Archive for February, 2008

There are different factors that influence your capacity to trust other people, including your spouse. Social scientists have explored these factors and they found out that if these factors were shown by another person, trust will be granted to him more. Understanding these factors can also greatly enhance the process of rebuilding your trust on […]

No matter how much social scientists and psychologists talk about trust and its bases, you have first hand experience at how it works through your relationship with your spouse. If your spouse had an affair, then surely, no amount of scientific explanation could explain and heal the pain that you are feeling.
 
Your trust towards your […]

Love is always mentioned in pop love songs, in movies, in novels and short stories as well as in the lives of the people around us. Yet, it seems that for some people, love does not last long. Without a healthy level of trust, romance will not flourish and doubts and problems will arise.
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Trust is a decision. It does not occur automatically or by instinct. Remember the first time you trusted your partner? What did it take? Probably, your love enabled you to trust your partner. Yet, deep within yourself, trust is a major decision in your life.
 
With this love, you felt like you can achieve anything […]

In and around Sydney, Australia the hot topic of discussion concerns the affairs occurring between a local city planner, Beth Morgan and several well established real estate developers. The young city planner exchanged approval of projects for gifts and sexual favors. The series of sordid encounters were uncovered by a police sting. Her paramours were […]

Going through an affair and surviving it is a lot like having your house blown by tornado. It is very difficult to rebuild, it is very difficult to know where to stay and how to pick up the pieces again. In this regard, you cannot go through it just by yourself.

There are people who […]

Broken trust is very difficult to rebuild. It is not impossible, however. Whether in friendships or in marital partnerships, trust is very important. With every trustworthy act done by either party, the trust gets stronger everyday. In marriage, if one of the spouses enters into an extra-marital affair, the relationship would be broken and trust […]

One of the steps necessary in healing a marriage after an affair is to stop all lizard talk. What is lizard talk. Lizard talk is when communication sounds more like it is between a master and slave rather than a husband and wife. Lizard talk is dangerous whichever spouse is speaking it. When such talk […]

If the infidelity you are dealing with involves sexual addiction, then action will be needed to correct the situation. In one recent study, 5-6% of the US population met the criteria for sexual compulsivity (aka-sexual addiction). As you see by the numbers, not all affairs are due to sexual addictions. If you are one of […]

In exploring some old books on marriage and family, I came across a passage published in 1897 by a man who served as a professor at the University of Texas. He addressed the issue of adultery, which was a problem then and remains so.
“Most modern laws, and many moralists, teach that the guilt of the […]