Friday, January 8, 2010

7 Tips for Ending an Affair

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Ending an affair.

If you're in a serious relationship and you're cheating on your spouse or partner, it's very important that you end your affair as soon as possible.  It can mean the difference between a divorce and a happy marriage, or a breakup and a great relationship.  This article will give you some pointers on how to do so.

Make it clear that it's over, that you are ending the affair.

You have to make it absolutely clear that this is the end.  You have to let them know that you will not be communicating with them, you won't respond to them, and that you will not be backing down.  You will have to be straightforward to the point of bluntness. 

You don't have to answer any questions, just stick to your guns.

They will want to know why, or why it's suddenly so important that you make things right with your partner or spouse.  All you need to let them know is that the affair is over and you are going to make things right in your relationship.  You don't have to answer questions, in fact, you probably shouldn't.  Just stick to your guns.

Let them know that if you do see them, you won't respond the same way.
If your lover is a co-worker, or someone that you see regularly (a friend of your spouse, perhaps), you need to let them know that you won't respond the same way; you can't be friendly with them the way they are used to.  You are no longer lovers, and it has to stay that way, no matter what.

You don't have to be cold about it, but be firm.
You don't have to be nasty, you should be impartial.  If you had told them while you were lovers that you loved them, don't say you never did, don't say that you will always love them.  Don't say anything.  The important thing is that the affair is at an end, and your lover has to move on, and you have to work at your relationship with your spouse.

Get out of there as quickly as possible.
You don't necessarily want to be rude, but you need to get out of there.  Just make an excuse, get out of there as quickly as possible.  The longer you drag this out, the more difficult it will be for you, and the more likely it is that you'll give in on something.  So, the point here, is get the hell out of there.

If they try to contact you afterward, put an end to it.
If they try to call you at home or at work, or send messages through your friends, email, etc, make sure to let them know that hey, it's over.  This can't continue.  Block their number, email, etc if at all possible.  If it's an option, change your number and your email address.  Disrupt whatever routines you have that they will use to get to you.  The relationship that matters most to you is at stake here, and you need to take whatever actions are necessary.

In the case that you do see them, once again, stick to your guns.
If, once the affair is ended, you do see them again, and they come on to you in an intimate way, or try to pull you aside to talk, you have to let them know, hey, this relationship is over.  You absolutely cannot allow anything improper to occur ever again.  Let them know that their behavior is inappropriate, and that the affair is over, plain and simple. 

In conclusion.
Ending an affair is rarely, if ever, easy, but it's absolutely imperative that you do so in order to ensure the success of the relationship most important to you.  Following these tips should help you, but in the event your partner does find out (or already had found out), things are going to be that much harder to fix.  Having that affair continuing, or communication continuing is going to make rectifying things almost impossible.

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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Ending An Affair WIth a Psychopath

This article is about how to end an affair with a psycho without losing limbs, having your house firebombed, having to join the Foreign Legion, and preferably without your spouse finding out about the affair at all.

Hopefully, if you realize that the other person is a psycho, you've limited the information they have about you. Preferably they don't know your real last name, or where you work, but unless you're dealing with a lower-tier psychopath, that probably isn't true.

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Friday, January 1, 2010

Ending an Affair - Before You Get Caught

This post is about ending an affair when your spouse or significant other hasn't caught on yet.  It's not about lecturing and pointing out how much of a dirty rotten evil (insert whatever other adjectives you like) scumbag you are - or any other nonsense.  It's simply to try to help you step away from that relationship and get you going in the right direction.

Why are you ending it?

The first step toward ending an affair is to sit down and figure out why you want to end it.  Hopefully the reasons are that you want to pay more attention to your relationship, and you're worried about your spouse or partner finding out.  Perhaps you're feeling guilty about it, and that's a natural feeling as well.  You just want to make sure you're doing it for the right reasons.

Speak to them - face to face.

You need to actually talk with the person you're breaking up with.  I know some advise doing it over the phone, or in a public place, or whatever, but it's my own strong feeling that you should do it in private, face-to-face.  Yes, that's harder, and yes, that might open things up to some yelling or crying, but ending an affair any other way is downright mean and disrespectful to the other person.

Be firm, but leave no doubt.

You need to be firm and direct - but compassionate.  This is a difficult balancing act, but you have to do your best.  You don't want to leave any doubt that the relationship is over - on either side - and you don't want to hurt their feelings any more than absolutely necessary.  So, be straight to the point, but be kind as well.

Explaining Yourself.

If you need to explain yourself, you can go with the classic 'This just isn't working out.'  Another option you can delve into is that you have come to realize that you need to fix your relationship, you need to reform yourself, and to take care of what matters most in your life.  You want the blame to fall squarely on you, but leave it to where there's no hope of getting back together.  You're ending an affair, not setting yourself up to continue it later on.

The most important advice.

The most important thing to remember when you're ending an affair before being caught is to leave it that way.  You haven't been caught, don't go confessing.  All you're going to do is cause more hurt and pain - and it's the kind that will never go away, and if it doesn't end your relationship, it will certainly cause tremendous pain and friction for as long as you're together.

You will be feeling guilty - oh well, consider that your penance for having cheated in the first place.  That's your burden to bear, not your partner's.  You'll be feeling guilty, and probably even be dealing with some grief (from ending an affair), but you have to find your way through this on your own.  You can't go breaking your partner's heart by running and confessing all to them.

In Conclusion.

Ending an affair is never easy - but it's almost always the right thing to do.  If you're truly serious about your relationship or marriage, you owe it to them to make things right, and to make sure you're devoted to them.  Sooner or later, you will get caught, and if you do, you might end up losing what you value the most - over something that you might not value at all.

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