So often when we cheat what we crave is a different version of ourselves

even more than we crave the other person meaning it's not necessarily

about the person that we're having the affair with.

It's about how this person made us feel.

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Nearly half of people in monogamous relationships report they've had affairs according to recent research. Half. and Well in this episode we're talking trust and infidelity as we break down the reasons why people cheat.

What to do if an affair has happened and deciding whether to rebuild or break up and move on.

Plus, I take your questions on trust and infidelity

and treatments for infidelity,

like how to restore your confidence after an affair,

what to do if you suspect or just

caught your partner cheating, and how to come back from online infidelity?

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get hard for sex help on sex themly dot com art everyone enjoyed this episode episode. All right, I'm going to get into your questions about affairs and infidelity, but first, let me just set the stage for you here, because we can learn so much about relationships through studying modern day affairs.

Because listen, affairs aren't what they used to be,

and marriage isn't either.

So affairs, think about this, they used to be expected back in the day, like back in the last

century. People were like, oh, you know, men are going to have affairs and women are going to just kind of not

say anything and it's going to be

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