From the Book - First edition.
Part I: Setting the stage. A new conversation about marriage and infidelity
Defining infidelity: is chatting cheating?
Affairs are not what they used to be. Part II: The fallout. Why betrayal hurts so much: death by a thousand cuts
Little shop of horrors: do some affairs hurt more than others?
Jealousy: the spark of eros
Self-blame or vengeance: the dagger cuts both ways
To tell or not to tell?: The politics of secrecy and revelation. Part III: Meanings and motives. Even happy people cheat: mining the meanings of affairs
An antidote to deadness: the lure of the forbidden
Is sex ever just sex?: The emotional economics of adultery
The mother of all betrayals?: Affairs among other marital misdemeanors
The lover's dilemma: conversations with the other woman. Part IV: Ever after. Monogamy and its discontents: rethinking marriage
After the storm: the legacy of an affair.
From the Book - First Harper paperbacks edition.
Part I: Setting the stage. A new conversation about marriage and infidelity
Defining infidelity: is chatting cheating?
Affairs are not what they used to be. Part II: The fallout. Why betrayal hurts so much: death by a thousand cuts
Little shop of horrors: do some affairs hurt more than others?
Jealousy: the spark of eros
Self-blame or vengeance: the dagger cuts both ways
To tell or not to tell?: The politics of secrecy and revelation. Part III: Meanings and motives. Even happy people cheat: mining the meanings of affairs
An antidote to deadness: the lure of the forbidden
Is sex ever just sex?: The emotional economics of adultery
The mother of all betrayals?: Affairs among other marital misdemeanors
The lover's dilemma: conversations with the other woman. Part IV: Ever after. Monogamy and its discontents: rethinking marriage
After the storm: the legacy of an affair.