Do Bored Wives Cheat?
Looking at the stories of four women who cheated to better understand their experience.
The Smell of Safety: Small Triggers Matter
A betrayed husband’s admission that his wife’s perfume triggers him leads to a quiet shift between them.
Punishing Yourself
A powerful message that argues for forgiveness and growth over failure and shame.
Forgiveness in Aisle Seven
A chance encounter in the frozen food aisle brings two separated spouses together for the first time since betrayal. Their awkward exchange demonstrates how forgiveness often begins in small, ordinary moments.
The Late Night Suspect
When a late-night female voice drifted from the living room, one wife feared the worst. This humorous story explores how betrayal creates suspicions.
Forgiveness Pie: Turning Guilt Into Dessert
After his affair, this husband tried to bake his way back into his wife’s heart one pie at a time. His imperfect desserts became a quiet ritual of remorse, persistence, and humor.
Myth #1: Once a Cheater, Always a Cheater
Once a cheater, always a cheater? Reality tells a different story.
Treadmill Revisited: Jealousy Becomes Furniture
In this follow-up to an earlier post about the treadmill, we learn something from how it became a piece of furniture.
The Treadmill Gift: Suspicion Runs Too Far
When a jealous husband tried to “fix” his wife’s evening jogs with a brand-new treadmill, his solution revealed more about his fears than her fitness.
We Need a National Healing
I’m stepping outside the affair recovery space to talk about the need for a different kind of healing.
The Secret Wasn’t a Person. It Was Retirement.
A wife learns her husband secretly retired two years earlier, spending his days in cafés. It wasn’t infidelity, but the secrecy felt like betrayal. This story shows how hidden truths can wound trust—and how compassion and honesty can help repair it.
A Quiet Victory in a Complicated Good-bye
A woman’s choice to get out of her relationship with a married man.