A marriage of a man and a woman where one spouse is heterosexual and one spouse is homosexual.
Often the homosexual marries the heterosexual in an attempt to "cure" their sexual attraction to the same sex. Religion, family expectations, and a desire to have children often influence a homosexual person's decision to
wed a person of the opposite sex.
I use the term "homosexual" and not
LGB because many
same-sex attracted people that marry a person of the opposite sex do not self-identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Many also prefer to stay in the closet.
Many, but not all, of these marriages end in severe
marital conflict, separation, or divorce.
Sandy suspected that Steve was gay for a long time, but couldn't tell for sure until she found his
Manhunt account on the family computer. Now she's certainly in a mixed orientation marriage.
Sandy's hired a lawyer without
Steve's knowledge.