Would you marry a woman and stay in the closet if it meant fame and fortune?

Nope.

Yup. Just for the fortune, not interested in fame. But no sex.

Tom, give it a rest, don’t you have an audit you should be attending?

Yes.

I would not stay in the closet forever, once I made my money I would com out.

I have no interest in or desire for fame, I hate the idea.

So it comes down to cash. Do I want to ruin my life and blow my chance of gay love for cash, even a shitload of it? Thats a negatory on that there. I would like to be a bit better off and make a few problems go away for me and mine, but I'll be fucked if I'm going in any damn closet for that

No. I like women. I have several excellent female friends. But I could never marry one. It would be just too fake and it wouldn't be fair to the woman, either. I have to be true to myself.

No, and I warn anyone searching for Fame...it comes at a Huge price!

Doing it right now and it works for both of us. Love and companionship... no sex with each other.

To quote Dorothy Zbornack - "I can't stand being poor another day!"

R8 You're telling me! Fame costs. And here's where you start paying. In sweat.

Absolutely. I wouldn't even need fame. Just fortune and a generous pre-nup.

How much fortune? Low seven figures? Probably not. Eight figures... Maybe. High eight figures to nine figures, DEFINITELY.

I don't want fame, but yeah, I'd marry for fortune. IF she were sane and we were good friends, and she was okay with me getting some discrete dick on the side, and if a divorce wouldn't leave me penniless.

Because I'm lonely and sick to death of worrying about money, and there are worse options in this cruel world than a companionate marriage with a friend. Hell, there are worse options than being a Paid Companion, if I'm well-paid!

Fame! Bully for you. Chilly for me. Fame! ... What's your name?

DAMN yeah!

I'm pretty discrete already so definitely yes.

R15

Love you David!

Depends on the level. D-list celebrity and a few million? Nah. A-list and over 100 million? Sure.

Yeah, I’m not in it for the fame. I know some people crave it, but it seems like an awful way to live. I wouldn’t mind Warren Buffett-like fame,, though, people seems to like him and generally leave him alone.

Can I have a side piece?

No. We’re all somewhat dishonest about ourselves but to live a lie to that level is cowardly and pretty pathetic. There are plenty of more honest and brave people living their lives less cynically.

This question should be rephrased to “would you have your cake and eat it too?”

Marriages like that are bound to make both partners unhappy, money/fame or no. Not worth it imo.

No, prefer meat to seafood.

R25 I think Will Smith and Jada would disagree with you quite strongly

The biggest worry for most people is money. You take the worry of money out of the equation and the rest works itself out. I would totally do a Barry Diller/Diane von Fürstenberg thing. Love is overrated.

How roomy is the closet and can I invite guests?

Like others, no use for fame - I'm not needy like that. Money and side action, I'd go for it.

If I'm still allowed to whore around sure. And I'm aint sticking it inside her slit!

Of course, who wouldn't. Start counting the ones in Hollywood that have and are.

Trust me, guys - it's a piece of cake!

As long as I could whore around all I wanted with gay guys, why not?

Of course. If the woman was well aware of the situation and happily allowed me to pursue my outside interests (and hers). This is how all those lavender marriages work in Hollywood, and still do. And they are long-lasting ones.

You can have a loving relationship without sex.

Nope, the worst scenario is ending up like Jeremy Renner and his baby mama drama.He could have lived a glass closet life with his long term live in partner quietly but nooo he had to beard up and in the end it made his life a living hell with never ending court battles...

Jeremy Renner's situation is way too messy to have been a bearding situation. (I have no opinion on whether he likes the pole.)

One could marry a lesbian if you're into mustaches and that sort of thing. No sex will be required.

It worked for us for 43 years. She got to lick Rita Mae Brown's pussy, and I got tons of anonymous Hollywood hunk cock, thanks to Henry Willson.

No, I only just manage to stay with the man that I married for his money.

He's 20 years older and 73, it can't be too long now.

Robbie Rogers and Greg Berlanti seem to be playing a similar game that we are.

How long have you been with him, R40?

Give me eight figures and I'll grab her by the pussy every day!

But of course I'll have dick on the DL and start to transition.

Why would anyone want fame at this point? It seems like a suffocating lifestyle.

But I’d do it for fortune, sure.

Can I go to bookstores for cock and blowjobs at least? If so, yes to the cash but no to fame.

R41 34 miserable years.

I fucked this up massively.

Yes. It's been a few years since I've had sex.

But, I'm somewhere in the middle on the flame scale, so I wouldn't be fooling a lot of people. But, I'll take the fortune. I would parlay the fame into a podcast to talk about news in the world.

WOW, R45. That's a long time.

As they say: Marry for money and you'll earn every penny.

R47 I like the lifestyle and haven't needed to work since I was 17, though I've had a few successful businesses in that time and made a ton of money.

He can't last much longer.

Yes, where do I find this person? I am ready.

R49 so needs to write a book about this. It all sounds so juicy.

I'd set up a separate houses situation. A guest house situation. That's the way most of those lavender marriages work or they divide one big house in half. I'm not choosy. But here is my list of negation points:

1) Generous Allowance

2) Annual Bonus

3) First Class or Private Travel

4) The fastest internet package

5) The full cable package and all the streaming services

6) A retirement account

7) A generous pre-nup

8) A lifetime club membership to the club of my choice

9) If a child/children are required, I get naming rights and get to chose the boarding school

R51 What book?

I basically flogged my arse at 17 and stayed with a guy that I don't really love for 34 years.

That's page one to three.

But did you love him at 17?

R54 Probably did. That wore off 30+ years ago

Because he was too old or just not a nice person?

R53 But you must have some other dramatic things to add, like that classic Heart song music video for All I Wanna Do is Make Love to You. You know, out late driving the lonely highway on a rainy night, seeing a hunky wet hitchhiker, picking him up and screwing your brains out in a cheap motel and then slipping out in the morning leaving a brief note. Then years later happenstance returning to the motel where he’s now the concierge and you have child that looks just like him, all because your rich old husband had bad sperm flow and you were desperate for a child any way you could get one. Stories like that.

Depends. Is Natasha Khan (Bat for Lashes) available? She's the only woman who's ever made me feel heterosexual.

No way.

A deal with the devil. No, you would lead a very isolated, lonely and unfulfilled life.

Bitches if she held the purse strings you would need to man up and fuck her once in awhile. What is the big deal? I would. A hole is a hole. But then again I am a top so....

[Quote] A deal with the devil. No, you would lead a very isolated, lonely and unfulfilled life.

Ohwouldyounow?

If she looked like Martina McBride, I'd totally Marcus "Ladybird" Bachmann my way into it.

nope

I could come to an agreement. I could fuck her once a week as long as she lets me get head or fuck around with a man. My roommate was saying loads of gays back in the day here in Romania where we are working did that and had a child too. Why did women stay? Cuz overall they weren't as brutish and didn't beat them. However, since we are in the US and in a different time, it's easy to find a man with a situation so why live a lie?

You're all whores, darlings.

Well if she was open to anal...

Is she a pretty woman? She would need to be a pretty woman.

R52 is cheating. OP should have laid out the rules more clearly.