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Forgiving
an Affair
The discovery of an affair
will attack you with shock, anger and numbness. No matter what way you choose
to react, your surroundings will look the same afterwards because you have
not yet started coping with what has transpired. You find that you are suddenly
lost due to being caught off guard. You never thought this would happen to
you. So when it does, what should you do when this painful truth is revealed
and how can you forgive it?
The first thing to do when
you find out that your partner has been cheating is to allow your emotions
to flow out of your body. Holding your feelings in will only make you feel
worse and cause a tremendous amount of stress both physically and mentally.
Once you have expressed your instant reaction, you can start thinking more
slowly and rationally. You will start examining your relationship, wondering
where it went wrong and if it was ever as wonderful as you claimed it to
be. You will create a chain of questions that have not yet been answered
and will start feeling farther and farther away from getting any of them
answered. Everything will be sorted out time, but first thing is first…
and that is getting your emotions sorted out.
Once your emotions have
been expressed and sorted out, it is important to remember to not give the
affair more power over your life than it deserves, even though at the time
being, it feels like the end of the world. The fact of the matter is, it
is not the end of the world, but has changed your world and the way you look
at it, which is understandable. Know that your partner's affair has nothing
to do with his or her love for you, nor does it make you a failure in
relationships. What the affair does tell you though, is that there are essential
issues that need to be addressed. It is normal to be angry and unable to
calmly discuss this with your partner, so let him or her know that (without
getting violent or throwing them out of course). Let him or her know that
you are deeply hurt and angry that they chose an affair as a way to deal
with the issues in your relationship and you are not ready to talk about
it just yet.
When you are ready, where
do you start? It will be difficult to focus on the discussion if you are
torturing yourself with visual thoughts of the cheating act. Make an effort
to be strong and avoid the unnecessary painful thoughts that will in no way
make you feel better or get your relationship back on track. You know what
goes on when two people are intimate, so save yourself the details you already
know and spare yourself the hurt. The focus is to find and establish the
reasons for the affair and ways you can move on with your lives together,
with a new and improved affair proof relationship. Good communication will
be the key to your road to recovery, so be sure to ask the right questions,
listen with undivided attention and understanding, as well as answering the
questions you are asked and finding suitable solutions on how to prevent
the same event in the future.
Anger, as well as other
emotions, will arise while you and your partner attempt to make things right
and better. You may blow up during discussions because your mind will re-fresh
your memory of how your partner had the guts to betray you and how stupid,
hurt and disrespected it made you feel. Your partner (the afairee) may also
become upset because of your non-stop attacks on him or her, especially if
they confessed and genuinely apologized. Before attempting any conversations
regarding the affair, be sure that you and your partner agree to disagree
and express anger. You both need to have patience for each other's feelings,
for it will take time to get past the emotional outbursts. If things start
getting out of control and you find yourselves no longer talking, but only
yelling and blaming instead, end the conversation and give each other some
space. You may need to do this several times until you can talk without such
interruptions. Take it one step at a time. After all, if you and your partner
have made a decision to make things work, then there is no need to rush and
panic.
After you and your partner
get everything out in the open and understand the roots of the affair, you
can then concentrate on re-building the trust and forgiving once and for
all. Forgiving your partner does not mean you will forget what happened,
but it will mean that you have accepted what transpired and are ready to
move forward without bringing the past into your future as a couple. It will
be difficult for you to blindly trust your partner again, but you must make
an effort, as well as your partner. Your trust will strengthen as time goes
by and through the convincing actions of your partner. You cannot put your
partner on a leash and monitor him or her 24 hours a day, and you shouldn't
want to. Do not expect things to magically improve, because you will be
disappointed. Re-building the trust, passion and strength in your relationship
will take a reasonable amount of time and could even require counseling if
you feel you cannot make it on your own.
Re-building your self-esteem
will help you forgive the affair as well. Being betrayed can do great damage
to the way you feel about and look at yourself. You may feel less attractive
physically and not worthy enough both mentally and spiritually. Get in touch
with yourself and terminate your insecurities by finding ways to replenish
the perspective you have on your being. Continue to tell yourself that an
affair does not change the wonderful person you are and you are just as
beautiful, desirable, intelligent and respectable as ever.
To avoid getting pulled
back into the past, set your mind and heart on creating new memories together.
Exploring new happiness will help your relationship mend and move on greatly.
Go on dates, get romantic and become better friends than before! Make a permanent
note in your mind that nobody is perfect but everyone deserve forgiveness
for their mistakes. Try putting yourself in your partner's shoes and think
about the pain and regret they are going through and how much they love you.
He or she knew it was wrong to do before they did it, but probably felt it
was their only way to cope with their troubles at the time. If you have been
genuinely apologized to and promised that it will never happen again, then
open your heart and give him or her a chance. You obviously love your partner
and he or she loves you, which is why you have decided to forgive and move
on. So work as a team and be each other's strength in putting the past behind
you, looking at it as a learning experience in which will assist you in making
your love affair-proof from this point on.
Alina Ruigrok is an independent
relationship expert for
http://www.love-sessions.com helping
those in need of dating, love, relationship, marital, sexual and other personal
advice through e-sessions and telephone.
For help healing the pain of abandonment, click
here!
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To
Love Yourself!
"IT IS REWARDING
to find someone you like, but it is essential to like yourself. It is quickening
to recognize that someone is a good and decent human being, but it is
indispensable to view yourself as acceptable. It is a delight to discover
people who are worthy of respect and admiration and love, but it is vital
to believe yourself deserving of these things. For you cannot live in someone
else. You cannot find yourself in someone else. You cannot be given a life
by someone else. Of all the people you will know in a lifetime, you are the
only one you will never leave or lose. To the question of your life, you
are the only answer. To the problems of your life, you are the only
solution."
~JO COUDERT , American writer
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