Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Part I: Setting the Stage
    1. Chapter 1: A New Conversation About Marriage and Infidelity
    2. Chapter 2: Defining Infidelity
    3. Chapter 3: Affairs Are Not What They Used to Be
  7. Part II: The Fallout
    1. Chapter 4: Why Betrayal Hurts So Much
    2. Chapter 5: Little Shop of Horrors
    3. Chapter 6: Jealousy
    4. Chapter 7: Self-Blame or Vengeance
    5. Chapter 8: To Tell or Not to Tell?
  8. Part III: Meanings and Motives
    1. Chapter 9: Even Happy People Cheat
    2. Chapter 10: An Antidote to Deadness
    3. Chapter 11: Is Sex Ever Just Sex?
    4. Chapter 12: The Mother of All Betrayals?
    5. Chapter 13: The Lover’s Dilemma
  9. Part IV: Ever After
    1. Chapter 14: Monogamy and Its Discontents
    2. Chapter 15: After the Storm
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Notes
  12. Index
  13. About the Author
  14. Advance Praise for The State of Affairs
  15. Also by Esther Perel
  16. Copyright
  17. About the Publisher