By: Katie Lersch: Many people assume that a wife who catches her husband cheating is not going to have any reservations whatsoever about kicking him out of the house and beginning her life without him in it. Although I absolutely understand any wife who wants to do this, this course of action is not universal. […]
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By: Katie Lersch: Sometimes, when you are not the faithful spouse, you think that forgiveness is easy to come by. Friends, family, and even the cheating spouse can all think that if the faithful spouse can just find it in her heart to forgive, then everyone can move on. Many people think that forgiveness is […]
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By: Katie Lersch: Almost as soon as you learn about your spouse’s affair, “forgiveness” is a word that you might hear over and over again. Your spouse might beg for you to forgive him. Your friends and family might ask you how you will ever be able to forgive such a betrayal. Or, you might […]
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By: Katie Lersch: When you catch your spouse cheating or having an affair, things can generally go one of two ways – either you and your spouse both agree that you want to stay together and work things out or one or both of you does not want to work it out. Admittedly, this can […]
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By: Katie Lersch: I sometimes hear from people who are just feeling the full impact of regret after they have cheated or had an affair. Many of these people questioned their love or commitment to their spouse while the affair was going on. So now, in the aftermath, their feelings are confusing to them, because […]
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By: Katie Lersch: It’s very common for the faithful spouse to feel as if the cheating spouse is trying to manipulate them after the affair has been discovered. Common manipulations are trying to make the faithful spouse feel guilty, responsible, or even pity. Understandably, the faithful spouse is often reluctant to take any of this […]
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By: Katie Lersch: If your spouse has had an affair, I’d be willing to bet that at some point in this process, you’ve found yourself with the realization that in the future, you’d like to be able to “just let it go.” That’s because this process can make you feel very negative feelings that seem […]
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By: Katie Lersch: I believe that perhaps the most unfortunate thing about a marital affair is that the faithful spouse is often very hurt by something that he or she never even set into motion. If having an affair were a crime, it would be a crime for which the innocent party pays a very […]
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By: Katie Lersch: It’s very natural and normal to wonder about the sex between your spouse and the person with whom they cheated. After all, that is the crux of an affair, right? By definition, it’s an affair because your spouse had sex with someone else. So of course you wonder just what that sex […]
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By: Katie Lersch: If I tried to tell you that life after a spouse’s affair was easy or was smooth sailing, you would know that I was lying. Common sense tells you that it is not. And yet, despite the difficulty, many people chose to stay for various reasons. Often times, there are children and […]
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