Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 7
Welcome to Chump Nation 9
1 Rejection is not Your Superpower 13
2 Rookie Mistakes of the Recently Chumped 24
3 A Shrinks, Forums, and Other Lifelines-How to Find Support 38
4 Cheaters-The Way they do the Things They Do 54
5 Stupid Shit Cheaters Say-and How to Respond 66
6 Reconciliation-Am I A Unicorn? 85
7 Real Remorse Versus Genuine Imitation Naugahyde Remorse 97
8 Chumps, Why Are You Stuck? 106
9 Common Chump Fears and How to Disarm Them 119
10 Obsessing About the Affair Partner? Don't 133
11 The Fine Art of No Contact 144
12 What Was Real? Does It Matter? 157
13 Getting to Meh 166
14 I Didn't Kill You, So Consider Yourself Forgiven 176
15 When Your Friends and Relations Just Want to be Switzerland 185
16 Divorce Shame and Telling People 198
17 The Unending Punishment of Breeding with a Fuckwit 208
18 Gaining a Life 226
Glossary 238