Hey fellow travelers, I'm Lori Gottlieb. I'm the author of maybe you should talk to someone and I write the dear therapist column for the Atlantic.

And I'm Guy Winch.

I wrote Emotional First Aid, and I write a Dear Guy column for Ted.

And this is Dear Therapists.

This week, a man struggles to trust his wife again

after she has an affair.

She said, I'm sorry for everything I've done.

I know you were hurt.

I would like to work it out with you.

Could you give me a chance? I said said why do you want to come back listen in and maybe

learn something about yourself in the process

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By submitting a letter you are agreeing to let IH Media use it in part or in full and we may edit it for length and or clarity. Hi Lori.

Hi Guy.

So this week we have another letter about infidelity,

but this one is about the attempt to repair.

And it goes like this.

Dear therapists, I caught my wife of 13 years cheating.

At first we agreed to separate

and were going through the early stages of divorce.

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