Thursday, July 28, 2011

Christian Marriage Help: Five Signs That Show Your Spouse Is Serious About Ending Unfaithfulness

Are you looking for Christian marriage help to deal with your spouse's unfaithfulness to you? Whether it is in engaging in pornography, chat rooms, one night stands, a long-term affair, or any other sexual acting out, you want your spouse to stop and you want to know if the promises to stop are sincere. Any healing is contingent on the unfaithful spouse being "done" with the affair or acting out. How can you tell if your spouse is sincere in wanting to end the unfaithfulness?
Here are five signs that show your spouse is serious about ending unfaithfulness:
  1. There is honesty and insight at a deep level about the unfaithfulness: why, when, how, where, and what.
  2. There is obvious brokenness emotionally and spiritually about the sin committed before the Lord and the pain that you are experiencing.
  3. There is acceptance of your feelings and boundaries. You are given space to be real and honest about your pain and your process as you work through all the emotions.
  4. There is a willingness to make whatever changes you need with a good attitude.
  5. There is a willingness to get help and be accountable and it is followed by action.

Friday, July 15, 2011

Why Do Men Cheat? A Psychotherapist Overview

Among the reasons already known and which can cause a mild intellectual irritation are: because they want to, because they can, because they cannot help it.... Any woman, no matter how sexy and attractive is, can be cheated on at a point.
And still: why do men cheat?
Do they have any excuse, any pretext, an answer that is not impertinent that he could give to you so that you can alchemize your struggling in compassion?
The reasons are not only sexual but often psychological - and that does not mean that he is stupid, but that his becoming as a man was sprinkled with unfortunate events.
Sex means validation - of masculinity, of the seduction force, sex means power.
To have an affair is easy - an affair is a relationship "purified" of the great expectations of love, is a relationship that requires only physical attraction and a tacit consent to adventure and duplicity.
It is no longer a mystery man's inclination to polygamy, scientifically documented and explained.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Can I Trust My Husband When He Says He Wants To Save Our Marriage After His Cheating And Affair?

I sometimes hear from wives who admit that their husband is seemingly doing and saying the right things after his affair. Even so, the wives often have a nagging little feeling that they just can't shake which is asking them if their husband is really sincere about everything that he says. Often, they really want to believe that they can trust and believe in him. But, despite this, they can't help but have their doubts.
I recently heard from a wife who said: "I caught my husband cheating on me last month. Turns out, the affair had been going on for about three weeks. He immediately apologized and begged for my forgiveness. Not only did he agree to go to counseling, but he found the counselor and made the appointment himself. He's doing and saying all the right things. He's constantly telling me how sorry he is and how he's going to make this all up to me if I will just give him the chance. But, I can't put my finger on what is bothering me because in the back of my mind, I can't help wondering if he is really and truly sincere. It's almost too perfect and too rehearsed. Sometimes, despite everything that he is telling me, I will watch him when he isn't aware that I am looking. And I will see this sort of faraway look on this face which I suspect means he's thinking of her. I almost feel like he's trying to make me believe in him so I will let my guard down and he can then see her again behind me back. I suppose my question is how do I know that he is really sincere when he's says he's sorry, that he'll never cheat again, and that he wants to save our marriage? How do I know that he isn't just telling me what I want to hear so that he will have the all clear to do what he wants to do on the sly?" I'll try to answer these questions in the following article.