Infidelity causes intense emotional pain--anger, disbelief, fear, guilt and shame. But an affair doesn't have to mean the end of your marriage.
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Once the affair has been discovered, there are things that the cheater should do in order for there to be a fighting chance at saving the marriage. Dr. Frank Gunzburg, author of “How to Survive an Affair,” offers these seven steps that the cheater must take:
Critical Action #1: Take the Hit
The very first thing [...]
Happy Memorial Day weekend!
Today we have something a little different. Instead of our normal video on Saturday, we stumbled on this nice little audio featuring Bob Lepine from Family Life Today. In case you are not familiar with that organization (as we were not), they tout themselves as “A Christian organization helping couples [...]
Surviving an affair is probably the hardest thing any couple will attempt to do in their lives. We can attest to that fact without question. But we are also here to tell you that it can be done. Surviving an affair takes hard work and commitment from both partners. It doesn’t have to be the [...]
Most of us who are married come to the point in our relationship where the excitement and satisfaction levels drop off considerably from earlier times in our marriage. It could because of the kids, work or some other aspect of everyday life. It is at these low-satisfaction levels that affairs can occur. I’ve been re-reading [...]
Well, it’s another Wednesday and we have what we think is a good topic for discussion.
Many of you have mentioned that getting your spouse to talk about their affair has been a challenge. We wanted to find out more about your motivations to talk about it, as well as what has worked [...]
Yesterday I received some devastating news from my brother. He told me he had fallen madly in love with someone and was leaving his marriage of 28 years. To anyone this would be earth shattering, but to a survivor of an affair it was even more difficult to handle. I had the opportunity to talk [...]
There is no doubt that getting over an affair is difficult. Even after the apologies and the forgiveness that follows, it can be a tough thing to live through. In our situation, what causes the problems most of the time are the “triggers” that Linda sees, hears or thinks about that cause memories to coming [...]
Good Saturday!
This week we have posted about forgiving infidelity, and today’s video centers on the other side of the forgiving process, and that is saying you are sorry. The video does not deal specifically with apologizing after an affair, but discusses apologizing in general and why it’s important for the healing process.
The guest is [...]
Yesterday our post dealt with how to forgive infidelity. There were quite a few comments regarding this subject, and we would encourage if you haven’t already done so, to make a comment and throw your 2 cents in. Some of you have forgiven and have chosen to move on. Others said they will not forgive. [...]
During the last several weeks we have noticed through the various emails we receive and the comments to the blog that many of us are struggling with the thought of forgiving infidelity. After all, a great injustice has occurred to us and we all hurt tremendously. An all too familiar theme is presented over and [...]
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