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When something is missing, ask for it at home. Seeking it elsewhere deepens the wound.
Do not go anywhere near adultery: it is an outrage and an evil path (Quran 17:32). The boundary guards the very closeness you are longing for.
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وَلَا تَقۡرَبُواْ ٱلزِّنَىٰٓۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَٰحِشَةࣰ وَسَآءَ سَبِيلࣰ ا
And do not go anywhere near adultery: it is an outrage, and an evil path
Qur’an 17:32read it in the library
Translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, The Qur'an, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Gottman's trust work asks partners to bring an unmet love need back into the relationship rather than take it outside. Meeting it elsewhere reliably deepens what was missing instead of solving it.
John M. Gottman (2011). The Science of Trust: Emotional Attunement for Couples. W. W. Norton
Atone, Attune, Attach. The betrayer atones without conditions and the hurt partner sets the pace; the couple then rebuilds attunement; and only then attachment. Skipping ahead to reconnection produces what Gottman calls cheap forgiveness.
Strength of evidence: one line of research. A single study, or a theoretical account.
Bringing unmet needs back to the relationship, rather than outside it, protects the bond from betrayal.
Where this sits: Gottman method, Trust and Commitment (guarding the relationship boundary); How to Be a Great Listener.