96. When You Leave Your Marriage but Your Affair Partner Doesn't

Your Secret Is Safe With Me · Jul 7, 2022 · 37m

When presented with the prospect of dismantling their lives by ending their marriage, people may become dismayed. What happens when your affair partner doesn't leave their marriage — but you do?

It can be easy to downgrade your value and blame your partner's actions on the explanation that you're deeply and fatally flawed. When someone makes a choice, Dr. Marie Murphy says you can't manage what other people do, you can only manage your decisions about how to respond to them. You have the power to recognize and make the best of the situation — and the ability to recognize your romantic future…