Does Infidelity mean Marital Disaster?

So what makes infidelity so wrong?

If we had been born into a society that accepted infidelity or where having more than one partner was normal practice then would having an affair mean the end of your marriage? The answer would probably be no.

If infidelity was seen as acceptable then one of the main issues when trying to survive infidelity probably wouldn’t exist - lack of trust.

What makes infidelity so hard to cope with is not just the thought of your spouse having been in someone else’s bed, which is bad enough, but the secrets and the lies that come hand in hand with the cheating.

The lies are what make infidelity so sinful. We all make mistakes and accidents happen but when a moment of weakness becomes a regular event each action is calculated and the lies just prove that the cheating spouse knows exactly what they are doing and that what they are doing is wrong.

Learn how to survive infidelity and Save your Marriage

If a partner believes that there is nothing wrong with infidelity why hide it?

Whether or not a marriage cansurvive infidelity is dependant on many factors not least of which is whether the cheating spouse has ended or is willing to immediately end the affair.

The next main issues to deal with are forgiveness and trust. It’s hard to recover from infidelity without forgiveness and if you can’t forgive then the likelihood is that you won’t learn to trust again.

Many couples do survive infidelity and those that do often find that their marriage is far better than it ever was before. It can sometimes take such a heart wrenching experience for people to realise what is most important in their lives.