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Cheating is not an easy thing for a marriage to recover from. It takes its toll on marriages in different ways. It also impacts people from all walks of life in ways that are unique to them. Even the person doing the cheating must bear some scars from this act and the fallout it leads to. But despite the bruised and battered hearts it leaves behind, cheating doesn't have to be the end of your marriage. You can make your marriage work after cheating. Here are a few of the reasons why it's worth the effort.
1) Because you've built a family together even if it is a family of two. The truth of the matter is that you invest a lot of your life, time, love, and energy into making your marriage work. Cheating doesn't unravel all of that. It might make it a bit more difficult to see on the other side of cheating but it doesn't change the fact that your marriage has value and adds value to your life. Ending it should only be done with careful and thoughtful consideration and not as the result of cheating alone.
2) You aren't a quitter. You know the old saying. Quitter's never win. Your marriage may not be a race but there is a prize on the other side. You can use this as an opportunity to make your marriage stronger than ever before or you can use it as an excuse to end it all right now. Only you can decide which choice you'd like to make. But it's quite likely that walking away without a fight is too close to quitting for comfort for the fighter in you.
3) You are up for the challenge. Most people believe that this is an uphill battle. The fighter in you believes there is no challenge too great and really no prize better than hanging on to your marriage. When you cheated, you never dreamed your marriage would really be on the line. You knew there was a risk but it didn't seem real or substantial at the time. Now that you've gotten caught you're not willing to let your marriage go for some one night stand or dime-store affair. Your marriage is worth more than that as far as you're concerned.
4) You never stopped loving your spouse. Not all cheating is a matter of the heart. If you love your spouse there is no reason not to fight to save your marriage after cheating and every reason in the world to fight to make your marriage work after cheating.
