Blame and Affairs: The Illusion of Relief

Hello,

Blaming and affairs often go together like peanut butter and jelly. They just seem to stick. When an affair happens, one of the first impulses people have is to figure out who’s at fault. Someone must be to blame, right?

I get it. That desire to identify the culprit runs deep. It’s part of the human response to betrayal—we want a villain. It gives …