“You sadly report your best friend’s husband is cheating. Instead of sharing your dismay, he becomes defensive. ‘Well, he hasn’t been happy in that marriage,’ or ‘People have affairs. That’s life.’ Condemning others means condemning himself—and he’s not about to go there.”— Abby Rodman, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Cheating, defensive, Marriage, Unhappy
“Optimizing precious moments with a lover is a balancing act, so he’s counting minutes. ‘It won’t raise any red flags if I’m home by 6:00pm on the dot,’ he rationalizes. Or, ‘If I call her every day at noon, she won’t get suspicious.’ He’s drawing timelines in the sand, and being uncharacteristically…”— Abby Rodman, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Cheating, timelines, Time, schedule