true wife confessions:the new internet sensations

well,well,well.............i have come across so many blogs about women who are the perfect wives,mothers and business people and i wonder,truely that do these women ever fall short of this perfect life at some point or the other in their lives????/
its kind of scary to think that i could not love my husband anymore,or that i can resent his behaviour sometimes and i shudder to think after wanting marriage for so long and wanting kids for even longer that i can feel resentment for BEING a wife and a mother,till i read this article and then i thought well there are some people that are feeling like i do sometimes...dosent make it right though,just makes me feel a little more human and less like the devil

True wife confessions: How women's real-life stories became the new internet sensation

Shelly writes poignantly about the state of her marriage. Karen blogs shamelessly about her secret life as a serial mistress. Amy reveals all about her adulterous affairs ...Suddenly there are any number of websites devoted to women's real-life confessions. But who uses them, and why?

By Heidi Scrimgeour

Saturday, 25 July 2009

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A growing number of 'infidelity blogs' are attracting a loyal online following

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"I am married, rather begrudgingly, to a man who no longer makes me feel anything," writes Shelly in her blog, Confessions of a Wayward Wife. "Things are OK between us. Maybe that's the problem – things are fine. But it isn't exciting or even interesting any more. Our love-making is performed mostly out of habit. If he leaves the dishes expectantly in the sink, it makes me furious. Even the way he moves in bed makes me want to stab myself in the eye with a fork."

Fork-induced eye injuries notwithstanding, these admissions don't necessarily mark Shelly's marriage out as unusual. Even happily married couples might wince in recognition at those moments of irrational fury that can accompany long-term relationships. Marriages that have gone off the boil are also not a rarity – therapist Shirley P Glass states in her book Not Just Friends that one or both parties in 50 per cent of all couples will be unfaithful, and adultery remains the most common reason cited by divorcing couples. What makes Shelly distinct is the fact that she is cheating on her husband and writes candidly about it online (at confessionsofawaywardwife.blogspot.com) under a pseudonym. And she's not alone. Shelly's blog is one of a growing number of "infidelity blogs" which attract a loyal online following.

Infidelity blogging is part of a bigger confessional blogging scene. Sites like Post Secret (postsecret.com), which publishes people's anonymous confessions in postcard form, might have started the trend as far back as 2005 but the internet is now awash with places for the guilt-ridden to unburden their virtual souls. Secret Tweet (secrettweet.com) enables users to post anonymous confessions to Twitter, Second Chance (secondchance online.blogspot.com) publishes people's regrets anonymously, and True Wife Confessions (truewifeconfessions.blogspot.com) is a forum for women to post their real-life relationship confessions. One post reads: "I know this is hypocritical but since you've gained so much weight, I'm just not that attracted to you any more."

would really love to hear what my fellow bloggers think...................................................