THE SIX TYPES OF WOMAN WHO COULD KILL YOUR MARRIAGE
1. THE SPARK
SHE might be at work, at the gym or maybe she’s even one of your friends. She might be happily married and has just taken pity on a work colleague who’s down. Perhaps they just share the same interests? In fact, she might not have given him any encouragement, but she’s lit a spark and got him thinking and it’s not good news for your marriage.
3. THE SPECIAL FRIEND
YOU probably already know her name because when someone is consumed by someone else, they can’t stop talking about them. It’s hard to know the exact point when friendship becomes betrayal. It’s fine to text a friend and discuss problems when you’re fed up. But hundreds texts in a month is not just friendship. When your partner stops mentioning her you will assume it's cooled, but that’s when it’s hotted up, and the ‘friends’ start covering their tracks.
5. THE FULL-BLOWN AFFAIR
THE full package: emotional and physical infidelity. Some husbands will insist it’s only about sex, and these are normally quick to sever all contact with their mistresses. When the full-blown affair has been emotional, too, your husband might claim he wants to save your marriage, but often he will remain secretly in touch and keep his options open.
2. THE ONLINE CONNECTION
YOUR husband might think flirting online is just a bit of fun. Unfortunately, he’s being incredibly naive. At some point online flirting has to progress, otherwise it withers and dies. And when you don’t need to deal with everyday reality, it’s easy to think you’ve found your soulmate.
4. THE EMOTIONAL AFFAIR
AT THIS point, your husband and the other woman will have declared their feelings for each other. They will be putting more and more energy into each other — and leaving both their marriages with just the scraps. The lovers may swear that they have ‘only kissed’. Even so, this is not a chaste kiss that you’d give your grandmother.
6. THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE
YOUR worst nightmare. He’ll tell you they are ‘soulmates’. He might feel ‘bad for hurting you’, but he’s openly seeing her. But please don’t panic. The truth is he doesn’t really know her and their relationship hasn’t had to deal with cold, hard reality yet. He only thinks she is the love of his life because that’s the only way to justify hurting his wife and family so much.