{"id":36,"date":"2012-04-10T16:34:59","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T06:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caring4couples.com.au\/Blog\/?p=36"},"modified":"2012-08-02T18:33:03","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T08:33:03","slug":"would-an-affair-mean-the-end-of-your-marriage-or-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caring4couples.com.au\/Blog\/would-an-affair-mean-the-end-of-your-marriage-or-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Would an affair mean the end of your marriage or relationship?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Do affairs cause bad marriages \u2026 or do bad marriages cause affairs?<\/p>\n<p>All affairs can cause bad marriages but not all bad marriages cause affairs. Having an affair, cheating on a spouse, is no way to solve problems in a marriage.<\/p>\n<p>While it certainly can be true that problems in a marriage can lead to loneliness, unhappiness and sadness, making a decision to have an affair is the responsibility of the person who makes the choice to cheat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sally Connolly discusses the different reasons for affairs in her blog article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mentalhelp.net\/poc\/view_doc.php?type=doc&amp;id=46795&amp;cn=289\">Bad\u00a0 Marriages and Affairs (April 3 2012).<\/a> It makes interesting reading and invites the question of what comes first? Does a bad marriage lead to an affair or does an affair bring on the demise of a marriage?<\/p>\n<p>What are your views and \/or experience? If your partner had an affair would it mean the end of your relationship for you? Feel free to start a discussion!<\/p>\n<p>Author: Christine Bennett Marriage Counselling at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caring4couples.com.au\">caring4couples.com.au<\/a><br \/>\n<!-- Start of StatCounter Code --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nvar sc_project=3200037; \nvar sc_invisible=0; \nvar sc_partition=23; \nvar sc_security=\"602c92fb\"; \n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"statcounter\"><a class=\"statcounter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.statcounter.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"statcounter\" src=\"http:\/\/c24.statcounter.com\/3200037\/0\/602c92fb\/0\/\" alt=\"free hit counter\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><!-- End of StatCounter Code --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Do affairs cause bad marriages \u2026 or do bad marriages cause affairs? All affairs can cause bad marriages but not all bad marriages cause affairs. 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