “putang ina mo TOM! mag uusap ba tayo o hindi!!! Mahal Kita!!”
(pucha migs, biglang umiyak si Tom, ahhhh naiiyak tuloy ako…) ito yong exact words na sinabi nya sa akin ah,
Tom: “Putang Ina mo rin! hindi ka marunong magmahal at hindi mo alam ang ibig sabihin ng salitang mahal!”
hindi ko alam kong ano isasagot ko migs, tumahimik na lang ako hahayaan ko sya sabihin lahat na sumbat na gusto nya sabihin sakin pero hindi na rin sya umimik migs, pero ramdam ko ang galit nya.. hanggang sa makarating walang imikan, after 30mins umuwi na kami ni GF bago ako umalis kinamayan ko si TOM “pare ingat ka! be good!” yun lang at ok lang sagot nya..

1 week na kami di nag uusap at nag kikita ni Tom, busy raw sya sa work at ako ay busy dito sa province.. Best Man nga pala si Tom sa kasal ko..’
Migs, parang hindi ko kaya ikasal ng nandon si Tom, hindi ko kayang makitang nasasaktan si Tom, hanngang ngayon mahal ko pa yata ang GAGO!
ano gagawin ko?? Iniisip ko lng hindi ba talaga pwede sabay mag mahal ng babae at lalake? Kailangan ko ba talaga pumili kay GF at tom? kung sakaling pumayag si Tom na pareho sila sa buhay ko, makasarili ba ako? nagmahal lang ako.

1.) Tapos na ako sa buhay kumplekado, ikakasal na ako sa babaeng mahal ko at mahal ako, pero mahal ko din si Tom ayaw ko may mawala sa kanila.
2.) Paano kong pag dating ng panahon ay malaman ng GF ko ang relasyon namin ni Tom, kakayanin ko ba sya harapin?
3.) Trip lang sa akin ang pakikipag relasyon sa lalake, Mahal ko ba talaga si TOM?
4.) bakla ba ako? never ako na tsismis at napabalita na bakla, bakit ako nag mamahal ng isang lalake?
5.) bakit pag iniisip ko kong sino kasama ko pag tanda papalit palit ang mukha ni Gf at tom..
6.) marami pa Migs.. sasabog na yata utak ko…

jay vee :-(

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Nov
12

“Masarap na ulam na di puwedeng kainin”

Letters, Love and Dating 61 comments

Hi Migs,

I’ve been reading your blog for almost three years and im so happy dahil maraming humihingi ng advice syo. Anyway just call me Macky, I just wanna share my story or should I say a problem. I’m a straight acting bi, walang nakakaalam kung ano ang tunay na feelings ko. Very discreet sabi nga nila. Nagwowork ako sa isang amusement company as operations manager for almost a decade, then minsan naaassign ako sa malayong lugar. Right now 6 months na ako sa Mindanao. (more…)

Nov
02

Sharing His Story Through Songs

Contribution, Letters, Love and Dating 9 comments

[This is a contribution from MGG reader named Red. Posting it here, verbatim.]

I’d like to share my own experience, though too long for the viewers’ eyes. This is something unbelievable and could make for a good script for a movie that it could even rival the story of the Brokeback Mountain. Just to find release, I’d like to see it posted in no less than Migs’ site, so that others may be enlightened or inspired, or of whatever purpose it could serve to the readers. More importantly, my story opposes that of the twink-hungry and abusive PLU (gay) teachers’ usual portrayal by the media. Let me do it by way of using Southborder’s famous songs and the songs I’d love to listen to.

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Oct
02

Married Guy Shares His Story

Issues, Letters, Love and Dating 82 comments

Hi Migs,

Alam ko dami mo letter-sender na inspiring ang mga messages nila. Hindi ko alam kung medyo kakaiba ito but this is real at gusto ko ishare sa mga readers mo.

I’m 29 years old, very happily married but no child yet by choice and straight-acting. Hindi ko itatanggi na I have been practicing this orientation for almost 5 years and so far so good.. At alam mo naman siguro pag mga straight-acting, mas active ang sex-life kesa sa mga open or so I think. Naranasan ko na halos lahat ng klase ng gay-sex. 3some, orgies, seb, name it. Malamang sa hindi, nagawa ko na. Kaya masasabi ko na bato na ang puso ko sa emosyon. Hindi na ako madaling maattach emotionally sa mga kasex ko. Until recently. (more…)

Oct
01

Honoring A Truly Revolutionary Gay Man

Personalities 17 comments

Val Mante is one truly revolutionary gay man — and this post was written in honor of him. More than 3 years ago, he was at the frontpage of the Inquirer, as one-half of the first married gay couple of the CPP-NPA. Read on.

Reds officiate first gay marriage in NPA

By Rolando B. Pinsoy
Inquirer News Service
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb, 7, 2005

DARE to struggle, dare to win … as married gays. After raiding a few Army camps, two communist guerrillas hid in a forest gorge and fell in love.

Deeply.

That was three years ago. On Friday, under a romantic drizzle in a muddy clearing in Compostela Valley province in Mindanao, Ka Andres and Ka Jose exchanged vows in a heavily guarded ceremony before local villagers, friends from the city and their comrades in arms. (more…)

Sep
04

Discrimination according to Adel Tamano

Issues, Personalities 14 comments

Adel Tamano is the dashing, eloquent spokesman for the Genuine Opposition. I am quite apolitical, so I really did not know Adel until this morning, when I heard him being interviewed at Mo Twister’s radio show. Callers were ringing the radio station’s show just to say how good looking this lawyer was. And his bubbly persona just made me all the more interested. So I googled him, read him (yes he has a blog, a group blog), and cannot help but be impressed. Here I post an excerpt from his interview with PinoyCentric where he talks about his experience of discrimination as a Muslim Filipino. As I was reading it, I found a strangely familiar tone. I would say a lot of our gay brothers who are naturally masculine (non-effems) would so relate to the discrimination Adel describes. Read on.

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PinoyCentric: Were you conscious of your being Muslim as you were growing up?
Adel Tamano: The discrimination—yes. We were practicing Muslims. Up to now I still am, although I am married to a Christian.

Ang discriminations sa akin is strange. This is how it works for me: Most people don’t think I’m a Muslim because they have a stereotype of what a Muslim sounds or looks like. So [then I am able to] enter social groups and I hear people say certain things. For example, may nakidnap ang Abu Sayaff. They’d say, “Grabe talaga ang mga Muslim na to.” Or “Okay sana sa Mindanao, marami lang Muslim.”
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Aug
15

Mr. Int’l-Phils 2008 — take a peek!

Hunks 23 comments

Take a peek…

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