November 2011 Archives - Emotional Affair Journey

Discussion – We Need Some Affair Recovery Success Stories

Posted on 30. Nov, 2011 by Linda.

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It’s been five months since we last asked you all to share your affair recovery success stories, and I believe it is well overdue for us to ask again. We need some positive reinforcement every now and then, and I think we need it NOW! Sometimes we think, read and hear so much about the [...]

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Dealing With the Shame and Embarrassment After Infidelity

Posted on 28. Nov, 2011 by Doug.

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It was a long, tiring holiday weekend for us which culminated in about one hour of sleep last night due to some very late night drama with one of our daughters. Consequently, neither of us had any opportunity to write a post over the weekend, and quite frankly, my brain is mush today and I’m [...]

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It is a Time to be Thankful

Posted on 24. Nov, 2011 by Doug.

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Since today is Thanksgiving here in the US we are taking the day off to be with family and to stuff our faces. We still wanted to give you all something to ponder though. We actually posted the same poem below last year and would like to hear from you regarding the things that you [...]

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Discussion – How Do You Really Know if the Affair is Over?

Posted on 23. Nov, 2011 by Doug.

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The idea for this week’s discussion unfortunately came from one of the persons that Linda has been mentoring for the last several months. It had appeared that this person and her cheating spouse were on their way to working things out and rebuilding their relationship after his infidelity that occurred a couple of years back. [...]

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A Stressful Weekend

Posted on 21. Nov, 2011 by Doug.

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This last weekend turned out to be a bit stressful for a couple of different reasons. For starters, one of our computers, which contained the majority of our files, crashed due to a virus. Shame on me for being lazy and not backing up on a regular basis. As a result we lost a tremendous [...]

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How to Regain Trust in a Marriage – The Trust Contract

Posted on 17. Nov, 2011 by Doug.

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There are a zillion articles out there on the Internet that try to sum up how to regain trust in a marriage after infidelity as if it were just a matter of following “5 Easy Steps.” Most of them are written by either a therapist or some other person that has never experienced infidelity in [...]

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Discussion – How Did You Catch Your Cheating Spouse?

Posted on 16. Nov, 2011 by Doug.

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One of the results of our survey that we conducted a week or so ago that stood out for me was that nearly 20% of the respondents were unsure as to whether or not their cheating spouse’s affair was indeed over. Catching a cheating spouse can certainly prove to be a challenge as their are [...]

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The Driving Forces of an Affair

Posted on 14. Nov, 2011 by Linda.

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For the last several weeks I have been observing the comments on this blog made by the betrayed spouses as well as the cheating spouses. I have learned so much from everyone’s insight and felt I should add some observations from my own point of view. I have both read and written many articles about [...]

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Our Latest Survey Results

Posted on 10. Nov, 2011 by Doug.

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Here are the results of the survey we published last week. I can’t really say that there were any Earth-shattering surprises, though I still feel that the results are interesting and we can possibly make some further assumptions or takeaways from the results. We’d be interested in hearing any comments you might have regarding the [...]

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Discussion: Your Health After the Affair

Posted on 09. Nov, 2011 by Doug.

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There is stress everywhere, every day, which you must manage: work, issues at home and with your family, just to name a few. Stress is a natural part of life and our bodies are equipped to deal with it. But what about overwhelming stress that is piled on top of the normal daily stress, such [...]