Carolyn Hax: A cheating live-in boyfriend is unexpectedly hard to quit

The purpose of this thought train is readability. For those who resolve to stay with him, it’s not, “Hmm, possibly this time he’ll cease dishonest” — it’s, “Hmm, possibly I’d reasonably be with him, even when he cheats on me, than break up with him.” I believe when you say out loud to your self what you’d really be agreeing to for those who stayed, your resolve to go away him will maintain up simply effective.