We never want to be taken for granted, but our partners should be able to expect our honest loyalty. That is a powerfully strong foundation block for a relationship. I want to meet the greatest expectations, without being the greatest fraud.

If we are sharing challenges and concerns, laughter and life stories, dreams and dramas with someone other than our mate, we are making precious, intimate connections with someone other than our mate. We need to keep not only physical, but emotional and intellectual connections strong and active with our beloved.

There is tremendous trauma in the betrayal caused by a perpetual liar as they repeatedly commit psychological abuse.

When we resort to screaming at someone, we are revealing weakness and a sense of helplessness. If we can’t seem to get our message or feelings across any other way, then we get angry, and we get loud!

I think we need to develop a powerful dose of tolerance to understand each other’s humanness. None of us is perfect.

Extra-marital affairs become things of legend… and often the undoing of legends… and mere mortals.