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Ellen Gray and Jane Fields, friends who grew up together in Alexandria, Virginia, both of whom have small children, discovered their husbands were having affairs around the same time last year.

In a Eureka moment, the two women created LousySpouse.com, which they launched this summer with a kickoff at the Sequoia in Washington, DC.

Their site has a breezy style that’s a pleasure to read, and plenty of features like free work sheets and forms, checklists, a glossary of divorce terms, Q&A’s, and a discussion and support forum.   If you’re not sure if you have a lousy spouse, you can take the Lousy Spouse Test.

The site has been featured in the Washington Times and the Washington Post published a transcript of Jane’s online answers yesterday to some good questions, like “Should you tell a friend that her spouse is cheating?”

As if we didn’t have enough to worry about with the economy, Donald Trump says that hard economic times bring out financial infidelity.  Couples are hiding their spending from each other. In a blog called “Cheating with the Checkbook”, Trump says a Harris Interactive survey of nearly 2,000 people in a committed relationship found that 29 percent of them admitted to lying to their partner about their spending habits.  He advises you not to be unfaithful with your finances if you want to have a good partnership.

Courtesy of the Oprah Show, between now and 4 p.m. EST Friday, September 12, 2008, you can download a free copy of The Truth About Cheating. Author M. Gary Neuman explores why men stray and what you can do to prevent it.