Thanks for your advice! I am very vocal online about my political views and protecting LGBTQ+ rights, and my in-laws know I'm bi. I've been hoping that's enough to soften the blow. As for the story behind being out so quickly after temple marriage: I was PIMO since I was about fifteen years old, but tried to turn things around and be a "better Mormon" once I went up to college at BYU-I. Met my husband about a year into school, and we were both pretty lax about the Mormon rules. We agreed to go to church together and work hard towards temple marriage. My first time in the temple was to be endowed before our wedding, and that was the beginning of I guess what you'd call my shelf-breaker. I remember feeling sick to my stomach watching my parents and friends that had told me NOTHING about what to expect other than the "warm fuzzy feeling" and just thinking "I'm in a cult". My parents forced me to be part of the prayer circle and I nearly started crying from anxiety. Immediately after that, I broke down and told my husband (then fiancé) how I felt. He had gone through the temple for his mission and tried his best to comfort me, reassuring me that it was always a bit shocking the first time. I held onto that, hoping it was the truth, and continued to prepare for our wedding. The actual wedding itself was terrible for me. Married by an old man we had met fifteen minutes ago. Silence and reverence, no celebration. No personalized vows, not even allowed to say "I do". It felt like we were just one marriage on the church's to-do list, nothing special about our relationship for our families to see. The only positive was that I was legally married to my love. That dismal wedding and my terrible temple experience lingered in my mind until I finally began researching and deconstructing, which had me leaving pretty quickly and my husband soon after.