In this article, I will turn a relationship with a married man inside out - the advice of a psychologist will help you put together in your head a complete picture of what is really happening between him and you. And then you will receive step-by-step instructions on how to break up with a married man, if that is what you want, of course.

I have seen this picture more than once: a girl starts a relationship with an older man, falls madly in love with him in the blink of an eye, and then, having learned the terrible truth, seeks support from her friends, but time passes, and she continues to play the role of a mistress in the relationship. And the longer she does this, the more difficult it will be for her to get out of this role.

Therefore, I hope that you opened this article for a reason, and after reading it, you will take real actions to get out of the role of a mistress. There are many options for distributing roles in the wife-husband-mistress triangle; in this article we will look at one of the most popular options. You can go straight from the content to step-by-step steps to get out of a relationship with a married man. But in order to guarantee this and never step on this rake again, first find out why you ended up in this relationship. To solve a problem, you need to know its roots. So, a relationship with a married man is advice from a psychologist.

Why does a man have a mistress?

The time of primitive people has long since sunk into oblivion. Hunting, gathering and life in caves were left behind. Now we travel through the air, communicate across thousands of kilometers and conceive children in test tubes. As monogamous creatures, we created the institution of family to provide security for our children. But primitive instincts remained at the helm. They still control us, preventing evolution from taking over.

One of the basic primitive instincts is the instinct of competition. It is expressed in a thirst for superiority over others and is more prevalent in men. This is the desire to be first, to assert oneself, to become a winner. How do men assert themselves in front of each other? Differently. For the competitive instinct, it doesn’t matter what exactly you are first at. The main thing is to gain the upper hand over others, and this will be enough to satisfy your basic needs.
The more expensive your car, the higher your position, the more yachts you have, the cooler you are than others. Everyone has different values, which is why the list is endless. But the similarity of all points is one thing - they make you a winner in an unspoken competition among men. One of the main items on this list for a man is his woman. You can tell a lot about a man by the woman next to him. A woman is the main indicator of a man’s status. The more charismatic, beautiful, well-groomed, confident, and interesting she is, the better the man standing next to her looks in the eyes of society. And if he has two or more such women, he automatically gets into the big league.

Unfortunately, in Western countries such male behavior is not condemned in society and is considered acceptable. Thus, one of the reasons that a man takes a mistress is the desire to assert himself in the market of love relationships. The presence of two women in a man means that he is a good lover, it is interesting to be with him and he is most likely self-sufficient and wealthy. He feels power in his hands. There are many more reasons, besides the desire to assert himself, why a man can have a mistress. They can be combined in one sentence: reluctance to solve problems that have arisen within the marriage, but instead looking for a solution on the outside.

Rules of a game in which you lost in advance

In the wife-husband-mistress triangle, there is a real game of survival. The man is in the most advantageous position. He draws energy from two women, and thus his chances of achieving material success double, and his social prestige and success with women grow before his eyes. He knows that at home his shirts will be ironed and dinner will be prepared, and outside the house a beauty will be waiting for him, always ready to satisfy his sexual needs.

Both women are in a kind of competition, fighting for him, which especially increases his self-confidence and gives him a feeling of superiority. The second place in this game is taken by the wife. Firstly, a man never leaves where he feels good. And please note that many wives are calm about the fact that their husbands have mistresses. They know that the husband will not go anywhere, and if something happens, he will have something to blame. Many wives admit that their sex life with their husband flared up again after the husband took a mistress. In addition, the wife always remains the dominant, main woman in a man’s life. He lives with her, doesn’t hide her from anyone, spends most of his time with her. After all, he is married to her.
And only the mistress always loses in this battle. A girl whose needs were never met as a child could potentially become a mistress. This is a girl living as a victim. So, the mistress is in a no-win situation. At first (for some it’s several months, for others it’s ten years) the girl is in thoughtless anticipation of something that will never happen. She believes and hopes that the man will leave his family for her. Often she builds these illusions on her own, despite the fact that the man has never even told her that he wants to leave his wife.

She weaves her fabric of illusions from some scraps of phrases and omissions. Reads thoughts that don't exist. Several years pass, and she already puts up with the fact that she spends all the holidays alone, and the man pays off either with flowers, or even just a text message. But there is still hope in her soul that someday they will be together. After some time, she turns into a powerless slave of his interests. Where they will meet, when they can call each other, when they will see each other again - he decides all this.

Over time, the lover will understand that she was playing a game in which she was expected to fail in advance. But the main thing is that it is not too late. If a man talks to you only in hints and does not promise anything, then you are in a game in which you lost in advance. If a man promised, fed you breakfast, but did not leave his wife for you in the first year of the relationship, then rest assured that he will never leave her.

Why he will never leave the family - 3 reasons

There are a great many answers to this question. Let's look at three main reasons that force a man to stay in the family:

Reason #1: Habit

He is used to living the way he lives. I got used to my wife and their existing relationship. They have common children, mutual friends and acquaintances, and a beloved dog. Their duties and areas of responsibility are distributed, and at least they are already comfortable living like this. Simply abandoning an already established life is a dubious idea.

Reason #2: Fear of the unknown

He does not leave his usual life for fear of the unknown. His life is already arranged, and if he wants to change everything, there is a risk of being left with nothing. How will children, friends, parents react to his decision? What if everyone turns their backs on him? Besides, he doesn’t fully know whether things would work out with him or not. After all, he never lived with you, did not share life. You can be a great lover for him, but who said you will be a good wife? And what makes you think that he will be a good husband for you? After all, you at least already know that he is prone to cheating and knows how to lie.

Reason #3: You let it happen

Why would a man change anything if you are already with him? If you initially gave him an ultimatum of “choose - me or your wife,” then, of course, he would have to choose. But you yourself agreed to play the role of a mistress, thereby admitting your defeat and coming to terms with it. Of course, you may object: “But there are cases when husbands leave their families and go to their mistresses!” Yes, it happens. But extremely rarely.

Don’t indulge yourself in the illusion that your case is exceptional. Tell me, if a hundred people jump from the roof of a skyscraper and one of them survives by luck, would you think it is safe to jump?

How to break up with a married man - step-by-step instructions

So, your beloved man is married - what to do? Now that you know so much about dating a married man, I suggest you get into it. And if you are not ready yet, I will share a secret with you: you will never be ready for this. You will endure until the last moment, until your cup of patience overflows and bursts. But it is likely that at that moment you will already be 40 or 45, and you will not be able to remember anything about your life, except for thoughtless waiting. So make up your mind right now. Otherwise, you will close the article and live in this torment for many more years. So, how to break up with a married man, advice from a psychologist:

Step #1: Prioritize

Prioritize your life. Do you want to have a family? Children? Build relationships that turn into strong and long-term ones? So don't waste your life on a person who has all this already arranged, and tell him about it. Do it softly, subtly and carefully. Hint that you have different goals. You want family comfort and warmth. If you confidently convey this idea to your lover and stand your ground, he will hear and understand you. Show him your determination in this direction.

Step #2: Ignore

After talking about priorities, stop answering his calls and messages, and if you meet, stay calm and walk by if possible. Delete his messages without reading them and he will stop writing. Do all this without showing any emotion. There is no need to change the number or add it to the blacklist. All these actions will indicate that he means something to you. And this, in turn, will encourage him to make further attempts to contact you.

If you answer him angrily, “Don’t call me! Leave me alone! I don’t love you anymore!”, such a reaction will be perceived by a man as a game and a signal to continue the relationship. Be outwardly calm and ignore any of his attempts to continue communication. Don't trigger your memories. Do not go to his page, do not review photos and videos, do not re-read messages. The fewer things that remind you of him, the sooner you will get over it and forget.

Step #3: Step Out of the Victim Role

If you are in a relationship with a married man, then most likely you are in the role of a victim. The victim is different in that she cannot do what she wants, she endures for a long time, instead of bending the circumstances to suit herself. She tends to wear rose-colored glasses and believe that everything will work itself out someday.

The victim allows circumstances to control her, and she herself cannot change anything, because “the family won’t approve, I’m not the right age, I won’t find a better job, they’ll laugh at me, he’ll leave me.” Especially for those who are in the role of a victim, I made a video lasting 1 hour, consisting of practical tasks and exercises, after completing which you will stop allowing people and circumstances to control you, learn to defend yourself, speak out loud about what you not satisfied, and you will become an independent person. You will be able to take control of the situation with your man and resolve this conflict in your favor.

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Take this step seriously, it will determine whether you step on this rake again or finally begin to build a mature, healthy and harmonious relationship in which your partner will listen to your desires and satisfy them.

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Step #4: Let the Negativity Out

Don't store emotions inside yourself. If they don’t come out now, then it will seem to you that the feelings of the breakup are already over, and then, six months later, the emotions will come flooding in, as if you broke up yesterday. Take part in sports and free creativity. Start running or sign up for a dance class. Draw, sculpt, create! Release your emotions through physical activity or transfer them to canvas. If you feel like crying, cry. Along with your emotions, thoughts, feelings, and desires associated with your ex-man will come out of you.

Step #5: Let go of grudges

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Conclusion

So, we figured out what a relationship with a married man really is like - the advice of a psychologist, I hope, helped you with this. Believe me, there is a young, promising, smart, handsome and, most importantly, free man in the world with whom you can start a family and build a harmonious, mature relationship. He will love you, and you will love him. But admit it honestly, while you are in a relationship with a married man, you are blocking your path to your personal female happiness.
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If it used to be considered a shameful vice for a woman to date a “married man,” now it is somewhat depressingly ubiquitous. The psychology of relationships with a married man is no longer surprising to anyone. Although it would seem natural that this is wrong and bad. What to do and how to act in a situation where, as in the song “I love a married man”?

Psychology - the “Why” aspect

So why are women constantly drawn to the seemingly forbidden? They are not blind, not stupid, and are often fully aware of what they are doing. As well as the consequences. But all the same, as if into a pool, they rush headlong into dangerous, dubious relationships.

We can start with the fact that, of course, how many people there are, so many different opinions. Each woman had her own reason for starting such a relationship and each of them answered the question - Is it worth it? - differently. And, nevertheless, there is a specific number of reasons:

• Everything is ready. A married man is, as a rule, already an accomplished person. Both in the family, in society and in career.

• Freedom. You don’t need to wait for him to come home in the evening, cook his food, wash his clothes, or somehow keep track of your actions. Another woman is already doing all this. The mistress has much more free time, which she can spend on herself.

• Celebration atmosphere. If the wife sees a man in all his remarkable and not very beautiful, then the woman on the side is familiar only with his positive qualities.

• Money. Comments here will be unnecessary.

• Reluctance to get married. Sometimes a situation happens when you want love, but getting married is quite the opposite. Then the point about freedom and easy relationships results in this one. A married man will not demand any special obligations from his mistress.

• Low self-esteem. The thought that there are catastrophically few good men around and the fear of loneliness sometimes push women to do something else. Therefore, they are content with “what is”.

• Hope. Love is evil... or, to use the proverb: without fish, there’s cancer – fish. Especially if this “cancer” every now and then promises to leave his family for her, beloved and unique. And the woman believes these words. And this belief in her exclusivity, that everything will be different for her than everyone else, forces her to remain in such relationships. But life is not a film with a lyrical ending or a love book. In reality, such promises often remain empty promises.

Relationship with a married man

What to do if a woman nevertheless decides to start a relationship with a “married man”? The psychologist’s advice on this matter is based on the basic principle: you need to be realistic. That is, ready for the fact that such love can suddenly end at any moment. And you certainly can’t gossip about such a relationship with your friend.

The main plus and at the same time minus is that no one owes anything to each other. It is not difficult to sleep with a married man whom you love, but it will not be easy for a woman to start dating him and, moreover, to keep him close to her and make some plans. Under no circumstances should meetings be advertised, otherwise this will immediately undermine trust. You shouldn’t put pressure on a man with your connection either - he understands perfectly well that he has no obligations to you. He already has a family with a wife and children. If he needs a relationship on the side, he can always find himself another, less demanding passion. Therefore, if the goal is to win the heart of this particular man, you will have to work hard, measuredly and carefully, making him fall in love with you and everything that will be associated with her.

But it’s still far from a fact that a man will leave his family for his mistress. The fact is that a man cannot just pick up and go to where he will be better off. Most likely, if the marriage breaks up, it will not be because of the beloved lady on the side, but because of the great discord in one’s own family. Only if the legitimate relationship did not show itself well or burned out, turning out to be a mistake, then the man will divorce and go to his passionately awaiting mistress. Otherwise, no forces of great love will force him to leave his native nest called “family.”

Exit from the cage

Sooner or later, the realization comes that the man is still not going to leave the house with children and a married woman, but he no longer wants to put up with this. How to end such a relationship?

The advice of psychologists is quite simple: you need to mentally prepare yourself before breaking off a relationship with a married man. Write down all his shortcomings on paper and look at this piece of paper more often. Think about the question: is it really necessary? Most likely, the mistress of a married man has no prospects in terms of her own family well-being. And sooner or later, every woman will want to have her own children and a normal family. Then karma will definitely not be on this woman’s side...

How to end a relationship?

Secret meetings and constant secrecy can also adversely affect the general background of life. Especially with a man who is younger than his second chosen one. You need to decisively declare this intention to your married partner, calmly and rationally convey your point of view to him. This relationship does not have the future that you want. You will have to come to terms with the separation and be sure to ask them never to bother you again. This is difficult, but otherwise, instead of a period, a blurry comma will appear in the relationship. Especially if a man tries to dissuade his mistress from such a “hasty decision.” It could be a parting gift in the form of a last date or something similar. But in reality, this is just a trick to avoid ending the relationship.

Interesting videos

Today I was visiting some very nice people. And we started a conversation with them about whether it was worth dating a married man. Everyone expressed their opinion, and we came to the conclusion that those women who get involved with married men are very unhappy and they will not have happiness until they stop being in such illusions. Well, let's take a closer look...

• A married man will not leave his wife for his mistress... if he did not leave in the first six months of the relationship. Well, in extreme cases, one and a half to two. Psychologists say this. And this, in principle, is logical! When, as they say, passions run high, and a man seems not “like everyone else,” when he is “crazy” about his mistress. In general, when they are both surrounded by a kind of romantic aura and see no one around, and both are wearing rose-colored glasses.

Because this is his nature - he runs away from responsibility like fire, he needs romantic adventures, “butterflies in the stomach”, a constant celebration of life! In general, this infantile comrade is far from being a real man!

And don't think that from You then he definitely won’t leave, because “he loves you so much”! Well, about love - it’s said loudly (!), more on that below. He also swore his love to his wife when they walked down the aisle. Don't believe him when he says he didn't marry for love. What else? We are not in the Stone Age, and no one decided anything for it. And he didn’t handcuff him to the battery.

And he is not a small child. And an adult, conscious person. He says all this to get you into bed. He cannot tell you the whole truth, otherwise you will not agree to an intimate relationship with him. Tell me, would you go to bed with him if he said: I will continue to live with my wife, we just have temporary difficulties, quarrels, like all married couples, and we married for love. I doubt you would be with him in that case. So, take note that he is also a manipulator.

He knows how to hook you, what phrases to say to you, in general, don’t be fooled, you’re a smart woman.

• His endless lies and false promises await you. Because he has such a nature, he lies and dodges, both in relation to his wife and in relation to his mistress. He lies to his mistress that he and his wife have had nothing for a long time, they live in different rooms, like neighbors, only for the sake of the children, etc. He lies that he will leave as soon as... so right away - from his wife, it’s just that now is “not the time”, the children are small, then the children need to finish school, then all the children need to get married, then the grandchildren should be born soon... now is again “not the time”.

Never mess with married people! Never settle for second place! Don’t let a man believe that you can be second even for a moment! He will lie that time will pass, that you are the most precious thing to him, that you need to wait a little... all this is bullshit... What role you agree to - that’s your price! For life!
(film “An adult daughter or a test for...”)

This is how he will lie and dodge until his mistress gets tired of it, or until she takes off her “rose-colored glasses.”

And he lies to his wife, pretending that everything is normal, that he has no one, and at the slightest suspicion, he lulls her vigilance with lies, keeping her in the illusion of a “normal” family. And how all this pleases his inflated vanity! Together with the “Don Juan” there are as many as two, or even three, or four women, and everyone is fighting for him, the “super man”. Oh, how this pleases his pride.

• It is immoral. It doesn't matter whether you believe in God or not, life will give you that boomerang. Either you will be with him, but it will be HELL - this life together with such a specimen. Or he will simply leave you for another, and even the child born by you from him will not stop him. Did you really hope that by giving him a child, he would stay with you?
• He doesn't love you. He doesn't love anyone. If he loved you, he wouldn't use you. Can you imagine a normal man, responsible, worthy? Introduced? Such a man would not allow his woman to suffer, he simply would not let you near him, knowing that he could not offer you anything serious. How about using it? Wow.

Well, I ask you, think, can a worthy man do this? And believe me, if he treats his wife and children so vilely, deceiving them, then with the same success he treats to you. Because, remember, a very important idea, It's impossible to be mean on only one side, deceiving only the other side. He is deceiving you too, rest assured. Since he is capable of deception and hypocrisy, then, excuse me, with everyone. It's just in his nature and it doesn't cost him anything. This is nature.

• You will be unhappy and humiliated. But not at once. At first you will be inspired, at first. And then you will get tired of spending all weekends and holidays alone, because at that time he will be with his family. With his legal family. And you will secretly meet him in the corners, because he will not even invite you to a cafe, restaurant, cinema and other establishments, because he is afraid that someone will inadvertently see you and tell his wife.

You will be in such an unenviable position, knowing that his wife spends most of her time with him, freely and legally, and you get the pitiful crumbs from someone else's table. You will be on the outskirts stranger life.

Don't you deserve better? Is that all you need?

The behavior of married men and their common phrases have long been studied. All these stories are written as if they were carbon copies, and the woman, blinded by passion, still doesn’t believe it. Yes, she doesn’t even consider herself a mistress; this word seems ugly and vulgar to her.

She sincerely considers herself loved, and that they have everything at all not like others, they have everything differently, That's for sure!

And if you don’t come to your senses and leave him, then you will be bitterly disappointed. It's better to leave with minimal losses. But after a little time, having endured and worked on yourself, you will understand that you have not lost, but found... YOURSELF. And you will become completely different, with different views, worldview, in general, you will become happy. Respect yourself and take real care of yourself.

And further. If he really really loves you and cannot imagine his life without you. Let it be not in words, but in action. No, there is no need to demand that he leave the family. What I mean is this:

If it’s true that his marriage is falling apart at the seams, and his wife is like a neighbor to him, then let him separate from her. And a free one will come to you. Then we can talk about something. And then it will definitely be clear that he really needs you, and he and his wife are like neighbors. In all other cases, don't waste your time. Better yet, take care of yourself and let your life sparkle with new colors.

And then it won’t matter whether you have a relationship with a man or not. And if it is important, then a full-fledged relationship will be acceptable for you, and you will no longer be satisfied with furtive meetings. And this will give you self-confidence, as well. Respect yourself, work on yourself, become the best for yourself, and then the best will come to you. 100% yours.

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And if you have already gotten yourself into such an unhealthy relationship, then it is better to leave. It won’t be easy, you’re used to it, and you can’t even imagine how to do it yet. But it's possible. In this article I tell you with minimal losses.

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The site for bitches Koshechka.ru today will help you figure out what to do with a married man, if it so happens that your choice fell on him.

The question is all the more relevant because today it is a fairly common occurrence, and it is a rare girl who can avoid this kind of adventure. Unfortunately, the statistics are inexorable: the number of women still far exceeds the number of men, so even the most notorious bitch has little choice.

The situation is complicated by the fact that by the age of 25, finding an unmarried man of the same age for a girl is like winning the lottery. What can you do, while you were getting an education and making a career, others were purposefully looking for a husband. Everyone got what they wanted.

And now, when you have time for your personal life, the same one appeared in it, “captured” several years ago by your enterprising peer, who, perhaps, made a noble gesture in response to a tearful message: “Honey, I’m pregnant,” a stranger in the eyes of society , and in your heart - the only one. Your romance has been going on for quite a long time, it is exhausting and does not give any hope for continuation, but it is so difficult to make any decision.

In fact, there are only two options: either break up with him, or force him to divorce his wife and formalize your relationship as it should be. Let's take a closer look at all the points relating to this sensitive issue.

What to do with a married man? All possible options

Take everything you can from life

If it so happens that your man is married and at the moment this is the only option you have, just be glad that he is there. When asked what to do with a married man, the answer is simple: nothing. Enjoy what he can give you: sex, love, tenderness, care, gifts.

You have a mutually beneficial union in which everyone is free to make a choice. While there is no alternative, hold your tit in your hands, but do not forget to peer into the sky: perhaps the crane is just circling somewhere above your head.

Go with the flow

What to do with a married man if thoughts about his wife haunt him? Don't think about her! Especially if you are not going to take him away from the family at all, but are simply meeting him at the call of your heart. Does she love him? But you also have the right to love!

It doesn’t matter how your relationship with your current lover turns out later, at the present moment - here and now - you feel good together. In the end, everything has its advantages: you don’t expect him to propose, knowing that he cannot do it. Relationships do not promise anything, which means there will be no disappointment from them.

It's not your fault that you fell in love with a man who already has a family. Besides, you can’t force yourself to be nice. He has feelings specifically for you, this cannot be changed even by the boldest stamp in the passport. Stay calm and don't torment yourself with pangs of conscience. You have absolutely nothing to blame yourself for. Just wait to see how the relationship turns out and don’t regret anything.

Take it away

In fact, it already belongs to you. What to do with a married man who is simply stalling for time to have a decisive conversation with his wife? Fight. Especially if you understand that the feeling that has arisen is something much more than an ordinary whim.

Love is worth fighting for even with your legal spouse. And, of course, if you are a real bitch, you will not back down from any obstacle. It is likely that his marriage was just a mistake, for which all three now have to pay: him, him. In this case, you just have to cut this knot and put everything in its place.

Be patient

Well, what else can you do with a married man if you don’t tolerate it? After all, you knew what you were getting into when you started this relationship. Just wait out this difficult period in your life when you have to share your beloved man with his wife. Time will put everything in its place, so relationships cannot last forever.

Until the happy moment of resolving the triangle comes, be patient and try not to force things. If you start putting pressure on him, he will most likely either leave you, unable to withstand the pressure and strength of your character, or make a too rash decision, as a result of which the knot will only tighten even tighter.

the site advises: know how to wait and don’t torment him or yourself with hysterics.

Take off your rose-colored glasses

Look at the situation realistically, do not cherish hopes that he will leave his wife, especially if they have children. As the figures show, 80% of husbands cheat on their wives, but only a few of them leave the family completely. When thinking about what to do with a married man, do not have any illusions about your happy future together.

If you don’t want to be disappointed and suffer, don’t fly in the clouds: falling will be very painful. However, a real bitch is always able to realistically assess any situation.

Take the plunge

If your relationship brings you suffering and you understand that you can neither endure nor wait for him to decide what to do, decide for yourself what to do with a married man.

If you are a real bitch, you will be able to find the strength to leave him, even if you truly love him. Yes, it’s quite difficult to do this, but the longer you delay, the more painful it will be later.

Let your self-esteem serve as an incentive for this, because it is such a humiliation to be used like a toy. Beloved, beautiful, caressed, but still a toy in the hands of a selfish man.

Knock out the wedge with the wedge

Without knowing what to do with a married man, you can make many mistakes. Don’t get hung up on it, try to communicate with your friends and go to public places. And even better - be on top, let men pay attention to you, and if someone else, less interesting, but without a ring on his ring finger, invites you on a date, without hesitation, go. Feel free to start dating someone else as soon as the opportunity arises.

Remember: he does the same thing, returning to his wife every time after your night together. Therefore, let you at least have a friend.

Perhaps over time you will need him more than your married womanizer. And even if not, then with his support it will be much easier to end a long-term and empty relationship: in difficult times, he will lend his shoulder to you.

Stay independent

No matter how painful the question of what to do with a married man torments you, remain free to choose. Remember: if he is cheating on his wife now, then he can do the same with you when you take her place.

Therefore, you should not strive so hard to get this unenviable role. Since you happen to fall in love with a married man, try to make the most of it: after all, this is what all bitches do. But remember that this is a “temporary shelter” until you find something more suitable.

Decide for yourself how long your secret meetings will be, and don’t let him ruin your life, even if this man is the most skilled lover in the entire Universe. You are still very young, beautiful, interesting, therefore you deserve more than this “used” macho.

Most likely, your relationship will not end in anything - unfortunately, this is confirmed by statistics - so you should not attach too much importance to it. Let it be just a small adventure from which you, as a smart, strong and independent woman, will learn another life lesson.

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No one plans to get into a dependent relationship voluntarily. It’s unlikely that since childhood you wanted to become fixated on someone, abandon all your interests, suffer and wait for everything to change. But life works differently.

Love for a married man has always been shameful, condemned by society, and a taboo was placed on relationships with someone’s husband. That's how we were raised. If you fall in love with a married man, you are a homewrecker, a destroyer of the social unit. But it happened: you are a mistress.

Stop reproaching yourself, look at modern realities, which are not customary to discuss with colleagues over lunch, so as not to cause another portion of condemnation.

The vast majority of young families are formed according to the following scenario: they met at 20, got married six months or a year later, gave birth to a child at 22, couldn’t cope with adult life at 23 and played enough. Feelings and love pass, but the family remains due to habit, fears and obligations. A man takes a mistress, his wife either endures it, losing herself in worries, or also starts a new relationship - on the side. This may take years.

Is a relationship with a married man doomed or is there a chance?

You fell in love with a married man. The main thing is to stop blaming yourself and putting an end to your future happy life. If a married man is in love with you, is there anyone to blame? Try to figure out why he appeared in your life. It is possible that its appearance was not accidental.

Ask yourself 4 questions

Why did I end up in this connection?

You know that being a mistress is bad, but every day you firmly connect yourself with a married man. What motivates you? Are you ready to “fight for it” and build a future together or do you want to live in the moment? Respond by looking at things unemotionally.

What do I get in this relationship, and what do I give to my partner?

You are free individuals who feel good together or the relationship is built on a dependency or passion unknown to both of you, perhaps there is material interest or other benefits.

Did I consciously choose this type of relationship?

Were you scared off by the future man's presence of a wife, or was it easier for you to associate yourself with a married man, so as not to be responsible for a serious relationship?

Can a relationship with a married man make me happy in the future?

How do you see the development of this relationship, do they have a future, or do you understand that when the passion subsides, it will be difficult for you to accept his life with two families?

People joke about dating a married man only in jokes. In fact, being a mistress means constantly having an internal struggle and thinking that the man you love has a wife, that the relationship is doomed from the start, and still going on secret dates with him, attacking your own self-esteem.

From a psychological point of view, women who choose a relationship with a married man over and over again have internal problems. At a minimum, because entering into a relationship with a married partner means recognizing your “second role”, being prepared to be hidden and asked not to write, not to call, not to wear perfume.

Depending on your relationship with a married man, you begin to justify him, look for solutions for him, believe that for your sake he will leave the family. But why does he need this if the only suffering party here is you, not him?

To be the mistress of a married man means to take on the role of a strong woman, not burdened with problems.

You can increase your self-esteem by realizing that you are better than others: “After all, he runs to me, and she sits at home and doesn’t know anything, which means I’m more worthy.”. But the paradox is that after every date a man hurries home to the one who is waiting at home. And when he leaves, the sense of self-worth instantly fades away. Are you really happy with this?

Do married men get divorced for their mistresses? Stop fooling yourself. Living someone else's life or being a detail in someone else's relationship means wasting your own time. Will a self-sufficient, self-respecting woman really agree to a supporting role, be ready to hide and not appear in those moments when her married partner is with his wife? Listen to yourself, what do you think?

Relationships with a married man: commentary from a psychologist

When you start dating a married man, at first you feel at ease, feel increased attention and please your self-esteem by the fact that he prefers you to his wife, he has fun with you and he is deceiving her, not you. But time passes, and it becomes more difficult for you to share him with his legal wife, from whom for some reason he still has no intention of leaving.

Then falling in love risks developing into addiction, driven by jealousy, selfishness, the desire to get your way, the desire to prove that you are better than your wife. By becoming dependent on a relationship with a married man, you inevitably find yourself in a scenario of abandoning yourself, focusing all your interests only on your partner, and looking for meetings with him in any way.

When strengthening ties with a married man, the following appear:

• decreased self-esteem: all the energy goes into trying to meet, call, see each other, “fit” him into your space. You see yourself as a “backup option.”
• internal dissonance: oscillation between “love” and “hate”. Quarrels become more frequent because he leaves the family.
• intense jealousy. If a partner cheats on his wife, then who knows if he is cheating on you too?
• loss of interest in life, work, meeting with friends, internal destruction of personality.
• justifying yourself.

Even if you voluntarily entered into an affair with a married man, knowing that he will not leave the family, you gradually still begin to claim the No. 1 place in his life.

This is how female psychology works

First, you prove to yourself that everything suits you: “I don’t need a wedding, I just want to be near you and love you,” then you gently and unobtrusively voice what you want, and as a result, tears, depression and demands to leave your wife begin.

And if you manage to convince a man to leave his wife, will you be satisfied? Is there room for new suspicions ( “If he cheated on me, he will cheat on me too”), mistrust ( “Dating secretly or wants to return to his ex-wife”), past grievances ( “I was with her for so long and didn’t divorce her right away”)? So, out of the desire for romantic love and a full-fledged family, you drive yourself into dependence on experiences, reducing the relationship to nothing.

Of course, it happens differently. When you are in a relationship with a married man, devoting time to him, you are following your own choice. And, if you really want there to be a sequel, bother doing 2 things:

1. take off your rose-colored glasses.

   “He’s ready to do anything for me,” he just can’t leave the family right now,” “He’s in a difficult situation, I’m ready to wait because we love each other”;

2. take time for yourself.

   Your development, expansion of your sphere of interests, awareness of yourself as an individual, and not as an attachment to a partner. Don't immerse yourself in his interests, don't live his life, and especially don't try to solve his problems.

Have you decided to take a married man away from your family?

Why doesn't a married man leave his family for his mistress? Because he created an ideal model of life: he saved his family, thereby protecting himself from the attacks of society and the loss of a loved one, avoided material difficulties and at the same time leads a parallel life, where he receives care and warmth, fresh emotions and the realization of his own goals.

At the same time, he can experience emotions for his mistress many times stronger than for his wife. Driven by passion and love, he promises her (sometimes even sincerely) that love is enormous, “a little later” he will leave the family for her, and “those golden mountains in the distance are yours.”

What's happening in reality?

Most often - nothing. Everything is locked at the level of promises, relationships stall at this phase and, without developing (and relationships without development are doomed), they move into the phase of disappointed expectations and accusations and later end.

If you are determined to become a legal wife from a mistress and take your husband away from your current wife, you have a chance. But not in the case when you voluntarily agreed to a “supporting” role for years and suddenly decided to become the main one in his life. No matter how well he treats you, no matter how pleasant your meetings are, he is comfortable with you as a mistress, and he will not radically change his life for your sake. The psychology of a married man’s relationship with his mistress is based on his stability, and changes contradict it.

If you still dare to take a man away from your family

There are chances to take a married man away from the family, even if they are small. Often a mistress appears in men whose family life has not pleased them for a long time. And love on the side is a way to get pleasant emotions without ending the relationship with your spouse, since drastic changes are too scary.

By acting carefully and slowly, you can influence a man, proving to him that living together with you will save him from existing problems, and will not add new ones.

Direct demands, quarrels and reminders of his promises will not lead to divorce, but they will show that relationships with you in the future will involve problems, scandals and nerves.

How to behave with a married man so that you have a future? The psychology of a relationship with him is not very different from the behavior with a free partner, if your plans are to build strong, trusting relationships.

Respect his decisions, give him the choice and the right to act as he sees fit, do not put pressure on him and do not impose your opinion - it is useless.

How to change from a mistress to a wife: a comment from a psychologist

Set a goal - not to impose yourself, but to make him want to be with you. Focus on yourself, not on him, his family or your relationship. We are talking about expanding personal space, about your own plans, about development in directions that do not concern your relationship. By doing something to “build up” your personality, working on the psychological restoration of a true attitude towards yourself, and cultivating healthy egoism, you will restore the balance between personal space and relationships. An internally free person is always more attractive than someone who focuses all his interests on one person, all the more limiting him and negatively influencing his life.

Don't judge his wife

Even if he speaks negatively about her. She is his choice. By showing that you value your partner's opinion, you influence the subconscious, he feels like a recognized leader, and this radically influences further decisions.

Just ask yourself, are you ready to build further relationships according to such a scenario, to adapt and drown out even your own feelings for the sake of it? It is possible to take a man away from the family. But are you really ready to compete with another girl and waste your energy on destroying your family? Psychologically, will it be easy for you to accept him and not allow the thought that he will find a mistress for himself while he is already your husband? Achieving a goal is a normal desire. But how correctly did you set this goal?

Pregnancy from a married man

Some girls do not want to look at the situation realistically, and having become heavily involved in a dependent relationship with a married man, they decide that the best way to win him over to their side and force him to leave the family is to get pregnant. Various tricks are used, including deception.

However, before considering the latest ways to take a man away from your family, calm down, weigh everything that is really happening in your situation: his relationship with his family, with his children, with you, take a realistic look at your life together. You are his mistress, and it is unlikely that his mistress’s pregnancy will be a significant reason for leaving the family (especially if he already has children).

Pregnancy from a married man in most cases will only bring problems. Moreover, both for you and for him.

What do you want to prove to yourself, him or his wife by getting pregnant? How will your self-esteem grow if you are ready to take such drastic measures? Think about a child who will initially be a partner's attachment tool. And about his children, whom you think he will leave.

If the pregnancy is unplanned

He promised mountains of gold, you lived happily for a year or two or three and were happy with the meetings, sometimes he said that he would definitely leave the family for you, but there was no right time. When he heard the news about your pregnancy, he said that he loved you as before, and... gave money for an abortion. How to cope with a situation when a pregnancy from a married man turns into abortion?

You don’t want this, you consider the child the fruit of your happiness, and you cannot believe that he acted so treacherously. You try to analyze and come to the conclusion that “yes, now is really not the time, besides, he loves me and speaks about it directly.”

Understand that it is up to you to decide about the fate of the child. When you started dating, were you happy with everything? Start from this. He will not leave his wife, will not become your legal husband, and, at best, will support you financially. Are you ready for such a life? Do you agree to raise a child in a single-parent family?

Just stop flattering yourself with the hope that everything will change with the advent of a child. It will change, yes, but it won’t make it easier, that’s for sure. After all, many women raise children without men.

If you value a child, then you should only be glad that it is from the man you love, even if this love differs from its standard understanding.

Don't make the mistake of thinking that your child is more important to a man than his existing children. Don't think that once you give birth, you can manipulate him. The good thing about a married man’s mistress is that with her it’s easy to take a break from family problems, get distracted and then return home. If she creates difficulties (and a pregnant mistress is a big difficulty for a married man), then the very meaning of a relationship with her is lost.

Do you want this child?

Are you ready to give birth to him for yourself, without associating the birth with your married partner? If yes, have no doubt, you will hold out, survive this difficult period of torment and draw conclusions. It is possible that your priorities, goals, and, possibly, your man will change.

Should a married man give birth: a comment from a psychologist

It is important to clearly understand that a child is not a way to tie a man to you, that his decent fatherhood in a legitimate family does not mean that he will treat your child with the same reverence. Whether to give birth to a married man is only your choice; here you cannot hide behind your partner’s excuses and the thirst for mythical happiness. Giving birth to a man while remaining his mistress is a psychologically difficult task. If you perceived your partner as a patron, afraid of your own responsibility, then now you will have to grow up and be responsible not only for your life, but also for the life of another person.

Don't paint a picture in your head where it's just you, him and your child. When you realize that there is another family in this picture of the world, you can make the right decision and avoid emotional breakdowns, depression and neuroses.

How to end a relationship with a married lover

If:

• It is psychologically difficult for you to continue a relationship with a person who does not plan to leave the family, despite all the assurances.
• Or you finally realized that your relationship with a man ended emotionally a long time ago, but for some reason you are holding on to it.
• You don’t have the strength to break off a dependent relationship; you are ready to be content with the illusion that you are loved, just so as not to be left alone.
• You understand that the relationship is futile, but you become more and more attached to your partner, clinging to rare moments when everything is fine.

The time has come to part!

The main problem of girls who decide to end their relationship with a man is that they want to prove something by leaving: “Let him feel that he cannot live without me”, “I’ll leave, he’ll come to his senses and bring me back,” “He’ll understand that it’s better to be with me, and he’ll leave the family.”. Understand that your care should not be directed at your partner, but at you. If you made a conscious, informed decision to leave, then you did it because the current course of things no longer suits you. By returning your partner after a breakup, you will only prolong this nervous period.

Understanding what you get and what you lose in a relationship will make it easier for you to make a decision. “They give me emotions, love and care” is not the answer you should give yourself, it will only keep you stuck in a dependent relationship.

Time to question yourself

The feeling that someone needs you is not a reason to continue the relationship. Evaluate all the disadvantages without making excuses or trying to prove to yourself that you are satisfied with everything.

• Are you okay with being hidden?
• Are you happy that your future is vague or completely unrealistic?
• That you will never go on vacation together or plan a weekend together without taking a third person into account?
• That the man you love is in a serious relationship with another woman, even if he says he doesn’t love her?

He is a married man, his established life consists of frameworks and rules, and he will not change it, even if it does not completely satisfy him. It’s easier for him to have a new mistress without complaints.

If you decide to break up with the man you love, it means you are tired of justifying yourself and him without receiving anything in return.

Being the mistress of a family man is a dead end. Continuing a painful relationship is also a dead end. It may be longer or shorter, but it will not lead you to a happy future. Eventually, you will come to the questions: “Why did you need all this?” and “How to live further?”

It is difficult to stop loving a married man because you are accustomed to an emotional, mysterious dependence on him. But dig deeper. Remember your feelings when after meetings he went to his family or when his wife called him. Did you feel better than her at that moment? If he didn't value her, would he hide you? By recognizing the actual emotions that you received in the relationship, you can set yourself up to stop depending on a married man.

Understand also that the connection with him may drag on for years, but there will be no development. You will get used to the role of a mistress, you will take it for granted, but is this how you want to see your life? He will not leave the family for you, realize this. And even if you decide to accept it this way, how ready will you be for such a model of life? Look at it from all sides: from yours, from his, from friends and parents, from colleagues. Ready?

Match promises and reality

Healthy relationships are built according to the scheme: “personal interests of the first partner + personal interests of the second partner + common interests of the couple.” What common interests will arise over time, what goals will unite you if your main goal is to hide the relationship and be together in secret?

Getting out of a relationship with a married man is difficult, just like leaving any other dependent relationship, primarily because of your own fears and doubts. You make an attempt to leave, but fall into a series of worries, looking for ways to ease your morale, but it seems to you that only he, the culprit of your problems, will help. And everything begins in a new way, with a heap of old grievances and misunderstandings and a new round of problems.

Open your eyes

Compare your dreams and hopes with reality. You want to be with the man you love, receive care from him, you want the development of a relationship and, later, a family. The partner promises that it will be so, that living together with his wife is a temporary obstacle, he has not loved her for a long time and there has been no sexual contact with her for a long time. You wait and believe because you rightly believe that relationships cannot be built without trust.

Now look at reality. Are you getting, albeit gradually, what you are striving for? Is he committed to your life together? If you are wondering how to break up with a married man, apparently, reality and dreams still differ.

How to break up with a married man: commentary from a psychologist

Remember: no conflicts, external factors, or other people will pull you out of a protracted relationship. Only an inner attitude and working on your own goals and understanding their feasibility will help you get out of an addictive relationship with a married partner. Perhaps you are driven by fears or do not want to take responsibility, but only internal changes can improve your life.

Break up your breakup with a married man into 3 stages:

1. Talk

   A maximally honest conversation with direct questions about the future of your relationship will eliminate illusions. Set deadlines and specific actions. The goal is not to hear once again that everything will work out, but to determine your personal attitude to what was said and what is actually happening. If you see an opportunity to continue the relationship “in a new capacity,” take this chance, but determine why you are continuing and what exactly you want to achieve, in what time frame you need to achieve it. If there is no opportunity, and all that remains is the promise of mountains of gold, break up.

2. Understanding.

   Relate what you hear to your vision of the future. Imagine yourself in this relationship 5 years later. You’re not getting any younger, you can’t turn back time, but you don’t want to let it go. If you understand that you will break up anyway, why are you delaying this moment for the rare calm of “now”? Remember past relationships, problems: you painfully let go of most of them at one time, and today it’s easy for you to remember them. Why do you consciously go through suffering and drag the burden of your current hopeless relationships into the future?

3. Shifting focus from relationships to yourself.

   If it’s hard for you to give up your partner overnight, use “switching” techniques. Continue communication with your married partner without directing efforts to get rid of the role of mistress. But gradually look for new activities, interests, set personal goals outside of relationships, even if they are to the detriment of them. Especially if they cause damage! By complementing your personality, you inevitably leave the space of dependence on relationships and become not part of them, not part of your partner, but an independent person.

   At this stage, it is important to accept your feelings (love, selfishness, painful addiction - it doesn’t matter), but consciously begin to focus not on them (or how to get rid of them), but on something from a completely different plane. Over time, the psychological tension arising from constant twisting of the situation in the head will weaken.

Be honest with yourself and your partner. Your task is not to prove to him your strength, independence or superiority, but to achieve your own peace of mind. When you are ready, talk to him, tell him that you are ending this relationship not in a fit of emotion, not because he is guilty of something. The reason is the lack of a future together and your justified desire for stable happiness. Ask not to keep you because you want to build a full-fledged family in the future and think that you deserve it.

“I understand everything, but...”

If you (consciously or not) became the mistress of a married man, start by asking yourself why this happened. And then decide what you want to achieve. If you feel that you need help, talk to a psychologist: working together with him will help you better understand the situation and find a comfortable way to resolve it.

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