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The Arc of Love - The Other Woman

2024/8/5
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妻子:十年婚姻,育有两个孩子,性生活质量下降,对女性产生强烈吸引力,并与另一名女性发展出恋爱关系。她感到丈夫变得自满,没有意识到她的需求,她需要新的目标和方向,并渴望被照顾和被重视,弥补童年缺失的母爱。她与另一名女性的关系让她体验到长期缺失的情感连接,以及一种‘狂喜’和‘合一’的感觉,让她能够专注于自身需求,感到自由和被重视。她并非单纯寻求性满足,而是渴望更深层次的情感和亲密连接。她希望能够同时拥有丈夫和与其他女性的关系,但目前处于犹豫不决的状态,需要思考自己是否想要和丈夫在一起。 丈夫:妻子与另一名女性坠入爱河,给他带来巨大痛苦。他担心被取代,并质疑这段特殊关系是否独一无二。他同意妻子探索其他关系,实质上是一种为了避免失去妻子的策略,并非真正的双方同意。他感到妻子没有给予他足够的情感连接和关注,并希望妻子能够重新重视他们的关系。他面临着艰难的选择:同意妻子与其他女性的关系可能会让他失去自我,但拒绝则可能失去妻子。 Esther Perel:这段关系并非单纯的性吸引,而是更深层次的情感和亲密连接。妻子与另一名女性的关系让她体验到被照顾和被保护的感觉,这是她与丈夫的关系中所缺乏的。丈夫的问题体现了他对被取代的担忧,以及对这段特殊关系是否独一无二的疑问。需要区分是双方共同探索多元关系,还是一方为了避免被抛弃而做出的妥协。夫妻双方都需要打破固有的思维模式,重新定义彼此的关系,不能将关系和性生活分开。需要建立更好的沟通系统,丈夫需要被纳入妻子的生活中,而不是被排除在外。妻子需要以非批判性的方式向丈夫解释女性之间的亲密关系,丈夫应该将妻子的主动性视为一种礼物,而不是一种考验。

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A wife explores her attraction to women, questioning if it's a sign of bisexuality or dissatisfaction with her marriage. The couple discusses their relationship, including their agreement to explore consensual non-monogamy.

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Ten years and two kids later, a wife comes to Esther looking for answers: does she want to explore her attraction to women because she's bisexual, or because she no longer wants to be married to her husband?

What you are about to hear is a series Esther calls The Arc of Love. Each session centers around a couple’s story. Whether it’s issues of trust and betrayal, care and aggression, closeness and distance, repair and rupture, polyamory or monogamy. The episodes can be listened to in any order you want but were curated with a beginning, middle, and end.

For the first time on the U.S. stage, Esther invites you to an evening unlike any other. Join her as she shines a light on the cultural shifts transforming relationships and helps us rethink how we connect, how we desire – and even how we love. To find a city near you, go to https://www.estherperel.com/tour2024

Want to learn more? Receive monthly insights, musings, and recommendations to improve your relational intelligence via email from Esther: https://www.estherperel.com/newsletter

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