My partner and I are both ace but they want us to come out publicly as a couple while I'm not ready to be visible about either my asexuality or our relationship. They feel like I'm keeping them in the closet and I feel like they're pushing me out of mine before I'm ready.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are navigating fundamentally different relationships to visibility and timing around shared identity disclosure.
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