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Sex, lies and betrayal: when your partner has an affair

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This excerpt from The Affair has been published with permission from Jacana Media publishers and is available from all leading bookstores.

Types of affairs  (This excerpt focuses on sexual flings)

The fling
She/he doesn’t mean anything. It’s you I love.

The sexual fling is usually one in which one party had a short-term or even once-off sexual experience with another partner. For men these are usually sexual.

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