Confessions & Secrets

He had said that his existing relationship was effectively over. Separate beds, no intimacy, only practical arrangements left to untangle. I accepted…

I was 51; he was 50. Over eight months, what began as friends with benefits became an exclusive relationship, complete with conversations about living…

Sarah had stopped asking Mark when he would be home for dinner. His late evenings had become routine; so had her irritation at hearing herself sound…

We began talking while she was still in another relationship. I told myself we were waiting for that relationship to end before starting ours. Looking…

My wife, forty-six, went to Puerto Vallarta with a friend. We had been married thirteen years and had previously discussed some sexual experiences…

We had been together for five years when my girlfriend miscarried. The loss changed our days in ways neither of us knew how to discuss. At work, she…

If you have cheated, the first task is not to explain why your partner should keep the relationship. It is to stop the deception and allow them to make…

I am 29, and my living-room window faces the apartment of a woman around my age. At first, I occasionally noticed movement across the courtyard. Then I…

The fireworks had started. I was on the couch with our dog, Duffy, trying to understand messages my wife had sent about meeting another man. The trip…

We had been married for four years when I discovered my wife’s affair. I decided to try to stay. Ten months later, I was still looking for evidence…

On Halloween, my husband told me he had contacted an adult account offering intimate images for $50. He said he was telling me because the account had…

After three years of marriage, Emily and Jake discussed a sexual encounter with a female friend. They agreed to explore it together. That conversation…