A
64-year-old Belgian man identified only as Jan has been fighting for
the courts to grant him an annulment and permission to evict his wife of
19 years from their home after discovering that she was actually born a
man.
I feel
I've been assaulted," Jan reportedly told the Het Nieuwsblad newspaper,
describing the discovery that his Indonesian wife, Monica, is a
transsexual. The news was such a shock that he is reportedly undergoing
psychiatric treatment.
Jan and Monica reportedly met in 1993 when the woman came to Belgium to work as an au-pair for Jan's sister.
"My second marriage was on the rocks at the time and we quickly fell in love," he said.
The
couple got a long well, and Monica, 48, was like a "big sister" to his
two children from a previous marriage, according to Jan.
"I brought
her to Belgium. That was not easy. The Belgian courts had serious doubts
about the authenticity of her birth and her identity papers, but
eventually they accepted it anyway. I thought she was an attractive
woman, all woman. She had no male traits," he explained.
Jan revealed
that there were no clues even during moments of intimacy betraying
Monica's biological gender, and that his wife had even pretended to
menstruate, using sanitary napkins to "to conceal the truth."
It
wasn't until recently, after two years of conflict over Monica's
full-time job and late night partying, that Jan learned the shocking
truth from one of his wife's relatives.
The 64-year-old Belgian
reportedly shared the news with his son, who confirmed that he had heard
similar rumors. In addition to the revelation, Jan had discovered
"amorous messages" from other men on Monica's computer, according to
British publication the Telegraph.
"One evening I confronted her and
she finally confessed she had been born a boy and had a sex change
operation," Jan said, according to the Daily Mail. "My world collapsed
in a few seconds. I was horrified. I feel like have been violated for
almost 20 years."
The Telegraph reports that the moment of
confrontation between Monica and Jan was heated and led to a physical
altercation with the police having to be called to their home.
"I
pushed her against the wall and said: 'Now I know the truth. Are you a
man?' She then announced that she was born as a boy and that she had
been operated on. She was now a woman, and so she did not need to tell
me about her past as a man. My world collapsed. That evening came to
blows," Jan explained.
While awaiting the decision of the courts to
annul his marriage, Jan has been denied a request to have Monica
forcibly removed from their home.
In the meantime, "We live in separate rooms and rarely speak," he said
1 comment:
This is absurd!
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