Narcissistic mother in law

A Real Story of a Couple Driven Apart By a Narcissistic Mother-in-Law

By on March 7, 2014 in Divorce, Save Your Marriage

This is part one of a three-part series by Sarah P. called, “Three In the Bed:  Narcissistic Mother-in-Laws, Attachment, and How It Affects Your Marriage” Note: After seeing some of the comments about my last article on narcissism, I felt like this would be a timely piece. In this series, I present clinical data about […]

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Discussion – Focusing on the Positives

By on March 5, 2014 in Discussion

One of our readers, “StrengthRequired” asked if we could have a discussion  “focusing on the positives and not the negatives of the EA as a betrayed spouse.” Since we are always willing to consider reader requests, here we go… “StrengthRequired” mentioned a few positives off the top of her head: We have become better at […]

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It Doesn’t Take Long for an Extramarital Affair to Get Serious

By on March 3, 2014 in Dealing with Infidelity, Emotional Affairs

 Affair partners barely know one another at first and then just a short while later, they’re making plans for moving in together. (A version of this post ran back in December of 2010.) I have learned so much from the contributions of the cheating spouses on this site because they have provided insight about their […]

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Personal Stories – Coming Out of the Affair Closet

By on February 28, 2014 in Healing From Infidelity

We all have to take into consideration that after finding out that our spouses have betrayed us, our story has changed. Last week, one of our readers and Higher Healing member, Peggy, wrote a fabulous post in the Motivation and Inspiration forum, in part suggesting to come out of the affair closet to rewrite your […]

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Discussion – Getting the Wayward Spouse to Show Remorse

By on February 26, 2014 in Discussion

Guilt is commonly used to depict the state of owning up to some action, for instance a crime, and acknowledging that its effects could have affected some people in a negative way. It describes the conflict of emotional feelings that a person will have after realizing a wrong action. However, accepting guilt doesn’t necessarily mean […]

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Married Sex, Affair Sex, June Cleaver and Jenna Jameson

By on February 24, 2014 in Dealing with Infidelity, Marriage Building

Three-and-a-half years ago, myself and a few other readers had a brief exchange regarding sex in marriage compared to affair sex.  It soon morphed into a discussion on why married women can’t be like June Cleaver around the household and Jenna Jameson in the bedroom. The conversation started when a reader ( a wayward spouse) […]

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WTF are Men Thinking? Some Answers

By on February 21, 2014 in Marriage Building

As I promised last week when I shared the things that annoy men about women, this week I wanted to throw out some of the answers to women’s questions as presented in the book, “WTF Are Men Thinking?” Keep in mind that there are literally hundreds of questions in the book in the following categories: […]

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Open “Mic” Discussion #6

By on February 19, 2014 in Discussion

Once again it’s our monthly feature where our discussion is completely open to whatever you want to talk about.  This is Open Mic #6 and we hope that there are some things that are going on that you can share with everyone. So… What’s on your mind? How did Valentine’s Day turn out? Have any […]

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Point and Counterpoint – Are Affairs Based on Fantasy or Not?

By on February 17, 2014 in Dealing with Infidelity, Emotional Affairs

One belief that we have always held is that affairs start and flourish under the veil of fantasy, and that the whole relationship is over-romanticized.  You may or may not agree with this belief. As I was searching for a post from the past for our feature this week, I came across a nice debate […]

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The Top Five List of What Annoys Men About Women – Straight From the Mouths of 250,000 Men

By on February 14, 2014 in Marriage Building

The other night I was kind of bored with what was on TV so I snuggled up close to the fireplace with my trusty IPad and began “flicking” my index finger for a bit.  Eventually I came across a book I had ordered months ago which I had completely forgot about.  It’s called, “WTF Are […]

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