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Codependency In Relationships

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Healthy Ways of Relating That Exclude Victim Triangle Interaction

The concept of codependency is one that many couples have become familiar with over the last decade or so.  Although such terminology as addiction in the past has often been used in refererence to alcoholism or drugs this "addiction" is equally destructive. Psychologists have now come to realize that codependency can refer to any relationship that involves unhealthy emotional dependency. Codependency in relationships occurs when one person in the relationship

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Real Live Marriage and Sex

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The Fairy Tale Probably Never Did End That Way

When you first met things were going wonderful. You though that you had met your ideal partner. Shortly, thereafter, it seems, your perfect life fantasy ended and you can’t figure out why. This same situation happens to many married couples.  It's not tv and it not a fairy tale.  It's  real live marriage and sex in the real world. We don't expect a fairy tale and yet we surely don't expect to lose what's good just because of the march of time.  How can couples begin to wake up and learn how to create positive relationships that are able to age and survive.   Can you keep your love alive, within a marriage.  Drop the fantasy expectations and learn how to make real live marriage last and grow instead of sizzle out.

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Signs of Infidelity

signs-of-infidelitySigns of Infidelity: Why Does He Cheat?

Statistically 85% of monogamous relationships come to an abrupt end because of infidelity.  Most often relationships suffer a number of bouts with infidelity before the relationship actually ends.  That means that a couple has a 1 in 3 chance the relationship will endure. That's pretty discouraging for someone hoping to start a meaningful relationship. So why is the infidelity rate so high?  Researchers believe that a person cheats simply because of their arrogance in thinking that they can get away with it! 

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Sexual Addictions

sexual-addictions The Difference Between a "Cheater" and a Sexual Addict Has Been Identified and It's All About Chemistry and the Brain

If you've ever ridden the emotional roller coaster ride of either living with a partner that suffers with sexual addictions, or you yourself suffer from this relentless life consuming addiction, you know there comes a point when you can no longer cover up the truth.  Life becomes unmanagable. Countless sexual addicts in today's society know too well how terrifying that journey is for everyone!

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What is Emotional Infidelity?

what-is-emotional-infidelityIs Thinking About Cheating the Same as Cheating?

 

Most often couples consider cheating as a physical action that involves intimacy with another person.  However, emotional infidelity is a very real component of cheating that often occurs before the actual act is committed.     So what is emotional infidelity?  Basically, emotional infidelity is a person's mental and emotional contemplation of another person sexually before acting on it!  Generally, emotional cheating can be as harmless as a casual flirt with a platonic friend or as damaging as an obsession over a co-worker or cyber fling.  

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Surviving Infidelity

surviving-infidelityAn Age Old Set of Circumstances, The Songs Have Said it All

Surviving infidelity isn't an easy thing to do, but when someone decides to put you in that position by cheating; you have no choice but to survive it, now do you? Whether you are the cheater or the one who's been hurt through a partner's infidelity; the sad truth is that you will have consequences to deal with regardless of who's to blame.  When you have been in a committed relationship, living through betrayal can really tear your entire world apart because you've placed all of your trust and energy into that one person.

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