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“Once you know someone is capable of looking you in the eye and lying about where they were,” says Nora, a 34-year-old teacher who stayed with her husband after an affair, “you realize that trust isn’t a bridge. It’s a glass floor. You can walk on it, but you never forget it’s glass.”

We don’t ask our best friends to be our only friend. We don’t ask our children to never enjoy another teacher. But in romance, we demand that one person be our everything: lover, therapist, co-parent, accountant, and adventure buddy. When they fail to be all those things (because they are human), we declare them unfaithful . unfaithful

Because in the end, the most unfaithful act isn't the kiss. It is staying in a relationship with one foot out the door, letting your partner love a ghost while you chase the living. If you or someone you know is struggling with relationship trust issues, counseling is available. Sometimes, the hardest conversation is the one that saves you. “Once you know someone is capable of looking

“People don’t cheat because they want someone new,” explains Dr. Helena Vance, a relational psychologist based in Austin. “They cheat because they want to be someone new. The affair is a time machine. It lets them visit a version of themselves that isn’t weighed down by a leaking faucet, carpool schedules, or the memory of that fight three Thanksgivings ago.” We don’t ask our children to never enjoy another teacher