Quote From: callmerossBeth is a lesbian and doesn't know it. She has been forced into the straight-family-is-right world and not letting her true feelings out. I say this from experience as I am in the middle of a divorce of a 6 year relationship and three year marriage from a woman who has just discovered she is gay. My wife controlled everything, got everything, and was as emotionally and sexually (sleeping in separate rooms) unresponsive as Beth. Like Tony, I was bending over backwards to make this woman happy only to make myself miserable. I am thankful my wife discovered her "True Self" at 35 before we had children rather than 45 or 55. I haven't even watched the show yet, just the commercial, read the "The Stepford Facade" on the web, and seen their faces which says a lot. Can't wait to watch it tonight.
Can't believe Dr Phil missed this one. Some deeper therapy would probably be of value for these two. This discovery has painfully cracked open my world right now, but is for the better for the both of us in the long run.
I just think he wanted her to out herself. It was obviously too devastating for her. I think her intention was to take the big step and do this on national tv but ultimately couldn't go through with it. I wish Dr. Phil would have more balls in this area. The Stepford family angle is a great one and I think there are a whole host of issues that people use to cover up being gay or lesbian including perfectionism, religious zealotry (push it down, push it down), obsessive focus on career, amongst others.
Dr. Phil is so willing to call a spade a spade in other situations but weenies out when it comes to gay/lesbian issues. Like the sisters who didn't get along a couple of week's back because one was religious and the other was gay. When the religious sister said "You don't have to announce your sexuality with everything you do" or something to that effect. I was SCREAMING at the TV going but YOU DO THIS TOO! I was so hoping Dr. Phil would say well you've told us you were married to a man, you have children by a man, you wear a wedding ring, etc etc. Straight people announce their straightness all the time and it's perfectly acceptable. By doing the simple things that straight people take for granted, bringing a partner home for holiday dinner for example, gay people are told they are "announcing," or "declaring their sexuality to all," or worse "flaunting their gayness."
Dr. Phil please grow some juevos and treat gay and lesbian issues like you do everything else - you should have asked Beth how being in the closet was working for her.
Cory
