Pete Buttigieg's Husband Chasten Talks Revealing New Memoir & Post-Campaign Life : 'I Took a Lot of Deep Breaths'
Get push notifications with news, features and more.Chasten recalls giving his usual spiel — “Here's what we stand to gain and here's how politics has shaped my life and what I hope to change” — and his backstory: “Coming out, running away from home, figuring out college, eventually falling in love with this mayor who helps bust down the wall I've built up between my heart and the rest of the world.”"Did someone tell you I was going to be here today?" the kid asked.
The memoir — his first book — is an opportunity to tell his story anew and in a different way, having long been comfortable relaying his biography in bite-sized highlights and being turned, himself, into shorthand as a candidate’s spouse. , on a dating app in 2015 — and it does not shy away from the ache of those earlier years, including what he has described as homelessness, suicidal thoughts, sexual assault and a period of alienation from his parents because he was gay.
“Life can be really muddy and confusing and heartbreaking,” he continues, saying he has been through abuse and bad relationships. “Sometimes we just have to take a deep breath and say, “Yeah, this was rough, and I want you to know that.’ ”And he fell in love. The couple, married in June 2018, were on the trail before another year had gone by. The year after that, criss-crossing the country, helped push Chasten to write this book.
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