We have a 17-year-old daughter.

We just sent her to college.

Trix:Okay, okay, great.

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Trix:Okay, great.

Caller:We have great sex, we finish sentences.

We know the B sides of records that nobody knows.

Woman Wants Advice About Her 19-Year Affair With Best Friend’s Husband, Gets A Reality Check

Okay, so all of that is wonderful, but hes married.

Trix:Oh, not to you?

Caller:Not to me, and I know that that is not technically okay.

Woman Wants Advice About Her 19-Year Affair With Best Friend’s Husband, Gets A Reality Check

Now, let me back it up and give you just a hair more.

So I know a lot about that house, you know what I mean, and how it operates.

Trix:Does she know about the affair?

Woman Wants Advice About Her 19-Year Affair With Best Friend’s Husband, Gets A Reality Check

Does she know about it?

I mean, she must, right?

Caller:She knows now.

Woman Wants Advice About Her 19-Year Affair With Best Friend’s Husband, Gets A Reality Check

Trix:Shes gonna hold on to him, kind of out of spite?

Thats how she was raised.

But at the same time, I was raised not to necessarily do this.

Woman Wants Advice About Her 19-Year Affair With Best Friend’s Husband, Gets A Reality Check

Do you know what I mean?

So I still have such conflict, and its just not right.

I mean, in my life, you know what I mean?

Woman Wants Advice About Her 19-Year Affair With Best Friend’s Husband, Gets A Reality Check

What do I do?

I try not to judge.

And I think what I wonder, is if this is actually good for you anymore.

Woman Wants Advice About Her 19-Year Affair With Best Friend’s Husband, Gets A Reality Check

Lets take out of it the question of the affair, your friend.

Do you want to continue only having half of this man and never feeling like youre being put first?

I think you deserve to feel like you are first in someones life.

Woman Wants Advice About Her 19-Year Affair With Best Friend’s Husband, Gets A Reality Check

And I want to point something else out.

Is he going to do this?

Is he going to do that?

Woman Wants Advice About Her 19-Year Affair With Best Friend’s Husband, Gets A Reality Check

Youre putting the power in this mans hands, okay?

And I get that youre in love with him.

I get hes, you know, your daughters father.

Woman Wants Advice About Her 19-Year Affair With Best Friend’s Husband, Gets A Reality Check

But at the end of the day, its your life.

We have a kid together.

We have very long history, but I need to be someones number one.

Woman Wants Advice About Her 19-Year Affair With Best Friend’s Husband, Gets A Reality Check

I need to be first.

And thats kind of my advice to you.

[Screw you]!

Woman Wants Advice About Her 19-Year Affair With Best Friend’s Husband, Gets A Reality Check

Trix:Youve got to be number one.

You raised a daughter, you know, let this be a new chapter in your life.

I know itll be hard, but I actually think you will love being put first.

Woman Wants Advice About Her 19-Year Affair With Best Friend’s Husband, Gets A Reality Check

Caller:I love that.

I am gonna try.

In some cases, it can go on for a lifetime.

Woman Wants Advice About Her 19-Year Affair With Best Friend’s Husband, Gets A Reality Check

The period in which a couple feels in love usually lasts from 6 to 18 months in an affair.

At its core, cheating is mostly about running away from ones problems.

The emotional and physical connection that they find in others can be a solid foundation for a long-term affair.

Woman Wants Advice About Her 19-Year Affair With Best Friend’s Husband, Gets A Reality Check

This is one of the main reasons why secret romances last a year or longer.

A lot of people find the idea of getting divorced really scary, says Murphy.

Others may be financially or emotionally dependent on their spouse.

Woman Wants Advice About Her 19-Year Affair With Best Friend’s Husband, Gets A Reality Check

Also, if children are involved, they are more likely to stay, adds Dr. Gonzalez.

That said,cheatingis never justifiable.

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