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My wife ArleneEmmy helps me write. An American short hair, she is a constant resident on the couch in my office. We found her in a shelter about nine years ago. Sometimes when I interview a client for an article, she misses the exclusive attention. Later when I play back the recording, you can hear her in the background crying. Clients, thankfully, don't seem to notice.
Arlene runs an invitations business (mostly weddings). She also is the founder of The Boston Wedding Group, The New York Wedding Group and a support group for brides in both cities called The Bridal Survival Club. An MSW, she is on TV a lot as a wedding stress expert.
We live, happily, in a highrise in downtown Boston. There's a sign out front that says: If you lived here you'd be home now.
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I'd love to hear you and your wife's reaction to my new book, Undressing Infidelity. Since your wife is involved with weddings, she will no doubt appreciate the reason I wrote the book. No one sat with me before my wedding and had the talk. The talk I go on to describe is the where your mom or big sis warns you about the impending dangers of infidelity. Until quite recently, no one has wanted to talk about it. And when they do, it's always shrink wrapped. It's very easy to say we shouldn't do it, it's bad, of course it's not acceptable. The truth is, women are cheating in every socio-demographic segment of our society. My book presents first person accounts of married women's affairs and starts with my own struggle to stay faithful and the pressures that affected me. Please let me know what you think. Thank you, Diane Shader Smith
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Thanks Diane for your comments. I actually did see your interview on the Today Show and have spent some time thinking about your suggestion to put infidelity on the Bridal Survival Club agenda. A couple of points: 1) We focus on wedding preparation, not marriage preparation. Obviously, some people cheat while engaged but it's not as big a topic for most brides as, say, an over-involved mother-in-law. 2) Infidelity already gets a lot of attention. The topic (even when presented in a serious book like yours} plays into people's fantasy life -- which is probably why the networks perennially have shows about it. The problems couples go through emotionally while planning a wedding are actually discussed much less frequently in our society -- and probably for the opposite reason. Those issues do not play well into people's fantashy life.
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