Archive for January, 2010
If you want to be notified the next time I write something, sign up for email alerts or subscribe to the RSS Feed. Thanks for reading. A truism regarding affairs is that no one, I repeat NO ONE is smart enough to be able to cover all their tracks. In a small town, it […]
Adultery (aka infidelity) is destructive to the spirit of the marriage relationship. Besides being destructive to the spirit of oneness in that relationship, it allows someone to come between you and your spouse. Adultery often involves secrets and lies. Adultery involves breaking promises and vows. In most cases, adultery involves deception and fraud as well. […]
In posing the question, as to whether a person is vulnerable to infidelity, the short answer is “yes!“. In many ways, everyone is a potential infidel. No one is immune from an affair. The longer and more detailed answer also provides some insights. There are some common attributes that increase the susceptibility of one toward […]
When I discovered that my mom had an affair, I did not want to believe it. For a period of time I tried blocking it out of my mind. The nagging questions would not let me block it out as well as I would like. Questions like “How could she do this?” “Doesn’t she know […]
If the advertising media are to be believed, anyone with big boobs or being well-endowed will insure happiness and pleasure throughout their days. The fantasy is that once these bodily changes are made that your life will improve. Such fantasies are unsubstantiated. The advertising fuels dissatisfaction with one’s body, and questions about one’s own body […]
The sensation that often accompanies the discovery of an affair is that of loss. The loss is often intense and deep. Many liken it to feeling like they have fallen in a hole. The more they think about the affair and what they lost, the deeper they fall into the hole. The hole turns into […]
In a recent court case in Waco, Texas a former minister is on trial for killing his wife in order to be with his mistress. The relationship began when the minister began counseling with the woman in the aftermath of her divorce. The minister then used the relationship with the lover as a way of […]
It never ceases to amaze me at the lengths some people go in order to rationalize their affairs. About the time I think that I have heard it all, there is some new twist on the subject. King Solomon is often credited with writing “There is nothing new under the sun”. On this one he […]
Affairs come in many shapes and sizes. Since they do come in many forms, it is often difficult to make blanket statements that apply to all affairs. Although many times, the picture is that some seducer or seductress lured one’s spouse away is a romantic notion, it is not always the case. In some cases, […]
Affairs occur in many families. The number of affairs is only dwarfed by the number of excuses for affairs. Even pastors have been known to have affairs. One prominent pastor excused his infidelities as “a form of anxiety reduction“. On the surface, such a comment may sound reasonable, yet this same pastor was known to […]
