Author: Chump Lady

Bill + Shelley

Okay, everyone needs to read this beautiful story today on the Washington Post — the love story of Bill and Shelley. And make sure you …

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Infidelity Valentine’s Contest

Are you sick of all the treacly candy hearts and pink teddy bears out and about this time of year? Valentine’s Day can sometimes be …

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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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One Hell of a Work Ethic

“Gotta work late” is the oldest cheater excuse in the book. The lamest. The most worn. And a line nearly every chump falls for. Because, …

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Dear Chump Lady, I’m afraid to tell him I want a divorce

Dear Chump Lady, My husband doesn’t want a divorce, and he said that he wants to rebuild what we have. I’ve told him that I …

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Part Four, Not Everything Is Pathological

I’m skipping around here in my How Not to Get Chumped Again advice (blame my recent vacation), but I had a bit more to say …

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Don’t Throw Stones at Tiffany Glass Windows

Hi chumps! I’ve been on vacation with my family in Orlando, Florida for a few days. Yesterday my mother and I visited the Morse Museum …

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Dear Chump Lady, Arrrgh! No Contact!

Dear Chump Lady, Holy crap, Chump Lady, I feel like hell today. This No Contact is killing me. I woke up with a sense of …

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Part Three, Your Mother Was Right

Part three in our installment of How Not to Get Chumped Again is — reconsider arranged marriage. Oh, okay, not really. Seriously, if my mother …

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Part Two, When They Look Good on Paper

Today is part two of How Not to Get Chumped Again. Yesterday we discussed reciprocity, today we’re going to examine compatibility. I have to give …

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Don’t Get Chumped Again, Part One

Since starting this blog, I’ve been asked several times in various different ways how I transformed into a happily married person after infidelity. Hey, you …

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A Reminder About the Chump Lady Manifesto

Dear Chumps, I appreciate that you read here, I appreciate your support of the site, I am moved every day at your compassion for your …

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Nugget O’ Insight

Reading all the Stupid Shit Cheaters Say submissions (and huge apologies, I’m so back logged on my cartooning, but I’m getting to it, promise) — …

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Dear Chump Lady, What do I tell the kids?

Dear Chump Lady, I have been married for almost 17 years, together for 21 years.  The first time I caught him cheating it was all …

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Got Anger?

You low corrosive lump of fecal horror, you maniac bastardly turd! I would rather drink stale urine from Norman Fowler’s arse-pit than remain one moment …

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The Canard That Cheaters Have Low Self Esteem

If you spend any time on reconciliation boards, you’ll read a lot of creative excuses being thrown around about the deep shame and inadequacy that …

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Dear Chump Lady, Do I have to co-parent with the OW?

Hi Chump Lady, In my local  newspaper is an advice column called “Ex Etiquette.”  The only thing this column inspires me to think is “what …

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Dear Chump Lady, Any advice for the spineless?

Dear Chump Lady, I too am a chump. I discovered my husband of four years, partner for nine total, had had several affairs during our …

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Lance, A Cheater’s Cheater

Until now, I’ve resisted writing anything about Lance Armstrong. As the scandal unfolded, I thought — everyone knows this guy is a douchebag, right? Has …

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Dear Chump Lady, Why are cheaters so brazen?

Dear Chumplady, Why are cheaters so brazen? Lori Dear Lori Because we are such chumps. Really, can you imagine anyone cheating on Vladimir Putin? Couldn’t …

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