Approached Saturday on the driveway of the Plainfield, N. Contact The Author Name required. Email required. Comment required. April 23, am.
She knew. McGreevey has admitted that his wife confronted him about his homosexuality that year. I'd also heard he was charming and good looking.
When I saw him that day I had to agree. I remembered that a guy I dated while at Rutgers -- a poli sci major named Frank -- had told me about Jim. Frank and I had gone our separate ways years earlier, but because we were both active in local Portuguese-American political circles, our paths often crossed.
Frank was working for Sen. Frank Lautenberg at the time. Jim, in pursuit of the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, had consulted with various high level politicians including Lautenberg, and Frank had been very impressed with him.
Jim had a seat on the dais that night, and I was seated nearby at Manny's table. After leaving my table for a quick trip to the lady's room, I came back to find that someone was sitting in my seat.
Manny, it appeared, was intent on filling a number of roles, and the one that was foremost on his mind this evening was matchmaker. In truth, I was not interested in taking Manny up on his matchmaking services because I had been dating someone for nearly a year, and had recently called it quits. He was a nice guy, but he wasn't comfortable with how independent I was, nor how busy I was with my civic and political involvements, and I wasn't about to change.
Still, despite my self-imposed "break" from dating, I was interested in sitting down, so I joined Jim on the dais where soon we were chatting easily in between the evening's interminable speeches. I hated these dinners and went only because my friends were hosting and would have been upset if I didn't. Thankfully this event happened only once a year. The previous year's dinner had been unquestionably odd. The Duke, a fastidious-looking man with a prominent mustache, had greeted the guests not only in uniform, but wearing a rubber snake around his neck.
It had always been hard to take him or his speeches seriously, but now it was impossible. And yet, here I was again, listening to him ramble on, first in Portuguese and then after that in English, feeling more than anything like a kid stuck in high school detention. In this mood, I was quite ready to strike up a conspiratorial conversation with a fellow detainee.
That happened to be Jim. Maybe by the time he works his way through the menu and is ready to praise the dessert? It was more than easy chatting. I felt a kinship with Jim right away. We were bantering as if we'd known each other a long time. Things hit their peak before the marriage. Afterward, there was this sort of soft landing, and it eventually tapered off and ended. Neither Dina nor Jim McGreevey returned calls for comment. The former couple has a 6-year-old daughter, Jacqueline.
But as for the reputed threesome with Dina? Jim McGreevey resigned as governor in after admitting he was gay and being accused of hiring a boyfriend, Golan Cipel, as his homeland-security adviser. The adviser has said he was sexually harassment. Contact The Author Name required. Email required. Comment required. March 17, am.
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