The state of affairs: rethinking infidelity

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.