Would you stay if your spouse cheated?

United States
October 19, 2006 11:43am CST
whether it be one time or multiple times would you stay and try to work it out because you have kids or would your trust be too broken?
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18 responses
@ddsully (1062)
• United States
19 Oct 06
well i have stayed so many times for the sake of saving the marriage and for the kids sake, but it never works out, the trust was broken and as much as i tried i couldnt trust him again, i got enough strentgh from within and said thats enough, i deserved better and i am so much more happy with my self now that its over, and at times its rough, but you get by and life goes on..and my daughter is living in a better situation now then before..
• United States
20 Oct 06
I commend you for trying to work it out to begin with. It takes a strong woman! Im glad your happy now.
@ddsully (1062)
• United States
20 Oct 06
THANK YOU!
• United States
22 Oct 06
No way jose' i don't even tolerate my husband looking at girlie magazines i consider that cheating and he respects and loves me enough that i am enough an if that were to ever change he'd be out the door!
• United States
24 Oct 06
i feel the same way about the looking at other girls too, but how in the world did you get your husband to respect that?
@srhelmer (7029)
• Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
24 Oct 06
Cheating is the one thing I don't think I could ever forgive my wife for if she did it. And, I wouldn't expect her to forgive me either.
• India
24 Oct 06
I will stay. If i drop out, i'll be the loser in life. I would fight it out. I will make her realise what a big mistake she is doing.........
@MooNzoR (58)
• Canada
19 Oct 06
Depends, but right now thinking ..probably not.
• United States
19 Oct 06
My husbands butt would be out the door! My ex husband did that to me and I put up with it for three years! My new husband, well if he even thought about it, he would be gone in my book!
@Cindyh2k (308)
• United States
24 Oct 06
I don't think that I could stay - because, to me, that would be the ultimate betrayal. I would forgive him, though, so that we could have a friendship that would make our children feel more secure in the new relationship.
• United States
22 Oct 06
That would be my ticket back to Louisiana. I would be like give me my half and bye. I have been cheated on twice and I know the feeling. I was stupid enough to stay with one of the guys who cheated on me. I learned my lesson though.
• United States
20 Oct 06
I would never stay if a spouse cheated. There would be no trust and I deserve better. I would rather be by myself than with someone who cheated. If kids were involved then I feel it would be even worse and they would deserve better too. Just my 2c though.
• United States
20 Oct 06
i think i would forgive my husband one time if he were really sorry, but after one time it wouldnt count as a mistake anymore, it would be straight up creepin'
• United States
24 Oct 06
I don't know what I would do. I was cheated on when I was younger and I tried to stay and work things out (no kids involved) and it was terribly hard. When I finally thought that I could trust him again, he did it again.
@kr1stee (104)
• United States
24 Oct 06
Since I am not in that situation that is hard to answer. If it only happened once I think, and again I am saying I think, I would stay and try to work on the marriage because we do have kids but it would be very hard for me to trust again and I think in the back of my mind I would be always wondering if it happening again.
• United States
20 Oct 06
No. That's just something I cannot forgive.
• United States
20 Oct 06
No way girl! I have a zero tolerance rule in my house! No excuses!
@MaddisMom (144)
• United States
20 Oct 06
I think I could forgive the first time and try to work hard to make the relationship work. If you try hard enough and do it for the right reasons, then I believe things like that can make a relationship stronger.
@sunrisekn (1466)
• United States
19 Oct 06
I would be gone. Trust would be broken. Children do not need to be around an unstable relationship and mine would be unstable if he cheated. Unless you have a open marriage and that sort of thing is ok, then the spouse should have more respect for themselves and the marriage.
@dollar669 (569)
• Canada
19 Oct 06
personally my man and I have an agreement, I don't care really what he dose as long as I am filled in on whats going on. If hes honest theres no reason for me to be upset, but if I hear that hes doing things He hasnt told me then He suntrust worthy, and got to go
@getjimmy (2242)
• India
19 Oct 06
It totally depends upon d conditions on which our spouse cheat us.I mean to what extent he has cheated me and many other factors.
• United States
19 Oct 06
If my spouse cheated, NO I would not stay! I would be completely devastated of course but I the trust would be gone. I have too much respect for myself and I deserve to be loved properly! Staying for the sake of the children? No, wouldn't do that either. They can sense tension and would see how miserable the parents are together even if the arguments were behind closed doors.