When one spouse starts keeping secrets from the other to cover up and continue in hurtful patterns instead of loving their spouse and family, they give the best of themselves to invest in inappropriate relationships. This is some of the deepest pain a human soul will ever know. And it’s doubly crushing when addressing those things with your spouse, you’re told a narrative filled with half-truths, covered-up truths, or promises to change that they don’t intend to keep.
