Why Wives Cheat
Caroline2022-08-08T09:46:49-06:00It started as a short post on Twitter. It picked [...]
It started as a short post on Twitter. It picked [...]
Based on my work with thousands of marriages, I offer the following suggestions for those who fear their spouses are cheating.
You probably never meant for it to happen. It’s not as if you went looking for a lover. However, once you fell in love with someone else other than your spouse, things got rather intense. You’re already in what some refer to as an emotional affair. Perhaps you've gone further and the relationship has turned physical.
Limerence is being madly and overwhelmingly in love to the point of obsession. It's what makes us believe in soul mates and this can have a negative impact on our lives and marriages.
In Robert Frost's poem, Fire and Ice, he opens with [...]
“People tell me I should divorce her. Forget her. Find someone else. She admits she was in love with the guy...but she says it’s over and she wants to make our marriage work. Asked me to forgive her. I don’t know if I can. Am I a fool to consider staying with her? Could I ever believe she really loves me? Will I ever quit thinking about the two of them together? What if he tries to get her back? Could I trust her not to go? Can I ever trust her again about anything? He paused, dropped his chin and said, “Part of me wants to walk away. Part of me wants what we had before. I don’t know what to do.” Click here to read.
Yesterday I talked with another wife emotionally involved with an [...]
It may be that somebody has told you that you're really not in love with this other person; that it's a fantasy, that it's infatuation, or that it will go away.
Divorce breaks the hearts of those involved — couples, children, [...]