My Husband Gets Mad When I Laugh About His Affair

People often assume that the wife on the other side of the affair feels only painful emotions like sadness, fear, and anger.  Would it surprise you to know that some women actually laugh sometimes after the affair has been found out?  It seems odd, I know.  But some wives just can’t help but laugh at […]

Should I Be Not So Accommodating And Desperate After My Affair So My Spouse Will Forgive Me

Most of the people who I hear from are upset because their spouse has been cheating and they aren’t sure how to move forward in a healthy way. Sometimes, though, I hear from the person who cheated. They too want to move forward in a healthy way, but their spouse is often very reluctant to […]

When Is The Affair Bubble Going To Burst? When Will My Husband See This For What It Is?

By: Katie Lersch:  Many people describe the fog that people walk around in while having in an affair as an “affair bubble.”  It’s described as a bubble because if you’ve ever been around someone who is actively having an affair, you’ll see that some of them have an existence where they are separated from real […]

Staying Together For The Kids With A Spouse Who Is A Repeat Or Serial Cheater: Should You?

By: Katie Lersch:  I suspect that many wives who choose to stay after an affair are at least somewhat influenced by the impact that a divorce would have on their children.  I know that this was the case for me and many friends, acquaintances, and people who I hear from on my blog.   When […]

Why Has Cheating Made Me More Insecure?

By: Katie Lersch:  In hindsight, many people come to believe that they cheated to boost their confidence or self esteem in some way.  Sometimes, they have  a revenge affair after they have been hurt in some way.  Other times, there is no revenge involved, but the person who cheated was suffering from low confidence or […]

My Spouse Describes Going Back To The Other Person As Relapsing

By: Katie Lersch:   Often, when you catch your spouse cheating, he will swear that the relationship is over and that he is going to focus on the marriage.  You may or may not believe him, but he continues to make the claim that he would not possibly make the same mistake twice.  And then […]

How Do Husbands Feel After They Tell Their Wife About Their Affair? Can You Trust Their Reaction?

By: Katie Lersch:  I often have people ask me how men feel when they are caught cheating.  And this is usually the way that it happens – that they are “caught” because the wife gets suspicious and she begins to snoop a little and finds evidence of infidelity. Occasionally though, a spouse will show some […]

I Know My Husband Had Very Strong Feelings For The Other Woman But He Won’t Admit It. What Can I Do?

By: Katie Lersch:  It is every faithful spouse’s worst fear – that her husband is actually and truly in love with the other woman. Some husbands are quite honest about this and they proclaim their love very matter of factly.  Others try to deny it – either because they believe what they are saying or […]

Why Does A Man Cry After An Affair?

By: Katie Lersch: I sometimes hear from wives and mistresses (or “other women”) alike who ask about the cheating husband’s behavior during the affair.  One behavior that tends to overlap for both subsets of people is that of crying.  Both the wife and other woman might want to know why they are seeing tears while […]

How Do I Make My Husband Understand That Leaving Little Things Out About The Affair Is Still Lying?

By: Katie Lersch:  When wives learn about their husband’s affair, many of them think that they’ve taken great pains to make it quite clear that they expect the complete and total truth.  After all, when you are caught in an affair, you’ve been caught telling the ultimate lie.  So if you have any hope at […]