Have an Affair, it is good for you

Did you know that having an affair can help to save a struggling marriage, but it has to be the "right kind" of liaison?

So says a marriage therapist in Thailand, whose, somewhat questionable help goes right against the grain. A 30-year veteran of the sofa, she also reckons, hardly brilliantly, that the last thing philanderers should do is come clean and admit that the error of their ways.

Nonetheless, a bit of indiscretion can be a positive thing, jolting people "from their inertia," she says.

But the marriage therapist, insists that most cheating spouses should never own up, because admitting their infidelity is more damaging than keeping quiet. "The truth usually creates far more damage in the long run," the therapist says.

To cap it all, she then claims that most cheats are actually good, kind people, who are seeking real happiness and love.

"These people are suffering terrible," she says, quite unbelievably "and need to be relieved of their sense of guilt and shame because those emotions are paralyzing." If your marriage is in cardiac arrest, an affair can be a defibrillator."

The advices from the marriage therapist has attracted plenty of criticism, of course, with most condemning her. A few, though, have rightly pointed out she's just being smart since a good dose of controversy always helps to make people famous.