Author: Chump Lady
A Unicorn Ate My Facebook Page
Announcement: There’s a new private Chump Nation infidelity support Facebook page! Please join us! It’s got all sorts of bells and whistles. Zoom meet ups. …
What Do I Say to the People Who Knew?
Dear Chump Lady: How is one supposed to relate to people the cheater told about his affair? These are people he burdened with his secret, …
UBT: Cheater Wants to Get Back Together With Ex-Wife After 20 Years
Well, Dear Amy whiffed it this week with her reply to a cheater who was considering leaving his Schmoopie for his ex-wife — after 20 …
Sex Addict Therapist Douglass Weiss Gets Divorced
Well, I don’t really keep up on the goings on of celebrity sex therapists quacks. So many unicorns, so little time. But an alert chump …
An Inconvenient Time for a D-Day
Dear Chump Lady, It’s Valentine’s Day, and in between reading your blog posts, I’ve cooked a steak dinner and given a lovely gift and card …
How Is Your Pet Better Than Your Ex?
Today’s Friday Challenge comes from Mr. CL, who is besotted with our Golden Retriever puppy, Monty. I am less enchanted. Especially at 3 a.m. when …
When You Need Cheater Twu Luv to Fail
We’re all about Meh here at CN — that Promised Land of acceptance where the pain stops and you don’t really care what your cheater …
Chumps and Beards and an OurPath Podcast
Recently I was a guest on an OurPath podcast (the support group formerly known as the Straight Spouse Network), talking about the particular chump experience of …
UBT: The Heart Wants John Tory in Office
Happy Valentine’s Day. The Toronto mayor John Tory resigned the other day for schtupping a staff member and the Universal Bullshit Translator is here for …
DNA Test Reveals Cheating Ex Had More Kids
Hi Chump Lady, I found your blog shortly after D-day and it saved my sanity. Backstory, married for over 30 years. Marriage with ups and …
Infidelity Valentine’s Day Poetry
Are you ready for another round of Infidelity Valentine’s Poetry? Every year about this time we remember the less fortunate — the poor freaks that …
We Had a Good Life — Why Did He Cheat?
Dear Chump Lady, I come to you as perplexed and heartbroken. When you think about how many people experience this kind of betrayal, it is …
‘He’s Moved On. I Haven’t.’
Dear Chump Lady, Despite two years of separation and impending divorce, I am still angry and upset. I want to smack this asshole upside his …
Do It Yourself Divorce — Good Idea or Not?
A lot of chumped people wonder how on earth they can afford a divorce. It’s one of the many crap sandwiches of infidelity — taking …
UBT: ‘Schoompie Wants the Scoop-y’ on Chump’s Dead Husband
Dear Chump Lady, I am not sure what category you would classify this event. In 2020, after 20 years of marriage to a man that …
How Many People Knew and Didn’t Tell You?
Well, here’s a depressing Friday Challenge. Conspiracy. How many people knew your partner was cheating on you and didn’t tell you? One to five? Five …
Looking Back and Marveling at the Spackle
Dear Chump Lady, I recently looked at family photos with my kids, including those taken with the ex. I hadn’t looked at them in a …
The OW Calls Me for Advice
Dear Chump Lady, I have a unique situation that I would appreciate your take on. My husband began an affair (his THIRD affair that I …
Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes Get Canned for Workplace Affair
Well, this happened last week — the Good Morning America hosts Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes — who were having a workplace affair — …
Parasitic Boyfriend Won’t Leave
Over the weekend I had an exchange with “Cyn” — a woman being threatened by her parasitic, live-in boyfriend. As we corresponded, more details about …
