June 2011 Archives - Emotional Affair Journey

Don’t Be A Doormat When Trying To Save Your Marriage

Posted on 30. Jun, 2011 by Doug.

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It has come time that we must leave you. Just for a week or so that is. Our daughters have a national dance competition down in Orlando, so we’re going to head down there for a few days then on to parts further south for some serious beach time. While we are gone, we’re going [...]

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Discussion: Let’s Hear Some Successes

Posted on 29. Jun, 2011 by Doug.

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Good Wednesday! Linda and I were talking last night about possible questions for today’s discussion and we both felt that it was time again to hear some success stories. We did this a couple of months ago and it turned out to be a good thing, as several success stories were shared. Sometimes we hear [...]

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Is an Emotional Affair Relationship Complete?

Posted on 28. Jun, 2011 by Linda.

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Last weekend I volunteered to work a baseball tournament. It was a simple job as all I had to do was monitor the time of the games and call the tournament director with the official final scores. I went to the first field armed with a bucket of baseballs and a bag of books [...]

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Consequences of Being Too Good

Posted on 27. Jun, 2011 by Linda.

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Last week I wrote a post about being “too good” and much of the information was based on the book “Too Good for Her Own Good” by Claudia Bepko and Jo-Ann Krestan. As I was reading the book I thought about how my marriage may have been different if I had not followed “the [...]

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Affair Recovery and Living by The Code

Posted on 23. Jun, 2011 by Linda.

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A couple of weeks ago we had our affair recovery session on self-esteem after an affair. Obviously this is a huge problem for the betrayed spouse and Jeffrey Murrah pointed out that it is especially difficult for someone who tends to be a “people pleaser”. They depend on their spouse for approval and to [...]

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Discussion: Social Media, Technology and Infidelity

Posted on 22. Jun, 2011 by Doug.

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Happy Wednesday! The use of cell phones, Facebook and other forms of social media have really gotten out of hand in my opinion. It’s rare these days to go somewhere and not see the majority of people walking around with their smart phones stuck to the end of their nose. Even rarer to pass a [...]

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The Cheating Spouse Follows a Script

Posted on 21. Jun, 2011 by Linda.

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Yesterday I went to the library to look for some poolside reading material. I came across “The Script”. The book is written by authors Elizabeth Landers and Vicky Mainzer. The authors who were both divorced from long marriages, discovered the script by listening to hundreds of real-life stories of unfaithful husbands. They conclude that the [...]

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The Role of the Cheating Spouse in Healing From Infidelity

Posted on 20. Jun, 2011 by Doug.

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While doing some web surfing the other day, I came across a very good piece that discussed the role of the cheating spouse when it comes to healing from infidelity. I thought it was worth sharing. Here are some of the highlights of the article: Immediately following D-day, the cheating spouse should lose a [...]

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26 Tasks For Surviving Infidelity

Posted on 16. Jun, 2011 by Doug.

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The following post was originally posted over a year ago, but recently one of our readers thought it would be a good idea to post it again. Since we like to oblige with such requests whenever possible, we decided it was indeed a good idea to do so today. This time around we’d like to [...]

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Discussion: Is Honesty the Best Policy After the Affair?

Posted on 15. Jun, 2011 by Doug.

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It’s Wednesday Discussion day again! Is honesty really the best policy? It’s a question that many of us may struggle with from time to time. But in a marriage – especially after an affair – honesty is imperative. Your marriage may depend on it. In a healthy relationship, honesty is a critical component. It helps [...]