This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic , Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. "M ost descriptions of troubled marriages don't seem to fit my situation," Priya insists. "Colin and I have a wonderful relationship. Great kids, no financial stresses, careers we love, great friends. He is a phenom at work, fucking handsome, attentive lover, fit, and generous to everyone, including my parents. My life is good ." Yet Priya is having an affair. "Not someone I would ever date—ever, ever, ever. He drives a truck and has tattoos. It's so clichéd, it pains me to say it out loud. It could ruin everything I've built." Priya is right. Few events in the life of a couple, except illness and death, carry such devastating force. For years, I have worked as a therapist with hundreds of couples who have been shattered by infidelity. And my conversations about affairs have not been confined within the cloistered walls of my therapy practice; they've happened on airplanes, at dinner parties, at conferences, at the nail salon, with colleagues, with the cable guy, and of course,… Read full this story
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