I Feel Like My Husband is Trying to Make Me Feel Unstable and Crazy After His Affair

By: Katie Lersch: It can be common for someone having an affair to make the suspicious spouse feel paranoid to suspect an affair. The cheating spouse will often insinuate that the faithful spouse is just seeing things, is overreacting, and is too quick to judge. They do this to get the suspicious spouse off their […]

My Husband Acts Like He Forgot He Ever Had an Affair. Is He Lying?

By: Katie Lersch: It’s a safe bet that faithful spouses are never going to forget about the affair. Sure, with time, the pain isn’t as fresh and the sting is not as sharp. But it’s impossible to forget that type of pivotal event. However, things can be different for the cheating spouse. The affair is […]

How Do I Protect Myself so that I’m Not Cheated on Again? I Don’t Trust Men Now

By: Katie Lersch: There’s no emotional pain like the pain of being cheated on. You placed your trust and love in someone and they betrayed you in the worst way. They took your heart and they stomped on it. And it is a pain unlike any you’ve experienced. Of course you never want to feel […]

I Don’t Trust My Own Intelligence After My Husband Had an Affair

By: Katie Lersch: Many wives understand why they might have trust issues with their husbands after the affair. He violated her trust. He lied to her face.   But what many wives don’t anticipate is how the affair might mean that she loses trust in herself. She might begin to doubt her own judgments and her […]

I Feel Like I Have to Compete After My Husband’s Affair and My Self-Esteem is Non-Existent

By: Katie Lersch: Even if you are normally very confident, it’s not unusual for your self-esteem to take a hit after your husband’s affair. His having any type of relationship with someone else – no matter how superficial – can feel like a rejection of you. And you can wonder how you ceased to keep […]

Drinking as a Catalyst for an Affair. Can it be a Valid Excuse?

By: Katie Lersch: I wish I could say that every person who cheats or has an affair would own up to it immediately and take full responsibility without offering up any excuses. But this doesn’t always happen. Instead, people want to understand and then explain why they acted the way they did. After all, the […]

My Husband Initially Told Me He Had a One Night Stand With a Coworker But Now I Find Out It Was More

By: Katie Lersch: It’s no fun to feel as if you are at the mercy of your cheating spouse for information about the affair. In the early stages, he can and does tell you what he wants you to know. However, typically, as time goes on, information begins to leak out and you begin to […]

I’m Annoyed By My Husband’s Passivity After His Affair

By: Katie Lersch: Few faithful spouses are fully satisfied with their spouse’s behavior after an affair. Sometimes, he’s not sorry enough. Other times, he is indignant, clueless, or uncaring. Some husbands refuse to show much of anything. Others have very strong reactions and behaviors. Regardless of how they behave, wives usually dislike at least some […]

I Can’t Stand to Look at Wedding Pictures or Think Back on Any Good Memories After My Husband’s Affair

By: Katie Lersch: After your spouse cheats or has an affair, things can feel tainted. You can feel as if the life you thought was yours wasn’t really yours to keep. It can start to feel that it was all a lie or that you were the only one who was truly in the right […]

My Husband Cheated. And Now He’s Tired of the Fallout From His Affair

By: Katie Lersch: Husbands and wives rarely agree about consequences after an affair. The faithful spouse generally wants appropriate, swift, and lasting consequences, while the cheating spouse wants to express their regret, make things right, and then move on with picking up the pieces of their life. But here’s the problem. Recovery isn’t always linear. […]