Being left by a cheater for the affair partner, is painful. The feelings of rejection, anger, jealousy, and frustration are difficult emotions to deal with and to work past, especially in the face of people doling out the continual advice of “It’s time to move on”. But they’re right. There comes a time when it [...]
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Infidelity & Affair Help: Handling Rejection
How to Deal With Rejection by Elly Prior (edited) Knowing how to deal with rejection - what to do about it - will help you to cope and recover more quickly. However, if you feel rejected whether by an ending, by infidelity, by criticism, by being ‘brushed off’ or by being ignored - having [...]
Affairs, Fantasies, and Bad Decisions
Why We Make Bad Decisions by Daniel Gilbert Ph.D Dan Gilbert believes that, in our ardent, lifelong pursuit of happiness, most of us have the wrong map. In the same way that optical illusions fool our eyes — and fool everyone’s eyes in the same way — Gilbert argues that our brains systematically misjudge what [...]
Affair Help: When Non-Monogamy Isn’t an Affair
There are numerous attempts at definitions for what constitutes an affair. Typically affairs are categorized as either an emotional affair, or a physical affair, but both terms suggest a consistent interaction between the cheater and another person over a period of time. These two labels alone (or even the term ‘affair’ itself) aren’t sufficient to [...]
Affair Help: Are You in an Emotional Affair?
Nine Signs of an Emotional Affair by Rick Reynolds If 82% of affairs happen with someone who at first was “just a friend” as Shirley P. Glass’ research suggests, then maybe there’s benefit in exploring how these friendships begin. How does one have an emotional affair, and what signs are there that an emotional affair [...]