Using actual case studies, as well as examples from music, literature, and film, Dr. Pittman identifies four basic patterns of infidelitythe accidental encounter, habitual philandering, marital arrangements, and romancediscussed how to limit the damage that affairs do, and offers practical suggestions on how to make a marriage work. Dr. Pittman takes us on a remarkably informative foray into the unknown territory of marital infidelity.Why do half the people in marriages have affairs? What problems are they trying to solve?
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