"IT CAN SEEM INCREDIBLE THAT
YOU WILL BE CONFRONTING A CHEATING
SPOUSE"
Before Confronting a Cheating Spouse open and fair
communication between you and your cheating better half which
is what many of us feel they can't do due to some issues
Fear of knowing the issues
Fear it could be your own fault somehow, fear of
knowing details which will make you upset. * fury you can't
have a conversation with your partner about the topic as you
get indignant and can't talk correctly due to outbursts or such
a negative reaction to each answer that it doesn't appear
productive.
Listening
Don't wish to listen many folks don't need to
listen to their partner about the affair and the reasons for it
because they don't wish to give their partner any opportunity
to come up with excuses and would rather BE annoyed and use the
affair as some type of weapon to grip against them. This may be
a poisonous thing that leads to MORE affairs and frequently
divorce and unhappiness.
Soak it up
Wait until you can talk without being excessively accusatory
or destructive. Take a little time to soak up the situation.
You may want to air out your feelings with someone that is a
good listener before you may have a helpful conversation with
your partner. This person should be of the same sex.
Talking with someone
Talking to someone of the opposite sex about your marital
problems hasn't proven to be helpful. This can help when
Confronting Your Cheating Spouse.
Talk, as hard as it is to speak about the affair, this is
crucial to making a more robust relationship and fixing
the hurt. The advantages of talking about the affair come from
gaining an appreciation of the issues in your relationship that
caused your other half to find for something they felt they'd
lost or did not have with you.
This does not mean you caused this though never think that!
It does however, let you pinpoint the explanations they
felt that they wished to do. This permits
you to move forward by closing that old relationship and
opening the doorway to a newer, better one.
Get support.
For your own contentment,
seek support from family, mates, a priest or advisor.
Those you trust and feel comfortable with. Talking
about your feelings with persons you like will help you
cope with the power of the situation.
Objective support will help you
explain what you are feeling and put the affair into
proportion. However, avoid confiding in folks who you
know will take sides. This tends to extend the
emotional power of the situation.
Give one another some
space.
Both partners need a break from
the emotional stress generated by the discovery of an
affair.
"Timeout" when emotions are running
high.
Take time. Try to avoid digging into the
intimate details of the affair with your partner at first.
That will conclude my article on
Confronting a Cheating Spouse.
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