From the Book - First edition.
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
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.
