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How it Might be Possible to Win Back Trust
Dear Neil: My fiancé has cheated on me our entire 3 year relationship, having been faithful for perhaps 2 months in that 3 year period. He proposed to me a year ago, and has admitted that he only gave me a ring because of all the trouble he was in with me. But he hasn’t been faithful since ...read more
Categories: Featured Relationship Problems Conflicts or Challenges Trust and Betrayal
Repairing a Breach of Trust
Dear Neil: I have been disloyal to the man I care about, and am finding it difficult to know how to regain his trust. I had reached an emotionally ...read more
Categories: Relationship Problems Conflicts or Challenges Trust and Betrayal
Quiz: Do You Have a Hard Time Trusting People?
Note: This is the first of a two-part series.
Answer true (T) or false (F) to the following statements:
1. I believe most people can be trusted. ___ 2. I find it easy to trust those close to me. ___ 3. The people I have loved the most have been ...read more
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Trust and Betrayal
Dear Neil: I have no real trust for anyone in my life and I never really have had trust for people. I grew up with no one to count on. My mother was verbally, mentally and physically abusive to me. I was always compared to other girls. I now work in a casino in Las Vegas, as does my husband of three ...read more
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Exploring Your Trust Issues
NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series.
Have you had difficulty trusting important people in your life? More to the point, are you wanting to trust people more than you do? Trust your intimate partner more? If so, complete the following sentences as thoroughly ...read more
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Lying Boyfriend Should be Dumped!
Dear Neil: My boyfriend of seven months said when we met said he was a doctor. My mother decided to see on-line where he went to school. She never found him. So she did a background report to make sure I was safe, and lo and behold, there was no information on his job, but ...read more
Categories: Sabotaging a Relationship Trust and Betrayal
Betrayal May be Too Hard to Overcome
Dear Neil: I’ve been in an on-and-off again relationship with a man I have two children with. I love him dearly and I want to be with him. But he wants to leave in order to determine what he really wants from our relationship and how he feels about me. He’s having a hard ...read more
Categories: Dating / Singles Issues Infidelity Rejection Sex / Sexual Issues Trust and Betrayal
Long Distance Obstacle
Dear Neil: My boyfriend (Type A personality) and I (Type B) are on the brink of calling it quits after an 8 month long-distance relationship. Up until about 10 days ago, everything was wonderful. Truly wonderful. We had begun discussing marriage and we were both sure that we’d ...read more
Categories: Conflict Resolution Long Distance Relationships Trust and Betrayal
Emotional Affairs
Dear Neil: I have just discovered that my wife of two years has had what she is calling “an affair of the heart” with someone else. She assures me that they haven’t sexually consummated the relationship, and says she doesn’t love him, but says they have grown very close and emotionally ...read more
Categories: Infidelity Trust and Betrayal
When Trust is a Relationship Issue
Dear Neil: I am currently trying to salvage my relationship with my girlfriend of four years. I have caused a lot of hurt to her (drinking related), but for the last seven months I have been trying to show her that all of the bad things are gone. She says she can’t go back. ...read more
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