Wives with Cheating Husbands Can Gain the Upper Hand

Ruth Houston
Most wives with cheating husbands put up with their husband’s infidelity because they feel they have no choice. Or they simply suffer in silence because they don’t know what else to do. There’s no need to sit back and be a helpless victim, if your husband is cheating on you. You may not realize it, but you have a lot more power and control than you think.

There’s a lot you can do to make the best of a bad situation and in the process, minimize a lot of the damage infidelity can cause. With a careful plan of action, you can actually gain the upper hand. And most of it can be done quietly behind the scenes.

You Can Gain the Upper Hand

There are several practical steps you can take to gain the upper hand, even if you aren’t sure yet whether to leave your husband or stay with him and try to get your marriage back on track.

The damage infidelity can cause falls into four main areas:

mental/emotional

sexual

legal

financial

If you take steps to protect yourself mentally/emotionally, sexually, legally and financially, you will gain the upper hand. And best of all, doing these things will leave you feeling empowered, rather than victimized.

Find Out All You Can about His Affair

Your first step in gaining the upper hand is to find out everything you can about your husband’s affair. This knowledge will come in handy in helping you determine exactly what you need to do to gain the upper hand. Gathering information about his affair doesn’t have to involve hiring a private detective or buying fancy surveillance equipment. It’s a lot easier than you think. All you need are your own eyes and ears and your personal knowledge of your husband. Of course, knowing what to look for is the key. There are many good infidelity books on the market that can help you, but there’s only one that lists practically every known sign of infidelity, including the subtle signs most women usually overlook -- Is He Cheating on You? – 829 Telltale Signs. Most women are amazed at how much information they can find with the help of this 192-page book, which also comes in e-book format. The signs in this book are conveniently grouped into 21 major categories so you can easily locate the signs that apply to your husband, your marriage, and your situation.


What You Can Learn from the Signs You Find

You’ll be amazed at how much you can learn about your husband’s extramarital affair from the kind of telltale signs you find. Certain signs of infidelity can tell you

what kind of affair you’re dealing with (emotional, sexual, online, workplace or same-sex affair)

what stage of development the affair is in, ( budding, full-blown, fading, or somewhere in between)

when, where, and how often your husband and his mistress meet

who she is

where she works or lives

what her habits, hobbies, and interests are

how deeply he’s involved (is it serious or just a fling?)

how much of a threat it poses to your marriage, and more.

Using this Knowledge to Gain the Upper Hand

Knowledge is power. The more you know about your husband’s extramarital affair, the easier it will be for you to gain the upper hand. You can use this knowledge to your advantage. For example, based on what you’ve learned you may be able to

find a way to sabotage your husband’s affair.

prevent an emotional or cyber affair from progressing to a sexual affair

arrange to get professional help to save your marriage before it’s too late

prepare yourself in advance for an impending divorce

safeguard your financial assets

protect yourself from sexually-transmitted diseases

FREE Upper Hand Tip Sheet Tells What to Do

You don’t have to be one of those helpless victims of infidelity who gets swept along with the tide. Armed with the knowledge you gained from the signs of infidelity you found, you can now put the odds in your favor. For 14 specific steps you can take to gain the upper hand, send for your free copy of “How Wives with Cheating Husbands Can Gain the Upper Hand.” E-mail InfidelityAdvice@gmail.com with the words “Upper Hand Tip Sheet-ac” in the subject line.
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Ruth Houston

Infidelity expert Ruth Houston is the founder of www.InfidelityAdvice.com and author of Is He Cheating on You? – 829 Telltale Signs , which lists practically every known sign of infidelity, including the subtle signs most women overlook.

Ruth is frequently called on by the media to comment on popular infidelity issues in the news. She has been quoted in USA Today, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Post, the Chicago Tribune, Cosmopolitan, Chatelaine, Maclean's, the Toronto Sun, the Houston Chronicle, Newsday, the Miami Herald, the Christian Science Monitor, msnbc.com, Fox News.com, ABC News.com, Crain´s New York Business, MSN Lifestyle, iVillage, Newhouse News Service, UPI, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Entertainment Online, Univision Online, Visao, the Observer, Flare, the National Post and numerous other print and online media.

She has been a guest on The Today Show, CNN, Fox News, ABC News, NBC News, Telemundo, Ireland´s Late Late Show, BBC, CBC, 1010WINS, Sirius Satellite Radio, PowerTalkFM, Court TV Radio, and over 360 other radio and TV talk shows in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, New Zealand, Australia and the Caribbean.

For more information about signs of infidelity, cheating husbands, or extramarital affairs -- or to see a list of the FREE infidelity tip sheets available, visit http://www.InfidelityAdvice.com

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