Woman Comes Out As Gay Six Years After Marriage, Stays With Her Husband Because He's Her 'Soulmate'

A woman has revealed she is still married to her husband despite coming out as a lesbian two years ago as he remains her 'soulmate'.

Nicolette Popa, 26, from North Carolina, U.S., told her husband Ryan, 27, she was attracted solely to women in 2020, six years after they tied knot, New York Post reported.

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The couple have two children together, and Nicolette still believes Ryan is her soulmate and best friend because they are each other¡¯s ¡®biggest supporters¡¯.

Nicolette knew she was a lesbian while growing up but she was fearful of coming out because she was raised in a conservative area of Missouri.

"I think I knew I was gay growing up, [but] here in America it can be very conservative," she explained.

"We¡¯re still married and we still live together in our house with our kids. For right now, what we do works. We¡¯re trying to figure out our careers and trying to make sure that our kids have the best outcome," Nicolette told South West News Service (SWNS) in a recent interview. ¡°

¡°It¡¯s about making sure the kids are happy, making sure they know they¡¯re loved and for them to have both parents around as much as possible," she added.

Despite come out and being sexually attracted to women, Nicolette still describes Ryan as her 'soulmate'.

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¡°Me and Ryan have maintained this friendship; he¡¯ll always be my best friend. We got married when I was 19 and he was 20. We¡¯ve been together basically through all of our 20s, and he¡¯s that person I¡¯ve been around constantly," she said.

While people have expressed support for the pair, some have accused Nicolette of ¡°wasting¡± Ryan¡¯s time.

However, the supportive husband said he is happy with the current situation and wasn¡¯t surprised that his wife was a lesbian.

¡°It wasn¡¯t a shock when Nicolette came out. I started to have suspicions but I wasn¡¯t going to ask ¡ª I was going to wait for her to tell me herself,¡± Ryan told SWNS.

¡°My family were really supportive, and they still are. We still go on family holidays with them, we all get along really well," he added.

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