Over the last couple of months our posts have tried to challenge your thinking and re-frame your responses to your cheater’s affair. All too often support forums and therapists focus on the relationship/marriage, and largely avoid encouraging the pursuit of personal agendas and goals that might result in one of …
Five Things That Keep You Stuck With a Cheater by Tracy Schorn Are you on the fence about leaving a cheater? Is this not their first rodeo? Here are some common traps that keep you stuck with a cheater and prevent you from moving on. 1. Hope. Codependency has been …
It’s a familiar story, a faithful partner stunned by the suddenness of their cheater’s affair. Onlookers/friends/family can often quite cruelly exclaim, ‘How could you not have known?’ Sometimes the affair really does blindside the faithful partner, and suggesting that they were in some way ‘stupid’ for not seeing their partner’s …
Can I Ignore his Infidelity? by Suzie Johnson My partner of almost three years continually cheats on me. I have come to understand that there hasn’t been a time when he hasn’t been with at least one other woman, all while claiming to be in a “committed” relationship with me. …
Affairs and The “Other Woman”: Lies Mistresses Tell Themselves by Lisa Merlo-Booth Affairs unfortunately are impacting countless families and relationships. I decided to address this topic from a different angle - the angle of the mistress. Below are myths that many mistresses in the world believe. While I understand how …
How A Married Man’s Friendships With Single Women Become Affairs by David Wygant In my 15 years of coaching, women have come to me over and over again with the same problem: falling for a married man. The stories always begin the same way: “There’s this guy… he’s soo great! …
When the Cheater Has a Personal Epiphany by Tracy Schorn (edited) Did anyone see this article on Huffington Post? It’s quite a masterful mindfuck. Really, I think my ex-husband could’ve written this. It’s exactly the sort of faux remorse and parroted therapy speak that personality disorders excel at. Maybe I …
