When an affair is discovered in a relationship, it is normal to feel out of control and powerless. The decision to enter into an affair is made unilaterally by the cheater, without consultation or discussion, and that can leave the faithful partner feeling weak, unimportant and entirely lacking in value. Affairs are about power and […]
Archive | February, 2013
Affairs & Infidelity: Help to Immunize Your Relationship
The truth is that we can all do so much to improve our relationships, our connection to our partners, and our emotional health. There is certainly no shortage of such information and advice, either in self-help books, therapy, online or in support groups. Most of us know that we need to take a critical view […]
Infidelity: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
There are widely available articles, views and discussions about the approach to affairs and infidelity across cultures, and which increasingly challenge the longevity of monogamy in human society. Monogamy is often cited as being a religious atavism and that it is foolish for humanity to try to struggle against an unnatural monogamous state. The moral […]
Infidelity & Affair Help: A Cure?
The title is a little misleading, I admit, but there ARE many people whose lives have been affected by an affair, who believe that their partner’s infidelity is a sickness. I’ve even heard it termed ‘a disease’. (That induces eye rolling to such an extent that I start looking like a Vegas slot machine.) Infidelity […]
The Infidelity Iceberg: Rejection
Affair Rejection: Just Get Over It? There are few, if any, who have never experienced rejection; it’s something most of us experience from early childhood that continues with us through our advancing years. Rejection is an every day experience, even when we don’t necessarily register events as rejection. It can be as simple as not […]