I sat there last night feeling so sorry for him & his children , wives & friends . I thought how would I have reacted if my dad had come forward with this info after I was an adult . Would I have felt my life has been lived as a lie also ? Every thing I believed about him is not true EXCEPT him saying he loves all the people involved in his life . He loves his children & will always be their dad ,that fact will never change .
I would want my dad to be happy BUT I am not so sure ( I) could sit there & watch him dressed as a woman . There dad has had 65 yrs to know & understand how he feels & now all the kids & everyone else gets this sprung on them . Most everything those kids ever believed about men & women has changed for them .
My opinion is this is just such a difficult sad situation . Had he come out with who he believed he was when his kids were young I think that would have a much greater impact on all his kids than finding out as an adult . And I would think that's why he has waited so late in life to come out with his true feelings as to who he believes he is .
Each person involved in this will have to figure out how to function in a relationship with him or without him & Bruce will have to live with what they decide .I wish them well .