Category: Genuine Imitation Naugahyde Remorse

Dear Chump Lady, Why Does He Keep Changing His Mind?

Dear Chump Lady, Why did it take two months after D-Day for my husband of 19 years to come to me crying, apologizing and saying …

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Dear Chump Lady, Is this a unicorn?

Dear Chump Lady: I potentially have that mythical unicorn in my life. It shares its body with the original transformer that sadly still becomes my …

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Dear Chump Lady, She wants to apologize for cheating on me

Dear Chump Lady, This past May I uncovered an affair my wife had been having for the past two years (possible longer) with her co-worker. …

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Cheaters, You’re Not Entitled to Reconciliation

I know my message — “leave a cheater, gain a life” is not popular with cheaters. I mean, duh. At times, I’m asked do I mean …

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When Splendid People Cheat

So, yesterday I got to tangling with remorseful cheaters on an infidelity board (Talk About Marriage). Someone posted my article skewering that Victoria Milan survey …

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Dear Chump Lady, She knew cheating was a deal breaker…

Dear Chump Lady, I have experienced infidelity three times in my life. The first time happened when I was 12, I helped kick my father …

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Dear Chump Lady, Should I give him another chance?

Dear Chump Lady, My husband and I are in our 40s with two young children. This past year, he started an affair with a 25-year …

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Dear Chump Lady, How can I trust my cheater again?

Dear Chump Lady, I found the treasure trove of emails between my husband and his old girlfriend from 20 years ago. Some were of the …

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7 Reasons I Don’t Accept Rielle Hunter’s Apology

I’m sure you all were waiting. In case you missed it, Rielle Hunter apologized today for her affair with John Edwards. “I behaved badly.” As …

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Reconciliation and Entitlement

As anyone who reads here knows, I’m not hopeful about reconciliation after infidelity. It’s not that I don’t believe successful reconciliations are possible — it’s …

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Dear Chump Lady, My wife won’t go to counseling

Dear Chump Lady, My wife recently disclosed that she’d had a five-month affair with her former boss which ended two years ago. During the course …

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Real Remorse? Or Genuine Imitation Naugahyde Remorse?

So you’ve been chumped and you’re trying to decide if your cheater is truly sorry. Is it real remorse? Or is it genuine imitation Naugahyde …

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The Unlikelihood of Immediate Remorse

There’s an article over at HuffPo today on how a cheater should tell their spouse they’ve been having an affair. There’s some discussion on tell …

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If You’re Really Sorry, Cheaters? Let Me Help You

Writing this blog, I get dismissed frequently as being bitter and rather pessimistic in my outlook about cheaters. Hey, everyone makes mistakes, we’re only human, …

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Dear Chump Lady, Why do cheaters cry? And why do we fall for it?

Dear Chump Lady, Why on earth do chumps (or any of us who have found ourselves in a skein of fuckedupedness of any relational sort) …

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A Public Service Announcement to Remorseless Cheaters

Dear Cheaters, Apparently there is still some confusion out there that your extracurricular shenanigans are wrong. In the interest of members of the unsuspecting public …

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Dear Chump Lady, What if my cheating wife comes back?

Dear Chump Lady, You had tried reconciliation with your ex, and up until recently I too had hoped for that. In fact, three or so …

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Sorry Is As Sorry Does

One thing that surprises me about recently betrayed people (and frankly, surprised me about myself once) is how quick they are to accept a verbal …

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Dear Chump Lady, He’s worried about his girlfriend, WTF?

Dear Chump Lady, I discovered my husband of 25 years and two children has been having five-year long affair. After he admitted that he was …

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Dear Chump Lady, She says she’s sorry…

Dear Chump Lady,   My wife cheated on me for several years. She’s full of remorse now and says she sorry, and we’re trying to …

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