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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When I first found out about my husband’s emotional affair, I frantically researched books and the internet on surviving infidelity, as I wanted to know what experts said about the chances of it lasting. What I found was that most resources sited only 10% of cheating spouses in affairs move on to long term relationships. [...]
A lot of people refer to the day you discover your spouse’s affair. Sometimes it is referred to as D-Day or Armageddon or something such as that to describe how your world gets turned upside down, and it’s so alien from what it once was. During this time it is so common to feel completely [...]
Our webinar Tuesday with Houston area therapist Jeff Murrah went very well. Jeff presented some great information to help those who are surviving infidelity, and both Linda and I were able to take home some valuable ideas.
We found the theory that an affair partner is “selected” to be quite interesting. Now I really didn’t believe [...]
Happy Hump Day!
As betrayed spouses, we have heard every excuse, lie and rationalization in the book from our cheating spouses about their marital affairs. They tell us they want to move on. They say that they don’t want to talk about it. They say they can’t give the OP up. The list [...]
We received an email from one of our blog readers who asked us to share a letter that her daughter wrote to her husband. The letter shows the effects that an affair has on the children of those involved. Cheating spouses don’t always realize (or don’t care) what their actions do to the psyche of [...]
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“How to Cope with a Cheating Spouse”
Tuesday August 17, 5:00 Eastern Time
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Here’s what you’ll learn in 60-minutes with Jeff:
How to regain control after discovering your partner’s affair
The questions every victim [...]
For many people, the idea of going to counseling can be uncomfortable and even intimidating. For some of us, going to counseling, whether it’s a therapist, psychologist, doctor, or other skilled professional makes us feel like failures because we couldn’t even manage our own lives. For others letting some stranger in to our personal junk [...]
One of the most pronounced misconceptions about affairs is that they end completely when the spouse finds out. Most people believe when the victim confronts their spouse about having the affair the spouse will admit guilt, promise to never do it again, bow down and kiss their feet, send flowers etc.
Well I can tell you [...]
I was out running some errands yesterday when my phone ran, and it was my brother. At first I was hesitant to answer because I have not talked to him since our weekend together several weeks ago. I decided to pull away from him a bit because I couldn’t support what he was doing, but [...]
Quite coincidentally, we received an email yesterday from one of our readers who had some words to share regarding marital infidelity as an addiction. After getting her permission, we thought it would be an interesting and thought provoking piece to post.
Compared to many people that have shared their opinions on affairs, she has somewhat of [...]
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