Narcissism: The Difference Between Affair-Driven Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder

By Sarah P. When an individual is having an affair and/or in the middle of the affair fog, they often do and say the same things that life-long narcissists do and say. During...

by Sarah P.

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Taking Inventory: A New Approach to the New Year & A Betrayed Spouse’s Bill of Rights

By Sarah P. Originally, I had planned to write a post about New Year’s resolutions for marriage, but Linda and Doug covered that perfectly. I wanted to cover the change in the...

by Sarah P.

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It’s Time for a Christmas Miracle: How to Have a Holiday Truce When Recovering from an Affair

By Sarah P. Despite all the messages that tell us to spread cheer or have a Holly-Jolly Christmas, the holidays can be a very difficult time for many people. Not all families...

by Sarah P.

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The Real Reasons Cheaters Don’t Want to Talk About Their Affair

I wanted to piggy-back just a bit off Sarah P’s excellent post from last week and provide you with some more reasons cheaters don’t want to talk about their affair and/or...

by Doug

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Staying Married For the Kids: Is it worth it?

Staying married for the kids is a huge issue for many couples after there has been infidelity. Does it make sense? Is it worth it? by Sarah P. As you know, EAJ tends to be a...

by Sarah P.

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Infidelity and Suicide

A few years ago a neighbor of ours husband had an affair. Long story short, they divorced and now he lives with his affair partner. In fact, we’re not positive but we think...

by Linda and Doug

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When There is a Child as a Result of an Affair

There is a very delicate topic that we have yet to address here on the blog. I’m not really sure why as the subject comes up occasionally and we get emails periodically about...

by Linda and Doug

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

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:...

by Sarah P.

Do cheating spouses have affair triggers?

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Building Self-Confidence After It’s Been Shattered by Infidelity

How can a person increase their chances of building self-confidence after an affair? Linda is not very difficult to read most of the time. When she’s upset, mad or feeling...

by Doug

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How to Turn Off the Gaslight Effect in Your Relationship

After Doug wrote his post on gaslighting the other day, I had to run out and get the book that he referenced: “The Gaslight Effect” by Dr. Robin Stern. It seems that Dr. Stern...

by Linda

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