Why Did the Affair Happen?

One of the most typical questions that comes up when one partner has been caught in an affair is, “Why?” The answer is typically elusive, but, in order to find it, a person will typically need to be open to hearing the real truth. A hard truth that may occur is that an affair does not happen in a vacuum, and there may be responsibility to be shouldered outside of the cheating party. One example of this is the idea of “collusion in the affair.” This means that the partner who was cheated on may have, even unwittingly, cooperated in the affair. This involves having an idea that the affair is occurring and not acting.

 

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