infidelity can be the most devastating thing that can happen to a relationship. although many factors may lead a person to a relationship outside of their committed one, the pain and grief it causes are not unique. a betrayal of trust can be brutal to repair. let’s talk about the difference between infidelity and adultery. adultery often refers to a physical relationship outside of marriage. in some states and jurisdictions, adultery is the term used as legal grounds for divorce. …

healing from infidelity is hard, painful work; both of you must be committed to repairing the damage, rebuilding trust, and reconnecting. wavebreakmedia/shutterstockif you both make a commitment to follow these strategies with your whole heart, your marriage has a good chance of surviving infidelity—and emerging stronger on the other side. you need to reach the point where you can talk about it without pain. if you leave out details that emerge later, your spouse may feel newly betrayed. you can’t …

adultery isn’t just a crime in the eyes of your spouse. currently, adultery is a class b misdemeanor and punishable by a fine up to $1,200 in the state. i don’t think there’s any appetite in new hampshire to use police powers to enforce a marriage, new hampshire state rep. tim o’flaherty, the bill’s sponsor, said during a public hearing last month. states with anti-cheating laws generally define adultery as a married person having sexual intercourse with someone other than …

to account for the various types of relationships that exist and people’s microcultures and macrocultures, alsaleem developed a flexible definition of infidelity that can work for all of his clients, including those who are lgbtq+ or polyamorous. “all relationships should have a contract — whether verbal or written — that stipulates the number of the partners in the relationship … the emotional and sexual needs that are expected to be fulfilled in this relationship, and to what extent those needs …

the effectiveness of this model is being studied in a randomized clinical trial. even if jennifer is talking about the love she had for anthony, it’s important that sam regain his role as confidante, and it’s even more important that jennifer be completely transparent about what happened. all of this lies in the atonement phase, which is a working through of anger, fear, guilt, and shame. sam and jennifer will want to create a fresh, enlivened relationship where both can …