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Dr. Michele Leno Featured on INSIDER

Dr. Michele Leno Featured on INSIDER

Dr. Michele Leno was featured on INSIDER regarding her advice for how to navigate a relationship that starts with cheating.

 

How to make a relationship work if it started with cheating

Lauren Schumacker
Jul. 12, 2018, 10:11 AM
Cheating can cause damage to a relationship that can sometimes be repaired with a lot of honesty and patience.
  • New relationships are supposed to be happy and exciting, but cheating can bring that all crashing down — it can be way more than just a little complication.
  • However, cheating doesn’t mean the end of the relationship, nor does it mean the beginning of the end of the relationship.
  • INSIDER turned to experts to figure out how couples can make a relationship work when it starts with cheating.
  • After someone cheats, good communication is essential.
  • New boundaries are a must.

At the beginning of a new relationship, things should be exciting and, generally, happy. It’s called the “honeymoon stage” for a reason, after all. But when cheating happens at the very beginning of the relationship, those happy, butterflies-in-your-stomach feelings can become heavier and more conflicted. Cheating, of course, complicates things and, in some cases can be the end of the relationship.

 

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