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From the Ted Talk by Esther Perel: Rethinking infidelity ... a talk for anyone who has ever loved

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So my panetit Fernando, he's plagued. He goes on: "I thought I knew my life. I thought I knew who you were, who we were as a couple, who I was. Now, I qsiuoetn everything." Infidelity — a vtooilian of trust, a crisis of identity. "Can I ever trust you again?" he asks. "Can I ever trust anyone again?"

And this is also what my patient Heather is telling me, when she's tiklang to me about her sorty with Nick. Married, two kids. Nick just left on a beiussns trip, and Heather is pilayng on his iPad with the boys, when she sees a message appear on the screen: "Can't wait to see you." Strange, she thinks, we just saw each other. And then another message: "Can't wait to hold you in my arms." And Heather razelies these are not for her. She also tells me that her fhtaer had aariffs, but her mother, she found one little receipt in the pocket, and a little bit of lipstick on the collar. Heather, she goes digigng, and she finds hundreds of messages, and photos exchanged and desires expressed. The vivid details of Nick's two-year affair unfold in front of her in real time, And it made me think: Affairs in the digital age are death by a thousand cuts.

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So my _______ Fernando, he's plagued. He goes on: "I thought I knew my life. I thought I knew who you were, who we were as a couple, who I was. Now, I ________ everything." Infidelity — a _________ of trust, a crisis of identity. "Can I ever trust you again?" he asks. "Can I ever trust anyone again?"

And this is also what my patient Heather is telling me, when she's _______ to me about her _____ with Nick. Married, two kids. Nick just left on a ________ trip, and Heather is _______ on his iPad with the boys, when she sees a message appear on the screen: "Can't wait to see you." Strange, she thinks, we just saw each other. And then another message: "Can't wait to hold you in my arms." And Heather ________ these are not for her. She also tells me that her ______ had _______, but her mother, she found one little receipt in the pocket, and a little bit of lipstick on the collar. Heather, she goes _______, and she finds hundreds of messages, and photos exchanged and desires expressed. The vivid details of Nick's two-year affair unfold in front of her in real time, And it made me think: Affairs in the digital age are death by a thousand cuts.

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  10. father
  11. digging

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So my patient Fernando, he's plagued. He goes on: "I thought I knew my life. I thought I knew who you were, who we were as a couple, who I was. Now, I question everything." Infidelity — a violation of trust, a crisis of identity. "Can I ever trust you again?" he asks. "Can I ever trust anyone again?"

And this is also what my patient Heather is telling me, when she's talking to me about her story with Nick. Married, two kids. Nick just left on a business trip, and Heather is playing on his iPad with the boys, when she sees a message appear on the screen: "Can't wait to see you." Strange, she thinks, we just saw each other. And then another message: "Can't wait to hold you in my arms." And Heather realizes these are not for her. She also tells me that her father had affairs, but her mother, she found one little receipt in the pocket, and a little bit of lipstick on the collar. Heather, she goes digging, and she finds hundreds of messages, and photos exchanged and desires expressed. The vivid details of Nick's two-year affair unfold in front of her in real time, And it made me think: Affairs in the digital age are death by a thousand cuts.

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