I’m Happily Married But Almost Cheated On My Husband. How Is This Possible? Am I A Bad Person?

I sometimes hear from people who have not actually cheated on their spouse. They have technically remained 100% faithful, but they had a close call and are very shaken by this. Worse than that, they have no idea what happened because they are happily married and would never want to cheat. Why then, they wonder, […]

Depression After Your Spouse Cheats Or Has An Affair

By Katie Lersch: I often hear from spouses (very often wives) who worry that they are suffering from depression as they are trying to recover from their husband’s cheating, infidelity, or affair. And sometimes when they are talking about this, they almost admit to it as if it’s something to be ashamed of, as if […]

Why Doesn’t My Husband Just Leave Since He’s Having An Affair

By: Katie Lersch:  I sometimes hear from wives who have full knowledge of their husband’s affair and they do not understand why he is still living with them as a married man. Often, they fully expect for him to leave and they are extremely confused when he doesn’t.  I heard from a wife who said: […]

Married Men And Affairs: Who’s To Blame?

By: Katie Lersch: Blame after a husband’s affair is a very common topic on my surviving infidelity blog.  Sometimes, the faithful wife will blame the other woman more than she blames her husband.  (An example is something like: “We were happy, but that woman sees a happily married man as a challenge. She was determined […]

What Does My Spouse Think About Me Since I Cheated And Had An Affair?

I sometimes hear from people who are extremely remorseful for cheating on their spouse.  They try very hard to express this sorrow to their spouse, but they are often met with resistance and silence.  It can be difficult to break through to a spouse who is so angry, so the cheating spouse often wonders if […]

When Your Spouse Claims The Affair Is More Than Just Sex

I sometimes hear from wives who have recently learned of their husband’s affair.  Some find out about it well before their husband confesses, and all sorts of scenarios go through their head before they confront him.  Many assume that he will he horrified to be caught and will try to minimize the affair.  This isn’t […]

My Mom Says The Other Woman Never Wins. Is This True?

By: Katie Lersch:  It’s very normal for a wife to have a lot of questions about the other woman.  In fact, some of us get almost fixated on her, thinking that she has some miraculous and magical qualities that we don’t have.  People can tell us that any woman who would accept a relationship with […]

I Want To Move On From My Husband’s Affair, But He Won’t Confess

I sometimes hear from wives who are quite positive that their husband has cheated.  Both their intuition and their heart is telling them this.  And they want to proceed as though he has cheated so that they begin the process of picking up the pieces of their lives and of their marriage.  They moved past […]

My Husband Is So Cold After His Affair. What Can I Do About This?

By Katie Lersch: I often have women tell me that they can’t help but notice some very troublesome personality changes in their husband after he cheated or had an affair.  Sometimes, the wife isn’t the only one who is noticing these changes.  Often, the children involved or other family members can’t help but notice as […]

My Husband Says He Doesn’t Regret One Second Of His Affair. What Now?

By: Katie Lersch: I sometimes hear from wives who are beyond confused about their husband’s behavior after he cheated or having an affair. Many husbands insist that they want to make their marriage work. They say this with their words. And yet, sometimes their actions and their flip comments tell somewhat of a different story […]