Tag: guilt-tripping partner

• How Destructive Entitlement Poisons Relationships

  

  After discovering cheating, someone may stay but act out destructive entitlement by withholding affection, seeking revenge, guilt-tripping, or controlling their partner. They might shame their partner publicly or use the affair to justify ongoing hurtful behavior. These actions come from pain but keep the cycle of harm going in the relationship.

  Liana West

  May 19, 2025

  Betrayal Trauma, Conflict, Relationships

  affair recovery, cheating, controlling after infidelity, emotional punishment, emotional responsibility, guilt-tripping partner, healing after infidelity, love, mental-health, public shaming affair, relationship, relationship healing, relationship revenge, relationship sabotage, Relationships, toxic relationship cycles, trust breakdown, withholding affection