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term='appreciation'/><title type='text'>Comments on The Art of Intimacy: After Your Affair, picking up the pieces</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.theartofloveandintimacy.com/feeds/5775984418127545638/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3240135571858542479/5775984418127545638/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.theartofloveandintimacy.com/2009/02/after-your-affair-picking-up-pieces.html'/><author><name>Jennifer Jones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04593797320592103928</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_kT9yRiEqelE/R_A7Du1Xq1I/AAAAAAAADSk/1JwWbUtVyWQ/S220/jen.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' 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I very much appreciate your site! T...</title><content type='html'>Hey Jennifer,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I very much appreciate your site! The advice you gave for couples dealing with the aftermath of an adulterous mate are truly on point. Having been on both sides of the spectrum, I&amp;#39;ve experienced the depression from hurting my wife &amp;amp; the feelings of betrayal as the victim. Happily we have worked through these dark times &amp;amp; I must say, one of the key factors in us being able to move past it was our Spiritual foundation. We recognized that we broke one of God&amp;#39;s commands, but that even he is willing to forgive us as long as we put forth the effort to apply the practical advice you gave earlier and not put ourselves in situations where we can be tempted. &lt;br /&gt;Keep up the fine work Jen. Thanks</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3240135571858542479/5775984418127545638/comments/default/5467220116358496521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3240135571858542479/5775984418127545638/comments/default/5467220116358496521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.theartofloveandintimacy.com/2009/02/after-your-affair-picking-up-pieces.html?showComment=1312784761720#c5467220116358496521' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.theartofloveandintimacy.com/2009/02/after-your-affair-picking-up-pieces.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240135571858542479.post-5775984418127545638' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3240135571858542479/posts/default/5775984418127545638' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1454003940'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240135571858542479.post-4849326315745179238</id><published>2011-03-10T18:04:49.182-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-10T18:04:49.182-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Jennifer,
   I just stumbled across your blog t...</title><content type='html'>Hi Jennifer,&lt;br /&gt;   I just stumbled across your blog today after doing a Google search for &amp;quot;how to find intimacy again&amp;quot;. I am really struggling in my marriage right now. I had an affair about a year ago that is still haunting my marriage. My husband found out just a few months back. He gave me a second chance and told me he forgave me. It has all been downhill from there. My sex drive and desire for him are dead. I feel like I have no right to ask him to &amp;quot;trust me&amp;quot; on any matter that comes up anymore. I also feel that I have no right to ask him to love me, or to ask him to do anything for me. The affair has gotten him really down, but he&amp;#39;s trying so hard to rekindle our love. He helps around the house, asks if he can help me prepare my lunches for work, basically anything you can think of. My love for him feel so dead and gone, and I have no desire to be intimate with him anymore. In fact, this last week, I told him I wanted a divorce. I&amp;#39;m desperate, I don&amp;#39;t know what to do. I don&amp;#39;t really truly want a divorce, but I feel I have no choice. I&amp;#39;m to the point where I just don&amp;#39;t care or know how to work through it anymore. I have no more feeling towards the other guy...but this affair has inflicted some permanent damage on me. Is there something wrong with me??? What do I do? I feel like I&amp;#39;m drowning...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3240135571858542479/5775984418127545638/comments/default/4849326315745179238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3240135571858542479/5775984418127545638/comments/default/4849326315745179238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.theartofloveandintimacy.com/2009/02/after-your-affair-picking-up-pieces.html?showComment=1299798289182#c4849326315745179238' title=''/><author><name>Jessica</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.theartofloveandintimacy.com/2009/02/after-your-affair-picking-up-pieces.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240135571858542479.post-5775984418127545638' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3240135571858542479/posts/default/5775984418127545638' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1789593907'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240135571858542479.post-8933112625303724715</id><published>2010-12-06T06:42:17.095-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-06T06:42:17.095-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Jennifer,

I was so glad to find your blog. I h...</title><content type='html'>Hi Jennifer,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was so glad to find your blog. I have been having an affair for about a year now. My husband and I have had a rocky marriage from the start, and I&amp;#39;m afraid all the love (if there was any in the beginning) drained out. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was honest about my affair, and tried  numerous times to break it off. My relationship is so lacking, and even though we&amp;#39;ve been going to see a therapist, I still hang on. I should probably clarify. My husband and I are actually separated (not legally, but live in different places) and now we are moving back in together in an attempt to make our marriage work. I was not able to &amp;#39;end it NOW&amp;#39; as you say (although I know that would be much better) but I have decided that when I move back in with my husband on Saturday, that that is it. A clean break. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The trouble is...I&amp;#39;m terrified. I am so scared of being without him (my lover) and to make things even worse, my husband is in the military and will be deploying in a couple of months. So I won&amp;#39;t be able to work on my relationship face to face with him for very long before he leaves. I&amp;#39;m afraid of having that void again, of feeling that lack of desire for my husband, of seeing couples who are so in love and can hardly keep their hands off of each other. I get filled with so much jealousy when I see that. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don&amp;#39;t know what&amp;#39;s wrong with me. My husband is a very nice guy, and was willing to give me a second chance,and yet, I dread moving in with him and giving up the affair. I know it has to be done, I don&amp;#39;t want to live a lie anymore. I feel like this last year has been one of the best and one of the very worst of my entire life. If that&amp;#39;s even possible. You&amp;#39;ve given so much help to others, I hope you have some words of wisdom for me. Thank you.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3240135571858542479/5775984418127545638/comments/default/8933112625303724715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3240135571858542479/5775984418127545638/comments/default/8933112625303724715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.theartofloveandintimacy.com/2009/02/after-your-affair-picking-up-pieces.html?showComment=1291635737095#c8933112625303724715' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.theartofloveandintimacy.com/2009/02/after-your-affair-picking-up-pieces.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240135571858542479.post-5775984418127545638' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3240135571858542479/posts/default/5775984418127545638' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-11788376'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240135571858542479.post-5481625513413909543</id><published>2009-02-27T11:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T11:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hello Jennifer! You are a great wake up call to me...</title><content type='html'>Hello Jennifer! You are a great wake up call to me! I'm married for 8 years and I know I love my husband so much. I was little by little starting to get bored with my life. My mind's so determined to do different, rebellious and adventurous things because I no longer feel alive. I am currenlty having an affair and am very happy. I know it's wrong because instead of investing time, care and effort to my husband, I'm doing it to someone else. Your article is making so much sense to me. Deceit and betrayal can never turn into something beautiful. I'm  now wide awake. you have no idea what kind of effect you have over me Jennifer. Thank you for hitting me bull's eye. thank you so much. Bless you for making so much sense and being a wonderful instrument to broken people like me. I am now ready to face the afermath of the clandestine affair. Bless you Jennifer</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3240135571858542479/5775984418127545638/comments/default/5481625513413909543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3240135571858542479/5775984418127545638/comments/default/5481625513413909543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.theartofloveandintimacy.com/2009/02/after-your-affair-picking-up-pieces.html?showComment=1235753160000#c5481625513413909543' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.theartofloveandintimacy.com/2009/02/after-your-affair-picking-up-pieces.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240135571858542479.post-5775984418127545638' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3240135571858542479/posts/default/5775984418127545638' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-666132671'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240135571858542479.post-5740030213204575773</id><published>2009-02-06T10:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-06T10:53:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It's important to remember that some perceived pro...</title><content type='html'>It's important to remember that some perceived problems are just differences.  We spend so much energy trying to agree about everything, when the majority of differences could enhance and expand not only the relationship itself, but the individuals involved as well.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Although neither one of us has ever had an affair, our twenty-many years together have been riddled with discord because we thought it was important for one of us to be right.  Agreeing that neither partner is right or wrong eliminates the "finding fault and placing blame" dance and gives us the opportunity to embrace the things that make us who we are.  Those things must be kept alive and allowed to grow, rather than pigeon-holed as problems.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If you think about it, those particular characteristics were most likely what attracted us to each other in the first place!!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3240135571858542479/5775984418127545638/comments/default/5740030213204575773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3240135571858542479/5775984418127545638/comments/default/5740030213204575773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.theartofloveandintimacy.com/2009/02/after-your-affair-picking-up-pieces.html?showComment=1233935580000#c5740030213204575773' title=''/><author><name>bbmom</name><uri>http://paradiseperspective.wordpress.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.theartofloveandintimacy.com/2009/02/after-your-affair-picking-up-pieces.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3240135571858542479.post-5775984418127545638' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3240135571858542479/posts/default/5775984418127545638' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-813009686'/></entry></feed>
