I noticed this one year ago, when one of our secret sisters posted these words on Valentine's Day: > "Being in the time after he cheated makes me feel unsafe with my > heart." ...
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This came to me via Dr. Caroline Madden, who I know (online) and who I think is smart and really gets betrayal. If you're interested, PLEASE REACH OUT TO DR. MADDEN : Focus Group Description: O...
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I screenshot this comment many months ago because I was so struck by how this question was framed: >> "HOW WE DO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WRONGDOING AND YET AT THE >> ...
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It sometimes feels like we are all forever putting ourselves back together, but I have only ever felt stronger for doing it. It seems to me our griefs are the very things that keep us within the ...
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Our good friend to Betrayed Wives Club (and who created this kickass design and logo) StillStanding gave me some advice recently. I had told her how conflicted I am about this site. I lack the ti...
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Most people haven’t even noticed their strength. They’re so focussed on their pain. ~ Rachel Naomi Remen, author Kitchen Table Wisdom Our household has recently welcomed a family of Ukra...
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In hindsight, I knew my husband was cheating and I knew with whom before he admitted it to me. I knew before I knew. Of course, there was lots I didn't know. The years of sexual acting out with s...
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I had never heard of Jen Hatmaker and remain somewhat mystified how she came to my attention but I think it was around the time her marriage was falling apart. I didn't recognize the name but I r...
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We've all heard the analogy of the frog and the boiling water, right? How a frog put into a pot of water that's slowly heated until it's boiling won't jump out because he's only barely aware t...
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I wrote the title of this blog post on my phone and then emailed it to myself. That's how I keep track of interesting phrases, or quotes, of tidbits of info I want to Google later when I have ti...
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Nothing, of course, happens fast enough and we just want to be returned to that uncomplicated life we once had – we want stability restored – but it is not to be. Now we have a new life; unch...
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I have many many half-written posts that I plan to complete "when I have time". And I so appreciate everyone's well wishes and concern but I am fine! Far too busy but fine. I have taken on an act...
http://betrayedwivesclub.blogspot.com/2022/03/im-alive-and-fine-and-missing-you.html
You've got to tell the world how to treat you if the world tells you how you are going to be treated, you are in trouble. ~James Baldwin There is one question that hangs over so many of us i...
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I sometimes wonder what I have to contribute to this conversation around infidelity when I am so far past it. Sure, I still remember those awful days when I felt both pinned beneath my pain ...
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