Being the Other Woman During the Holidays Is Its Own Kind of Lonely

Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Christmas is a few weeks after that. Holidays mean parties, family dinners, and a calendar full of things you can't do together.

Affairs live behind closed doors. The holidays are when everything happens out in the open.

I've been there. I was the other woman, and I spent holidays by myself. I don't mean alone in a room. I was with my family and my friends. But I was sad. I was sad I wasn't spending time with him, and sad that he had more obligations that kept him from spending time with me.

So if I were your best friend and you were in an affair right now, here's what we'd talk about.