HeyJaredLetters to Lauren
'Letters to Lauren' provides insight, support, compassion, and education in response to reader's letters about infidelity. Here, readers know they aren't alone. Letters can be submitted at www.laurenlarusso.com/letter
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- Sep 30, 2026
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My Married Affair Partner Ghosted Me (opens the original)
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Dear Lauren, I am the single affair partner. My partner was acting like my boyfriend for two years, celebrating holidays together, going on dates, having couple arguments, supporting each other when it was needed. On my birthday, we ended up having a giant fight. My married affair partner hasn’t spoken to me since. It’s been almost three weeks. He will not respond to any message, or anything I do. I have been cripplingly depressed over this, and it feels like it’s getting worse. Is simply ghosti
My Husband Won't Tell Me Details About His Affair (opens the original)
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Hi Lauren,I have been following you daily and find encouragement and perspective in each of your posts. I found out two years again on Christmas that my husband was having an affair. I know it sounds like a Lifetime movie but it was anything but. Since then, it’s been constant gaslighting, stonewalling, and trying to decipher what is the truth. It took my husband a full two years to share certain details of the affair with me.The intimate times they had occurred right under my nose, and at times
Can We Be "Codependent No More?" (opens the original)
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Hello!This will always be a place where we provide support for people who’s lives have been impacted by infidelity. Shaming and condemnation are the opposite of healing and that’s what all parties need. Don’t confuse that last sentence with excuse-making or condoning, though. This is a safe space for growth, not excuses!Your support as a paid subscriber is a critical part of maintaining this space. Together, we’re creating and cultivating a new narrative around infidelity and how we, as people a
Be With Someone Who Can Be With You. (opens the original)
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Hello and welcome to another “Letters to Lauren.”Once again, we have a letter that speaks to truly universal themes we all face as we learn how to navigate what it means to love ourselves while loving another. Here’s this week’s letter…Dear Lauren, I walked away. He was married and I loved him. He was my best friend and lover. The longer I stayed and accepted whatever he could give, actions and words not matching, effort when convenient for him when his wife was away or busy, and repeated patter
The Stories We Tell Ourselves (opens the original)
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Hello friends,Today we have a letter that is extremely relevant to the dynamics of an affair - and also challenges us to be truly honest with ourselves.There’s an old saying, “never wrap a bad act inside a good intention.” We are so good at telling ourselves what we want to hear. We are experts at concocting plausible cover stories for something we know we shouldn’t do. Getting at the truth requires us to sit down, ask some hard questions, and sit quietly so we can hear the sound of the lie buri
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