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When an affair partner becomes extortive after the relationship ends

I had an affair that ended badly and now my affair partner is threatening to tell my spouse unless I pay them money.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Intimacy weaponized becomes a particular form of violation that compounds betrayal with exploitation.

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