Your Cheating Heart Will Tell On You

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Celebrity athletes lose endorsements when they lie; the rest of us lose our integrity.

How Not to Cheat

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Marriage is simply hard work. But the good news is that attitude is everything.

“The thing about infidelity is that sometimes the affair feels ‘truer’ to the cheater than the marriage.”

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This is a comment by wellokaythen on the post “Why Do We Live With Lies in Marriage?”

Hurt People Hurt People: Infidelity and Self-Deception

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‘Hurt people hurt people’ explains, but does not pardon, the damage done by those who cheat on their partners.

Before You Cheat: 14 Things You Need to Know

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Advice on the high price of infidelity, from a man who’s paid.

Forgiving Adultery

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After cheating, a yogi learns that you have to forgive to heal.

I Became an Escort

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Felicity Hodgman treated affairs like a drug, and men as disposable.

A Chronic Cheater

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An unfaithful man ends up alone, taking a fearless personal inventory, and vows to change.

Letter to J., Who I Used to Mentor

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Michael Copperman finds that the right moment to mentor usually comes on the way to somewhere else.

Beautiful Liars

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Carl Pettit wishes politicians would stop insulting his intelligence, and put more effort into their lies.

“Why can’t we feel safe enough in our intimate relationships to reveal all of ourselves?”

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This is a comment by Nick, mostly on the post “Why Is My Boyfriend Lying to Me About His Past?”.

The Man Who Kant Lie

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How can being a good man complicate the Prisoner’s Dilemma?

Men and Lying: A Parking Lot Attendant Joyrides In Clients’ Cars

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Mark Radcliffe feels the video of a parking lot owner who is caught joyriding and then lying about it raises questions about whether men are encouraged by society to lie.

Another Impossibly Awkward Conversation

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In the follow-up to his original “Awkward Conversation,” Oliver Lee Bateman offers a disturbing example of a man who refuses to commit.

Walking Your Talk: The Path of Personal Integrity

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Do you walk your talk? Say what you mean and mean what you say? Or does your language take you down roads you’re not willing to follow?

An Honest Post About Masculinity

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Masculinity and femininity are no longer two sides to the same coin, but rather the same side. John Dwyer thinks modern culture needs to stop defining genders by their differences.