An Affair Finally Made Me Feel Beautiful

Why the cycle of negativity and criticism fuel adultery.

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“Every girl is beautiful. Sometimes it just takes the right guy to see it.” Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook.

I’ve been married for over two decades to a man who has never called me beautiful. It kills me. Why do I stay? Some misguided sense of loyalty, shame for failing at…