Trying to save your marriage, fix constant conflict, or reconnect with a distant partner? Whether you’re stuck in resentment, disconnection, or confusion, this is where you’ll find insight and direction.
I get emails like this all the time, and I want to talk to you about the challenges men face when they suspect their partner might be having an emotional affair. It’s a situation filled with uncertainty, insecurity, and a desperate need for clarity and growth. Read on to understand the impact of emotional affairs, the importance of addressing insecurity, and how to transform pain into personal growth and emotional maturity.
Are you trapped in a cycle of resentment and frustration in your marriage? Do you feel misunderstood, disconnected, and longing for a deeper, more meaningful relationship with your spouse? If you’re nodding in agreement, I have something transformative to share with you.
I knew I had a wife problem!
I knew I was being wronged!
I knew I was being disrespected, overlooked, misjudged, unvalued, and unloved.
When we first meet these men, they’re convinced they have specific problems like:
Being unappreciated/disrespected/overlooked
Feeling alone even though in a relationship or in a crowd
An angry, cold, distant wife or partner who doesn’t seem to like them, let alone love them
Not receiving warmth/attention/affection/touch/together time/sex/intimacy
Their wife/partner spending too much time on her phone/with friends/with the kids/etc
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Then one day, often just after a “more trail marathon,” like a vacation, home renovation, or big holiday, our wives say some dreadful words.
“I love you, but I’m not in love with you.”
“I think I want a divorce.”
“Yes… I *am* having an affair.”
“I can’t give you what you want.”
“I need to find myself.”
Many of these men are in sexless or sexless or sex-starved relationships. They feel a deep lack of far more than sex but of deep, connected emotionally-satisfying intimacy. In fact, that’s usually their chief frustration and complaint.
For about twenty years, I couldn’t figure out why I felt alone in crowds, unvalued, unappreciated, unseen, unhappy, and ultimately, unloved. This wasn’t what I signed up for! I constantly wondered, “what the hell happened here?”
I thought my absence of male friends was because other men were all shallow. I felt that good men who could talk about something other than sports, booze, and hobbies were proverbial unicorns in the world. As a result, I struggled to develop close bonds with other men.
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