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 …

dating someone without a chronic illness can be easier — it means you get to stay ignorant towards certain illnesses, you don’t have to be an emotional support when they need you, and you don’t have to watch the person you love being unwell. i constantly felt like i was letting him down whenever i had to cancel plans because i wasn’t feeling well. you expect them to be there to love and care for you when you need it. …

it can seem hard to imagine for a couple, early in their courtship, to think there could be a time in the future when they won’t want to have sex with each other. there is a general tendency to think of the husband as the one who initiates sex in most relationships. there will usually be a subtle shift in the sexual intimacy department, where one partner doesn’t feel like engaging in sex and rejects the advances of the other. …

it is considered as one of the most important causes for divorce and as such to improve marital intimacy a great number of interventions have been proposed in the literature. thus, it can be stated that the consequences of failure in intimacy are manifold and physical divorce mainly arises from failure in intimacy (duffey et al., 2004). for example, in a study was shown that training communication skills can enhance intimacy and quality in marital life (farbod et al., 2014). …