subject: Saving Your Relationship After Being Cheated On [print this page] If you have found that your partner has been cheating on you, what do you want to do? You have two choices, either leave him or try to repair the damage and stay together. Why did your partner stray on you in the first place? There can be many reasons why this happens and if you decide you want to try and save the relationship you need to find out exactly why your partner did this. Until you know exactly why they cheated on you there is really not much you can do. Once you have your answer you need to talk it over with your partner to find out if they want to make things right. It could be they cheated because they no longer have any interest in the current relationship or they are just bored with it. If the two of you stayed together would this happen again, they would have to earn your trust in a big way and you may never feel like you can trust them again. You could be looking over their shoulder or checking their messages to see if they are cheating again. It is very possible that the affair was a one time mistake and they genuinely feel remorse over it and truly would not cheat again. This would be the best case, but you would still be in the position of having to gain their trust. There have been many relationships that have come back from a situation like this and gone on to do well. You need to think your options through to make a choice you can live with.
