Part 4: Affair Fog Theory: Character Change Find the full affair fog series here: Affair Fog Theory Who IS This Person? I know him better than anybody - he’s not the man I’ve known for 20 years.” “I don’t even recognize her - where did my wife go?” “It’s like …
Part 3: Affair Fog Theory: Sex Addiction This third part of the affair fog series looks at the issue of sex addiction and whether it has validity as part of affair fog theory. It’s a lengthy article in order to adequately explore such a popular claim. Find the full series …
Part 2: Affair Fog Theory: Mental Health Part 1 of the Affair Fog Series identified common components of popular affair fog theory as including mental health disorders, sex/love addiction, character change, psychological morphing, and biochemicals. Find the full series here: Affair Fog Theory This post specifically discusses if mental health disorders can …
Part 1: The Affair Fog Theory Series This is the first in a series of posts exploring the theory of affair fog in cheaters. The rest of the series can be found here: Affair Fog Theory. What Is Affair Fog? Infidelity sites commonly refer to affair fog (as it applies to the …
The Blame Game Over the years we’ve talked to a lot of faithful partners after they have discovered their cheater’s affair. Most people who visit us are trying to understand why their partner has cheated and how this happened within their relationship. At this very painful point in their lives, people …
The truth is always an insult or a joke, lies are generally tastier. We love them. The nature of lies is to please. Truth has no concern for anyone’s comfort.
~ Katherine Dunn
In the space between yes and no, there’s a lifetime. It’s the difference between the path you walk and the one you leave behind; it’s the gap between who you thought you could be and who you really are; its the legroom for the lies you’ll tell yourself in the future.
~ Jodi Picoult
When a cheater sets off on the journey to Affairsville, they pack a few items into their bindle before chirpily skipping down the hackneyed path that many others have forged ahead of them. Not least in that little bundle of important items are the cheater’s rationalizations for their affair. These rationalizations come in …
If you are an approval addict, your behavior is as easy to control as that of any other junkie. All a manipulator need do is a simple two-step process: Give you what you crave, and then threaten to take it away. Every drug dealer in the world plays this game.
~ Dr Harriet B Braiker
“Once a cheater always a cheater“: It’s a phrase that can spark considerable debate within infidelity forums, where very few seem to take a neutral position on the subject. Those who are firmly opposed to the idea that a cheater will always be a cheater tend to be those who reconciled …
The Transparency Trap “You must have transparency!” It’s typical advice in infidelity forums and one that is frequently espoused as a necessary part of reconciliation: When you discover that your partner is cheating/has cheated, demand and expect transparency from them if you wish to reconcile. What Does ‘Transparency’ Mean? Well, …
