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Belgian man finds out his wife was a man

By Korea Herald
Published : Nov. 27, 2012 - 14:58

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A Belgian man said he recently learned that his wife was actually a transgender woman.

The 64-year-old husband, identified only as Jan, told a local newspaper that he learned the news after 19 years of marriage when a cousin from his wife’s Indonesian family finally confessed the truth.

Belgian daily newspaper Nieuwsblad reported that Jan described his wife as “very beautiful and feminine.”

“I thought she was an attractive woman, and she was all woman -- she had no male traits. She was always a good mother to my children, and also a fantastic cook, though she wasn’t that great at cleaning and ironing -- and now I know why,” said Jan to the daily paper.

After a judge refused to grant Jan an eviction order of his wife, he said that he is still living with her, although the two rarely speak to each other.

From news reports
(khnews@heraldcorp.com)





19년만의 불편한 진실, 내 아내가 남자?

한 벨기에 남성이 19년간 부부생활을 해온 아내가 트렌스젠더였다는 사실을 최근 우연히 알게 됐다고 털어놨다.

‘얀’이라는 이름으로 알려진 64세의 이 남성은 아내가 19년간 자신이 트렌스젠더라는 사실을 숨겨오다 아내 쪽 친척이 진실을 밝히면서 이를 알게 됐다고 현지 언론에 말했다.

벨기에 일간지 뉴웨블라드(Nieuwsblad)와의 인터뷰에서 잰은 처음 만났을 당시 그의 아내는 ‘매우 아름답고 여성스러웠다’고 말했다.

그는 또, “그녀가 매력적인 여성이며 남성적인 부분은 전혀 없었다고 생각했다. 그녀는 언제나 내 아이들에게 좋은 어머니였고, 요리도 잘했다. 그러나 청소와 다림질에는 서툴렀는데 이제는 왜 그랬는지 알 것 같다”고 말했다.

최근 신청한 아내에 대한 퇴거명령을 지방 판사가 기각해 잰은 여전히 아내와 함께 살고있지만 부부로서 전혀 대화를 나누지 않고 있다고 그는 밝혔다. (코리아헤럴드)

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