Watch Susan Block, LMFT
talk about infidelity as well as ways to reconnect with your partner or spouse on another edition of Divorce Connection Network.
In other words, daters in this study were unlikely to
talk about infidelity with their partners but, at the same time, presumed that the likelihood of cheating in the general population was fairly high.
When the people she interviewed
talked about infidelity, they talked about «one - night stands, on the road, far away from home.
They are
talking about infidelity to God, lack of faithfulness to God.
Whenever there are a spate of high - profile affairs as there has been lately, the «experts» are all over the media
talking about infidelity as if had just been discovered.
To that end, the psychologist Esther Perel, author of the 2007 best - seller Mating in Captivity, recently wrote on her blog that it might be time to ease away the stigma of
talking about infidelity, so that if (or when) it happens, it doesn't automatically result in a thrown - away relationship.
Whenever there are a spate of high - profile affairs as there has been lately, the «experts» are all over the media
talking about infidelity as if had just been discovered.
Not exact matches
Relationship expert Esther Perel
talks to Tony
about infidelity, intimacy and the danger of expectations
Newt Gingrich has met with hundreds of evangelical pastors in the state,
talking policy but also
about past marital
infidelity, which many Christians consider a sin.
But if we're really
talking about - honest - to - goodness, down - and - dirty, I'm - committed - to - doing - what - it - takes - to - make - this - relationship - work commitment, then shouldn't a couple that takes commitment seriously be able to work through
infidelity — in whatever incarnation it comes to them — and keep their marriage intact?
Sex addiction expert Kenneth M. Adams, PhD
talks about the effect a parent's sex addiction or
infidelity can have on a child
Infidelity has been a topic of interest in scholarly literature for at least the past two decades, but humans have been
talking about it, and engaging in it, since biblical times.
Being upset
about something and not
talking about it creates resentment that leads to problematic behaviors that may or may not lead to
infidelity.
There are many experts, such as Esther Perel, Dan Savage and Tammy Nelson, who
talk about the same thing —
infidelity doesn't have to end a marriage.
You can't affair - proof a marriage — it's impossible to control your partner's actions — but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be
talking about monogamy, sex and
infidelity anyway.
Far from the narrative that emerged later during their tabloid - fodder separation, that the split was fueled by
infidelity, Shnayerson's report says that the couple had little in common and knew it early on — they were
talking openly
about divorce as early as 1997, shortly after the birth of their third child, Michaela.
Lots of
infidelity is on display, as the two boys
talk about how they've had relations with each others girlfriends, while Luisa is having an affair of her own on the man who also has had an affair.
Emily Blunt clammed up when asked
about rumours of her ex-boyfriend Michael Buble's
infidelity when they were together seven years ago, saying she «never want [s] to
talk about it.»
A man
talks about his wife's
infidelity.
Forget
about infidelity or lying to your spouse
about your finances: there are other, less -
talked behaviors that are just as destructive to a marriage — and you and your partner are probably guilty of some of them.
In this interview with Terri DiMatteo we
talk about how to help couples affected by
infidelity and betrayal.
Couples have typically directly communicated
about exclusivity and may have even
talked through inappropriate behaviors of both physical and emotional
infidelity.
In Esther Perel's research on desire, she
talks a lot
about the concept of
infidelity and why it happens.
Before I get to the answer, let me clarify that there really is no need to break this down by «type» of
infidelity because regardless of whether we're
talking about sex or sexting outside of a relationship (or any other type of
infidelity), the reasons people have for cheating and the outcomes of those actions tend to be pretty similar.
Talk to your husband
about infidelity before it occurs, if you can.
Masha is comfortable
talking about any and all subjects involved in relationships whether it is intimacy issues,
infidelity or any other difficult deep issues.
One way to get closure following an
infidelity is spending time together without
talking about the betrayal.
Some things to consider should
infidelity occur are whether you both agree that emotional affairs are equal to sexual
infidelity, what steps you will take in being honest with one another
about your sexual desires and emotional needs if they are not being met in the marriage, as well as how you will
talk to your partner if you begin to feel attracted to someone else.
The tool (the I - to - I Exercise) we teach in our book, Intimacy after
Infidelity, is how to
talk about our negative feelings and experiences in an open, honest, non-destructive way.
In my last blog, I
talked about a blueprint for recovery for couples surviving betrayal,
infidelity, and cheating.
The number of couples staying together after
infidelity may be even higher, as I stated earlier, many people experiences it but don't
talk about it.
There's been a lot of
talk about the internet and social media in regards to
infidelity.
One of my favorite clinicians in the field of psychology and couples therapy is Esther Perel, and she
talks about a very important concept in overcoming
infidelity, and it is that if you have been unfaithful to your partner but would like to do the work to keep the relationship together, you must hold vigil for your relationship.
As I've
talked about before, when there has been
infidelity and it's been decided by the couple that they want to start the healing process, each partner needs to play a role in this.
I knew it: Anytime you
talk about men and
infidelity, people want to remind you that men aren't the only ones who cheat.
How couples
talk together
about the
infidelity is even more important than what they
talk about.
Infidelity,
talk of separation or divorce; what if every conversation turns into a fight, maybe
about topics such as how to handle money, intimacy you do or don't want and what
about children?