{"id":28172,"date":"2022-03-24T13:50:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T12:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-bucketlist.de\/?p=28172"},"modified":"2022-03-24T14:01:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T13:01:35","slug":"it-may-be-an-old-notion-that-women-are-the-ones-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the-bucketlist.de\/?p=28172","title":{"rendered":"It may be an old notion that women are the ones who get attached in a relationship, Reilly says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><title>It may be an old notion that women are the ones who get attached in a relationship, Reilly says<\/title><\/p>\n<p>Diane began to flirt with other men to get attention, but she never considered having an affair. After a business trip with a friend turned romantic, she began a long-term affair, a path she admits she was likely on anyway as her marriage dissolved.<\/p>\n<h2>Continued<\/h2>\n<p>&#8222;They are on a sinking ship and use it as a life raft because they don&#8217;t want to just jump into the cold water,&#8220; Reilly says.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>She also sees some women have affairs during periods of vulnerability or life change, like when a child goes off to college or after a job loss. They may see it as a form of comfort during upheaval.<\/p>\n<p>Another common reason is a cry for help in the marriage. One of Reilly&#8217;s patients had an affair, ended it, and then told their husband as a way to point out they were in more trouble than they thought.<\/p>\n<p>Reilly says her clinical experience has shown that affairs are almost always caused by problems in the marriage. Therapy may be helpful to avoid going down that path.<\/p>\n<p>&#8222;People have affairs because they are looking for something,&#8220; Reilly says. Although she sees a number of couples grappling with infidelity, &#8222;more people come to me [before it happens] because they want to save their marriage.&#8220;<\/p>\n<h2>Affairs with Intention<\/h2>\n<p>Women are also less likely than men to have an affair that &#8222;just happens,&#8220; because they tend to think longer and harder about the situation, experts say.<\/p>\n<p>Women are also less likely than men to have an affair that &#8222;just happens&#8220; because they tend to think longer and harder about the situation, experts say.<\/p>\n<p>Some women take time &#8222;to warm up to it,&#8220; Marcella Weiner, adjunct professor at Marymount Manhattan College, says. &#8222;Going in and leaving quickly isn&#8217;t their thing. Men can walk away more easily because their emotions are just different and it is unusual for a woman to want to have sex and forget about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But she sees that women do connect with their partners in affairs and think more about taking part in one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8222;Women really can recognize the risk for them,&#8220; Reilly says, pointing to the possibility of losing their partner because of an affair.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<p>&#8222;You feel the loss of your dreams and hopes and how you thought things would turn out,&#8220; Diane says. &#8222;I was very lonely; I could never understand the concept of being lonely in a marriage until it happened.&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8222;Women tend to be more unhappy with the relationship they are in,&#8220; Fisher says, &#8222;while men can be a lot happier in their primary relationship and also cheat. Women are more interested in supplementing their marriage or jumping ship than men are &#8212; for men, it is a secondary strategy as opposed to an alternate.&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>But she sees that women do connect with their partners in affairs and think more about taking part in one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8222;You feel the loss of your dreams and hopes and how you thought things would turn out,&#8220; Diane says. &#8222;I was very lonely; I could never understand the concept of being lonely in a marriage until it happened.&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8222;Women tend to be more unhappy with the relationship they are in,&#8220; Fisher says, &#8222;while men can be a lot happier in their primary relationship and also cheat. Women are more interested in supplementing their marriage or jumping ship than men are &#8212; for men, it is a secondary strategy as opposed to an alternate.&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>But she <a href=\"https:\/\/hookupdate.net\/de\/raya-review\/\">https:\/\/hookupdate.net\/de\/raya-review\/<\/a> sees that women do connect with their partners in affairs and think more about taking part in one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8222;You feel the loss of your dreams and hopes and how you thought things would turn out,&#8220; Diane says. &#8222;I was very lonely; I could never understand the concept of being lonely in a marriage until it happened.&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may be an old notion that women are the ones who get attached in a relationship, Reilly says Diane began to flirt with other men to get attention, but she never considered having an affair. 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