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Cheryl

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Display Name
Cheryl
Age
49
Age When You Came Out
14
Sexual Orientation
Lesbian
City
Aiken
State
South Carolina
Country
USA
Profession
Self employed store owner with my partner
Relationship Status
Married/Civil partnership
Race / Ethnicity
i am native american/italian
Gender
Female
Bio
Boy do I have a story for you!  I have known my whole life that I was a lesbian.  My mom was pretty cool about it. I was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.  My mom had alot of gay and lesbian friends.  She use to play poker on Friday nights with 2 Gay couples and a lesbian couple and I always went with her.[ now, thinking back, I believe my mom was bi-sexual]  When I was 12 we moved to Augusta, Georgia and moved in with my aunt and uncle.  My mom soon bought a house for us in North Augusta, South Carolina.  My father, who was a career Air Forceman suddenly reappeared in my life.  He would come visit almost every weekend.  I thought my parents were getting back together.. Then when I was 14 I started seeing an older woman, whom I'll call Jane, she was 25.  I had been seeing her for almost a year when I got brave enough to tell my mom, she was upset because of the age difference, and because I was so young.  She told my father that next weekend.  His response was to have me commited to a military hospital in the psych ward. I begged my mom to get me out, but she left it all up to my father.  So after the first couple of weeks, I decided to play their,[the doctors and my fathers] game.  I told them everything they wanted to hear and after 3 more weeks, I was sent home.  I vowed to marry the first man that asked me.  Six months later, I was almost 17, while working at a local Waffle House, a regular customer who always flirted with the waitress, said to me, "we should get married"  and I said ok.  He asked me if I was serious, and I said I was.  We went on 1 date that both his mother and mine accompanied us, and we were married 3 weeks later.  I eventually told him my story, he was very sympathtic but he was deeply in love with me, so to please my family I stayed.  We had 4 children and were together for 17 years, until I could no longer handle it.  I was MISRABLE.  We got divorced but remained friends.After several not so good relationships with women, a friend introduced me to Sandra.  She had recently come out and we hit it off on the spot. We were married 3 months later at a Metropolitan Community Church in Augusta, Georgia and we have been happily together for almost 10 years.  I'd love to hear from any one who likes to chat.  My partner, Sandra and I love to go Camping and hiking.  We love the Great Smoky Mts. I love to read and we both like reality t.v.  Our favorite places are: Savannah, GA., St. Augustine, Fl. Charleston, SC, and Brevard, NC. And I love old rock and roll and Country music. I love to cook and bake, I love animals,[ we have 4 small dogs and 2 big dogs and a Cockatoo, we have 20 acres of land and chickens ,ducks, & pygmy goats in my spare time I like to make mosaic tile cement stepping stones.
Favorite Books
I would not know where to begin.  I love a good mystery or suspense novel. I will also get into a good psych thriller.  Really I just love to read. 
Favorite Lesbian/Bi TV or Movie Characters
Really to many to name.
Favorite Musicians / Bands
Bon Jovi, Martina McBride, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Brooks and Dunn, Rascall Flatts, Lynard Skynard,   Melissa Etheridge to name a few.
Favorite TV Shows
Survivor, Last Comic Standing, So You Think You Can Dance, Pirate Master, Top Chef, Ellen, C.S.I., Ghost Wisperer, A day in the Life, Hell' Kitchen, A lot of Documentaries, that's a sampling of my favorites.
Favorite Movies
Night at the Museum, Hair Spray, Pursuit of Happiness, Hannibal Rising, Silence of the Lambs, Beaches, Steel Magnolias, Sniper, Independence Day, Night of the Twisters, Dante's Peak, All of the National Lampoon's, Cars, Mommie Dearest, The Laramie Project, Mask,  to name a few.  As you can see, I like all kinds of movies.

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