By: Katie Lersch: When you’re trying to rebuild your marriage after an affair, nobody really warns you about how much space the past can still take up. Even after the tears have been shed, the apologies have been made, and the promises have been spoken — the ghost of what happened can still linger. You […]
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By Katie Lersch: If you’re reading this, I’m guessing you’ve been through one of the worst emotional earthquakes a marriage can face: an affair. And let me just say right off the bat — if your marriage has survived the initial blow, that’s already something to acknowledge. I know it might not feel like “surviving” […]
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By: Katie Lersch: You don’t always need a fully detailed confession to know your husband is having an affair. Sometimes, you have evidence, Sometimes, you have a confession from the other woman. And other times, you just know in your gut and no one can convince you otherwise. The emotional distance doesn’t lie. Nor does […]
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By: Katie Lersch: There are countless wives who are genuinely trying to move past their husbands’ affair. Many of them have been working hard to forgive, hoping that forgiveness will finally bring some peace or clarity. But sometimes, they hit a wall. They just can’t do it — at least not yet — and then […]
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By: Katie Lersch: I once knew a heartbroken wife who opened her email and found something no one ever wants to see: a flood of photos from her husband’s affair. Her husband had been involved with a woman he met at the gym—a relationship that lasted around four months. The truth came out when a […]
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By: Katie Lersch: I don’t envy where you are right now. You’ve recently discovered that your partner has cheated on you. And I know, from experience, that you feel like your world has cracked wide open. I’ve been there. I’ve felt that initial shock, that gut punch of betrayal, and the barrage of questions. But […]
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By: Katie Lersch: I often hear from women who tell me that somehow, they think their husband’s affair was their fault. They tell me that they think they probably didn’t pay enough attention to him. Sometimes, they buy their husband’s arguments that they neglected him or let themselves go. Or, they figure they should have […]
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By: Katie Lersch: I once heard from a wife who was trying to determine the average life span of an affair. Her husband was cheating with a coworker. The wife had recently found out about this and demanded that it immediately stop. The husband insisted that he was sorry and still loved his wife. However, […]
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By: Katie Lersch: Believe it or not, very few of the wives that I hear from want to give up on their marriages. Most of them are very hurt, confused, and injured over their husband’s affair, but they still want to find a way to save their marriage. Many of them tell me that although […]
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By: Katie Lersch: I often hear from wives or girlfriends who are struggling to process the cheating of the man that they loved. Many have no idea where they want to go from here. Believe it or not, most will freely admit that they still love him and wish that they could save the relationship, […]
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