What’s Love Got To Do With It?

Affairs cause damage in many forms beyond the commonly understood ones of rejection and betrayal. Manipulation and abuse are the cornerstone behaviors in affair-mode thinking, and these “Deadly Sins” are frequently the topic of discussion within infidelity forums. Affair & Infidelity Help Forums Support forums can be a valuable resource …

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Accepting Their Right to Cheat

Surviving the Affair: Accepting Their Right to Cheat Before you reach for the smelling salts, no, infidelity is not an ethical or just choice. Yes, it’s unfair that someone else’s choices have a negative and destructive impact on us. Causing someone else pain by our own selfish choices is reprehensible. …

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Reconciliation: Healing From an Affair

One of the big questions a faithful spouse often asks after an affair is how to move their relationship forward after their partner has cheated. There is a myriad of information available to help answer this common question that might contain some (or all) of the following advice: Forgive the …

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“She Stole My Husband”

Why Infidelity Isn’t Theft Something that can be commonly found on infidelity support sites is a stream of, “She stole my husband”-esque accusations from those whose husband is having an affair. There are many ways in which the faithful spouse can seek to mitigate their cheater’s part in their affair. …

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Reconciling in an Unhealthy Relationship

Acting in Panic All too often there is a knee-jerk reaction on discovery of infidelity that is founded in fear, panic, anger and possessiveness and faithful spouses can immediately act to try to save the relationship. Before rushing into a reconciliation after an affair, pause and consider the relationship you …

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Martyr to the Marriage

Post-Affair Commitment Being committed to a healthy, respectful, and fulfilling marriage is an admirable trait, but what happens after an affair hits the relationship? Committed relationships aren’t perfect relationships, and most of us would agree that even where relationships are robust and honest they are still flawed in unique ways. …

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Affair Help: Driven to an Affair

Driven to an Affair

Sites like this exist because so many people turn to the internet for affair help, seeking advice, support and information. There are numerous articles (easily accessible) written by the users of sites like these, or by journalists and authors, and some are written by therapists or divorce lawyers. The idea …

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The Mistake Defense

“It Was a Mistake” One of the most common phrases we hear from the unfaithful partner is, “It was a mistake.” They may have admitted the affair, or they may have been unexpectedly discovered in one, but for those who don’t want to lose their primary relationship, the ‘Mistake Defense’ …

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Affair Help: The Business of Controversy

Infidelity is a growing and profitable business, predicted to continue on its upward trend. In direct response to the continued growth in the number of available ‘clientele’, there are many ‘experts’ rushing to the trough to gorge themselves on ‘affair commerce’ in their own particular style. The Business of Affairs …

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