My partner had an emotional affair and wants us to go to counseling to work through it but part of me thinks they should just suffer the consequences and lose me.
More people experience this than they realize.
The choice between punishment and repair in intimate relationships forces a reckoning with whether love requires the possibility of redemption or the enforcement of boundaries.
“Where Are You with Punitive vs. restorative approaches to harm?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.