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Being open about the affair has many benefits.

It cripples the rumor mill, taking away the secretive intrigue. If it's out in the open, people have less to speculate about and less to talk about.

It makes it possible for us to help other couples going through it. Dealing with this can be an incredibly lonely experience. We want to help make it less lonely for couples.

Keeping it a secret doesn't help anyone and it's only built on the social need to keep up appearances. That's useless in a world where the only people's opinions that I care about are my family's.



I can only hope to be as level-headed as you seem to be when life throws a new wrench my way. Good for you, and thanks.


I first read it as "when life throws a new wench my way", and had to read it again since that would have been a clever pun.




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