Pete

Yeah. My entire twenties were like this. Like, cause by then, like I wanted, I really, really wanted to not be gay. Right. Because I mean, separate and apart from wanting to have a life in public service, like in Indiana, like I, I don't think most kids, I don't think most gay kids growing up in Indiana in the nineties, like if you really gave them a choice, Right. Yeah.

Um, and so part of that was like, okay, like I dated this like string of amazing women and like over time, like it was just very clear as amazing as they were that like the things that are supposed to happen in terms of the way you feel about and fall in love with somebody like that's, you know, I'm not saying it's just process of elimination.

Um, and so part of that was like, okay, like I dated this like string of amazing women and like over time, like it was just very clear as amazing as they were that like the things that are supposed to happen in terms of the way you feel about and fall in love with somebody like that's, you know, I'm not saying it's just process of elimination.

Um, and so part of that was like, okay, like I dated this like string of amazing women and like over time, like it was just very clear as amazing as they were that like the things that are supposed to happen in terms of the way you feel about and fall in love with somebody like that's, you know, I'm not saying it's just process of elimination.

Like there are other ways you know who you're attracted to, but like you can pack that away.

Like there are other ways you know who you're attracted to, but like you can pack that away.

Like there are other ways you know who you're attracted to, but like you can pack that away.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

But I knew actually before I became like, like years before the Afghanistan deployment coming out and all that, my first election, I won the primary and, And the way things were shaping up, I knew that I would probably win the general election. I was probably going to be mayor. And that was like a huge leap in responsibility.

But I knew actually before I became like, like years before the Afghanistan deployment coming out and all that, my first election, I won the primary and, And the way things were shaping up, I knew that I would probably win the general election. I was probably going to be mayor. And that was like a huge leap in responsibility.

But I knew actually before I became like, like years before the Afghanistan deployment coming out and all that, my first election, I won the primary and, And the way things were shaping up, I knew that I would probably win the general election. I was probably going to be mayor. And that was like a huge leap in responsibility.

Obviously I had been like a consultant and, um, you know, I was, I was a military. Um, so I, uh, I knew that like, I should not be in a position of that kind of responsibility. Um, Unless I've like resolved this in some way. And if I'm not ready to come out to the world, I got to come out to somebody because that's the best way I can come out to myself, right?

Obviously I had been like a consultant and, um, you know, I was, I was a military. Um, so I, uh, I knew that like, I should not be in a position of that kind of responsibility. Um, Unless I've like resolved this in some way. And if I'm not ready to come out to the world, I got to come out to somebody because that's the best way I can come out to myself, right?

Obviously I had been like a consultant and, um, you know, I was, I was a military. Um, so I, uh, I knew that like, I should not be in a position of that kind of responsibility. Um, Unless I've like resolved this in some way. And if I'm not ready to come out to the world, I got to come out to somebody because that's the best way I can come out to myself, right?

If I've like just told even one person, then it's kind of real and I'm no longer kind of like in that fog mentally. Um, and so I like took a deep breath and just a good buddy of mine from, from over the years, one of my best friends over beers. And I'm just like, look, I gotta tell you something.

If I've like just told even one person, then it's kind of real and I'm no longer kind of like in that fog mentally. Um, and so I like took a deep breath and just a good buddy of mine from, from over the years, one of my best friends over beers. And I'm just like, look, I gotta tell you something.

If I've like just told even one person, then it's kind of real and I'm no longer kind of like in that fog mentally. Um, and so I like took a deep breath and just a good buddy of mine from, from over the years, one of my best friends over beers. And I'm just like, look, I gotta tell you something.

And one of the first things he, uh, one of the first things he said, he kind of patted me on the shoulder and said, you know, you do it. I'm not into you like that.