What to Do When You Fall for Someone Else While in a Long-Term Relationship

Feelings happen -- they're not moral failures. But acting on them is a choice, and so is what you do next. Step one: create distance from the new person. Infatuation thrives on proximity and fantasy. Step two: examine what's missing in your current relationship with brutal honesty. Are you running toward something or away from something? Often the new person isn't the answer -- they're the symptom pointing at a question you've been avoiding.