I have always thought he was bi.. He really had no aversions to gay, other than the fears
his own father had put into him. He had decided he liked women ok, and he found one that
liked him ok... and probably would have continued his life in a rather ho hum situation, if not for
having met jack..Jack however taught him that love and sex were intertwined. NOt just a by-product of a marriage. From then on, he knew what he wanted.
He however still had the fear, all that, would mean..Plus he didnt want to leave his children, orphaned, as he had been..I think he then decided to make the best of the unfortunate situation. To carry on an affair, and just keep on keeping on...No satisfaction for anyone. But that is what kind of a decision a passive aggressive person would tend to choose. It would seem like the logically simple answer...However as we all know,,,it just doesnt work out that way in the end...He then was set on a path, that he neither could or would detour from.
He then found he was too late smart..that he was gay, and he had obstructed his entire
life and Jacks as well. And possibly hastened the very thing he was so afraid of. The coming of the "tire irons."
im not a male and im not gay, or lesbian either, its just my observation of human nature.
janice