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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Good Wednesday!
Our focus this week is primarily on gaining control and handling anger after the affair. I know that when I found out about Doug’s emotional affair, I did not get angry–at least outwardly. I wish that I would have though, as I think it would have served as a way to flush [...]
Good Wednesday!
A marital affair is devastating on a marriage, but even more so to the victim. Devastating to them both physically and mentally. I know that my self-esteem took a huge hit after the affair. I’ve been able to regain much of it, mainly by reading books and educating myself about affairs [...]
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 [...]
Good Wednesday to all!
Many people find that the path to acceptance of their spouse’s marital affair is easier to take than the path of forgiveness. After being hurt so badly by an affair, forgiveness for many is not a possibility now–or ever. We believe acceptance can be a very effective means to move on with [...]
Good Wednesday to all!
Nobody ever plans on being a victim of a marital affair, or for that matter having an affair. But it happens, and it is a terribly painful experience for those involved. Life is filled with times of transitions, times of change, times of trauma, times of death, times of crisis [...]
Good Wednesday to all!
We’ve talked about this many times before on this site. Some of you agree and some of you don’t agree with the premise that infidelity is an addiction. So here is today’s question…short and sweet:
Is marital infidelity an addiction, or is it just a bulls@#t excuse?
Please be sure [...]
Well it’s hump day again!
Some weeks it’s easier than others to think of discussion topics. This was one of those tough weeks. Again though, we got this idea from one of those who commented recently. So here it is:
Is it possible in your situation that the affair can actually be a good thing for [...]
Today is exactly 7 months since our very first post on this blog. We wanted to first say thank you to all of you for being readers. We have learned and grown a tremendous amount with the help of all of you, and we truly hope that you have been able to learn from us. [...]
Happy Wednesday!
This week’s discussion topic just sort of landed in our lap late yesterday afternoon when a reader asked a question. I thought it might be a good topic to throw out there for discussion.
Here it is, short and to the point:
Does having an affair make one a bad person?
If any [...]
Happy Wednesday!
Let’s get right to the point here. We feel we have an interesting subject for this week’s open discussion:
Commitment is the glue that holds two people together through difficult times. Has experiencing an affair changed your views on commitment within your marriage? What enables you to stay the course and [...]
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