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Adultery

The Surprising Behaviors That People Consider Cheating

The Huffington Post | Ashley Reich | Posted 05.16.2013 | Divorce

What constitutes cheating? Most people might agree that having sex with someone other than your partner is clear-cut infidelity, but what about sen...

WATCH: Why I Confronted My Lover's Wife

Posted 05.06.2013 | Divorce

It's true that the cuckolded spouse generally suffers immense pain at the hands of his or her cheating partner, but what about the mistress? On Hu...

I Vowed Never To Cheat... And Did It Anyway

opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com | Posted 04.28.2013 | Divorce

Several years ago, my mother's partner sent me an e-mail confessing to an emotional affair. He wrote that although he and my mother were breaking up, ...

On Shaming The 'Other Woman' In Sonic Youth Split

The Huffington Post | Christina Huffington | Posted 04.25.2013 | Women

We all know that having an affair with a married man is an awful (really, really awful) thing to do. But does that make it okay for the media to publi...

Is Infidelity A Marriage Deal Breaker?

Posted 03.14.2013 | Divorce

Are couples too quick to give up on their marriages following infidelity? That's the question author Wendy Plump posed on Thursday in a HuffPost Di...

What I Learned From Cheating On My Husband

Wendy Plump | Posted 05.13.2013 | Divorce
Wendy Plump

One of the things that surprises me most about infidelity is that anyone is shocked to the point of awe when it happens.

Cheating On Your Spouse: Illegal In Colorado?

Posted 04.21.2013 | Denver

Cheating on your spouse may be considered morally reprehensible, but in Colorado it's also illegal. A report by 9News sheds light on the law that,...

Why I’m Excited For Valentine’s Day... As A Single Woman

Annette Powers | Posted 04.15.2013 | Divorce
Annette Powers

I know Valentine's Day is a silly greeting card holiday that shouldn't really matter to me -- and yet, it does. As a single woman, all the hearts and flowers can be a painful reminder of what I don't have. As a divorced woman, they can be an even more painful reminder of what once was.

Goodbye to Guilt, So Long to Shame, Bye Bye to Sorry

Sherman Yellen | Posted 01.26.2013 | Politics
Sherman Yellen

Shame seems to be held in disrepute -- it suggests some kind of old fashioned Protestant moralistic view, or the Catholic confessional -- but it can be a useful feeling if it helps us to face our own failings, and to remedy the injuries we might have done to others.

Rock Me, Petraeus

Ethlie Ann Vare | Posted 01.16.2013 | Women
Ethlie Ann Vare

We are intolerant of affairs, we North American Puritans. We are not French. This, despite the fact that, statistically, most of us will find themselves inhabiting at least one corner of a love triangle sometime in our lives.

Reframing The Seven Deadly Sins

Laurie Israel | Posted 11.15.2012 | Religion
Laurie Israel

Perhaps my pondering on repentance during September led me to think of the sins that I've committed during the past year. I started wondering, could the Seven Deadly Sins could be reframed into something more positive?

Honor and Rape

Robert Koehler | Posted 01.15.2013 | Politics
Robert Koehler

Zero energy goes into the investigation of actual rape in the military, except in rare circumstances. The military's domination culture, personified by Patton, is constructed on the illusion of granite-etched moral values -- "we protect our loved ones" -- and powered by a belief in its own righteousness.

For Petraeus, Echoes Of That Other Warrior David

Religion News Service | Daniel Burke | Posted 11.15.2012 | Religion

(RNS) It's tempting to view the sex scandal surrounding retired Army Gen. David Petraeus through a religious lens. After all, most faiths forbid ad...

All In: Marriage, Rights and Hypocrisy -- The Case of David Petraeus

Katherine Franke | Posted 01.14.2013 | Politics
Katherine Franke

General Petraeus played a key role in decisions to carry out controversial drone strikes, including the attacks last year that killed two U.S. citizens. But no, it was adultery that brought down Petraeus.

Sex-Crazed Washington

Warren Adler | Posted 01.13.2013 | Politics
Warren Adler

The fact is that Washington has always been a sex-crazed town. Sex is the one entitlement that no matter how many powerful men, and now women, get outed and put in the stocks to be hooted or reviled by their fellow adulterers in the media and the hallowed halls of Government, the lure of the hormonal urge continues on its merry way.

SNEAK PEEK: Iyanla Helps A Cheating-Pastor's Wife

Posted 11.10.2012 | OWN

In this episode of "Iyanla: Fix My Life," Iyanla travels to Louisiana to help a couple in crisis. The husband, a pastor, admits to cheating on his wi...

WATCH: The Show That Made Oprah Scream At Her Television

OWN | Posted 11.08.2012 | OWN

Here's the truth: Oprah won't say a show is good if she doesn't believe it. Since the premiere of "Iyanla: Fix My Life," Oprah has said that there's n...

The Scarlet Manifesto: The Rise of the Adulterous Woman

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 12.13.2012 | Women
Dr. Peggy Drexler

In my work and in my life, I had been hearing more from women who were both having extramarital affairs and actively seeking them out. While they weren't necessarily proud of their actions, neither were they ashamed.

Why One Author Says Compromise Could Kill Your Marriage

Justine Browning | Posted 12.08.2012 | Divorce
 Justine Browning

Why do some marriages last and others fizzle?

What Happens In Vegas? Adultery.

Posted 09.24.2012 | Travel

A new poll taken by the extra-marital dating site AshleyMadison.com shows that Las Vegas is the city of a very specific sin. Over half of the 7,680 me...

Radical Islamic Group Stones Couple To Death

AP | BABA AHMED AND RUKMINI CALLIMACHI | Posted 07.30.2012 | World

BAMAKO, Mali -- A spokesman for the radical Islamic group controlling northern Mali says a couple who had an adulterous relationship was stoned to dea...

How To Tell A Friend The Secret That May Ruin Her Marriage

Shasta Nelson, M.Div. | Posted 09.13.2012 | Divorce
Shasta Nelson, M.Div.

What should you do when you know that your friend's significant other is cheating on her? You might expect a friendship advocate to champion, "Alway...

CEO And Mistress 'Pillaged' Company

AP | Posted 07.12.2012 | Business

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A former chief executive of mattress manufacturer Latex International was sentenced Tuesday to nearly six years in prison for emb...

What One Doctor Calls A 'Healthy' Affair

Douglas LaBier | Posted 08.29.2012 | Divorce
Douglas LaBier

Affairs usually reflect something about a person's existing relationship that's not being faced. Nevertheless, affairs can be psychologically healthy for some people.

Lebron, Tiger & Why I Find Myself Rooting for the "Bad Guys"

Jonathan_Miller | Posted 08.15.2012 | Sports
Jonathan_Miller

As Lebron leads his Miami Heat through a brutal playoff finals series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and as Tiger tries to recapture his magic formula for winning Major tournaments in this week's U.S. Open, I will be enthusiastically cheering both of them on.