Editing Max Bemis (section)

==Personal life==
Bemis said as a teen that he had been diagnosed with [[bipolar disorder]],<ref name=Mosley>{{citation|title='It's healthy for a band to become slightly less relevant' – Max Bemis on Say Anything's new album|magazine=Alternative Press|date=June 3, 2014|first=Brittany|last=Moseley|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/max_bemis_say_anything_interview_hebrews_2014|access-date=May 20, 2016}}</ref> which he gave as the reason he has self-medicated with drugs, primarily marijuana.<ref>{{Citation|last=jiarb|title=Max Bemis - Half of Us - Beginnings - Part 1|date=July 11, 2007|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP5RHfaC1Eg|access-date=July 26, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=jiarb|title=Max Bemis - Half of Us - Descent - Part 2|date=July 11, 2007|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlJl-8abvQU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/RlJl-8abvQU| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=July 26, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He experienced a manic episode while making the album ''[[...Is a Real Boy]]''.<ref>{{Citation|last=jiarb|title=Max Bemis - Half of Us - Darkest Hour - Part 3|date=July 11, 2007|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRoSc8P3kPg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/oRoSc8P3kPg| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=July 26, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Bemis has what he calls a "new age, metaphysical view" about religion, and considers himself "a Jew who is also a Christian".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chorus.fm/|title=chorus.fm|website=chorus.fm}}</ref> He came out as [[bisexual]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2018/08/20/bisexual-comes-out-say-anything-rock-singer-max-bemis/|title=Say Anything rock singer comes out as queer|date=August 20, 2018 }}</ref>

Bemis was married from 2009-2025 to musician [[Sherri DuPree]].<ref name=absolutepunk /> In February 2013, Bemis announced the birth of their daughter, Lucy Jean.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://twitter.com/maxbemis/status/301083108449595392| publisher=Max Bemis verified Twitter account | title=Welcome to the world, Lucy Jean! |date= February 11, 2013| access-date= March 5, 2016| archive-date= October 17, 2015| archive-url = https://archive.today/20151017071334/http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3718769 | url-status=live}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=September 2024}} A second child, Coraline Mae Bemis, was born in February 2015.<ref name=absolutepunk>{{cite web| url = http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3718769| title=Max & Sherri Bemis Welcome Second Daughter| first=Alex|last= DiVincenzo|publisher=AbsolutePunk.net |date= February 25, 2015| access-date=March 5, 2016| archive-date= October 17, 2015| archive-url= https://archive.today/20151017071334/http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3718769| url-status=dead}}</ref> Their third child, son Charles Hanley Bemis, was born in April 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BhkBGzpBVci/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BhkBGzpBVci |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |url-access=limited|title=He's here!!!|quote=Born at 4:08 am. ... #CharlesHanleyBemis| date=April 14, 2018|publisher=Sherri Dupree Bemis [[Instagram]] account|access-date= April 26, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=maxbemis |number=985277621616463873|date=April 14, 2018|title=My wife and I had a beautiful baby boy named Charlie|access-date=April 26, 2018|archive-date=April 26, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180426201157/https://twitter.com/maxbemis/status/985277621616463873|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=maxbemis |number=985363734670561280 |date= April 14, 2018|access-date=April 26, 2018|title=Thank you from my heart...|archive-date=April 26, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180426195515/https://twitter.com/maxbemis/status/985363734670561280|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 6, 2020, Max's birthday, their fourth child Ellis Ray Shifra Bemis was born.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boyd They welcomed their fifth child, Aurora Lane Kim Bemis in July 2021 DuPree|url=https://www.facebook.com/boyd.dupree/posts/10222135380357585 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/1355532583/10222135380357585 |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |url-access=limited|access-date=August 2, 2020|via=Facebook|language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Their fifth child, Aurora Lane Kim Bemis, was born July 4, 2021.<!--birth date and full name of third child announced publicly by parents-->