How can your relationship be different if you survive the infidelity?   by Thomas James Penske

in Relationships    (submitted 2011-04-16)

Nothing compares to the emotional impact of infidelity in a marriage or relationship, aside from surviving it all. Being hit with so many emotions at once, as well as the difficult choices that you know will be coming, will be overwhelming. You sometimes don’t realize which feeling to feel first. In the middle of all those mixed emotions, you have to find the balance when making decisions for you and your family.

First of all, step back from the situation.

Rationalizing your cheating wife or husband's patterns or even sympathizing with them can be a waste of your energy. They are at fault. You did not take steps which triggered them to be unfaithful on you. It’s never okay for someone to go outside of their relationship to solve problems within a relationship. Whenever there have been concerns within the relationship, you and your spouse must work together to resolve the marriage issues. You do not deserve to be cheated on, and by defiling the sanctity of your marriage, your soulmate has cracked something that will only be repaired by an individual who's actually changed and willing to try to make major adjustments.

You have to be willing to trust again?

Unfortunately, time does not heal all wounds. You have take things one step at a time. If your choice is to forget the past and move forward with your spouse you are not going to be “fixing” anything. You must both make a commitment to fix the wounds in your marriage rather than to just “forget” what happened. If your spouse values the marriage, they must prove it and, they must earn it. Both of you will have to reorganize the relationship in a way that makes it work better. Plus, your partner cheated on you and that broke your trust in them. They should realize that. And, they need to have patience and willing to carry out what it takes to make you much more comfortable. it may be hard to see ever trusting your partner again, in the future, you have to find a way to put your trust in them once again. your life and the love in your partner is truly important for you and must move on.

You have to understand the amount of effort required to keep your marriage

There might also come a time when you have to draw a line and say, "That's it. I am done. I'm ready to finally forgive you. I release my feelings. I am definitely not gonna live life like this from now on." keeping the marriage together for the sake of the children can be more harmful. Kids would rather be from a damaged family home than stay in one. They would be much better off with one well-adjusted, happy, thriving parent than they are with a couple who sadly are cheating, lying, fighting, and living with stress and burden. You have to consider the health of you and your family.

But, You…have…to…make…a sound decision

By staying in the relationship, you have decided to work hard to make it succeed. However try not to pull back from your desire and even confidence. You may found yourself in a place where you covertly think, "If I get too happy, something bad is going to happen." You are not going to be protecting anyone by withholding who you are. You can not control your partner’s behavior, therefore keeping the relationship usually means not punishing them for the rest of your lives. You both need to make an attempt to make matters better.

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