What are some reasons that you would stay with your spouse and some reasons you would decide to separate if you or they had an affair?

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Ultimately, I decided to stay for the kids. Some days I'm glad I stayed and others I wish I had been braver to end it.

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The moment I discovered the affair would be the end of the marriage. Respect yourself.

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Are there kids involved?

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There is a spectrum of cheating. A one off mistake is quite different than a long term side relationship. I think it would be important to find out the root cause of the cheating and if the cheater is committed to get back to the marriage and do what they can to make up for their wrongs.
Love is taken for granted and if you had something special, it is worth working to try to save.
I wish you luck, and strength in forgiveness.

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I don't think I'd leave. Not currently. I'm in a season of comfort lol I really am not trying to single parent this 3 and 4yo. No thanks. I'm not niave enough to think it would be the same between us, but parenting wise, we gonna do this from under the same roof. I just dk if I care that much honestly. Obviously would be some boundaries and differences but tbh, I think I could be genuinely happy single while married if that makes sense. I compartmentalized extremely well. But not all are built like this. I'd stay bc it was convenient to me, I'm not interested in dating anyone else in the foreseeable future, and I'm selfish in not wanting to parent alone. So it wouldn't be anything about self respect, bc I would literally be putting my wants and desires first. Sounds like some self respect to me. But this all sounds good in my head but I'm pretty self aware and at the first sign of me noticing negative impact to the kids, I'm out

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I'm gonna be honest as someone who was cheated on in my first marriage and forgave it, I would not forgive it again. Things just weren't the same after he cheated and we just couldn't get back to the place we were in.

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Before kids, I’d be gone for sure. The lack of trust would be devastating and really hard to come back from.

But now the idea of sharing custody of my child and losing some control over who and what she is exposed to make me think I’d really try to stay and work it out.

Maybe that would change as she gets older… but she’s 2 now and I cannot fathom having to lose time with her.

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I can relate. I’ve often wondered if we would both be happier apart and and if we would actually be more present and better for our kids when we had them. But the idea of either of us moving on and introducing a new parental figure sounds horrible.

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Sometimes you love them so much that you can't imagine your life without them. One is not courageous enough to break up.
But once you heal from cheating, you will feel it would be much better if you left the relationship or marriage after getting mistreated and cheated.
I married him even after knowing that he cheated on me. I wish if I was strong enough to breakup after cheating.

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I have to remind myself that I’m happier more often than not. The lows are less frequent, but they tend to be lower than the highs if that makes sense.

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Same for me!,

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