George & Peggy, Roanoke, VA - married 1956
Peggy:
When he first told me he was gay, I said, "okay, you're gay, we'll deal with it and go on." You know? Not knowing some of the dynamics that would come afterwards.
Are you going to stay together?
(Quietly.) Yeah. (Pause.) And nobody—I can't say what will happen tomorrow. I can't say what will happen next year. But as of this minute right now, yes.
And I think I feel more secure in that. Because for a long, long time I did not feel that from him. It was almost like, "well, he may not be here next week." But I feel like he has made this commitment now, that this is really what he wants to do. And like I say, either one of us might change our mind, we don't know what's gonna happen; but I think right now we have this solid commitment to each other.