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After Infidelity: Make up or Break up

When someone is unfaithful, they break the trust they've built up. It is being untruthful or unfaithful to your partner. Typically involving a third party, infidelity may be sexual in nature of emotional in nature. Emotional upheavel can be a sign of infidelity as well. Detachment can occur if you lose the trust of your partner, which can be caused if you lie to your partner or bend the truth. Betrayal of a partner may inflict deep pain and cause irrevocable damage to the relationship that hastens its end. In the wake of an infidelity many things may occur.
If you are presently husband and wife, cheating on your spouse might result in a divorce. There is a fear of split if there is a commitment in your affair.

What's the next step after you find out your partner has cheated?

When a relationship has suffered through unfaithfulness, there will be identifiable stages the relationship passes through.
The Roller Coaster dsatge is when you are in a freefall and have nowhere to go but up In this phase of escalated emotions, expect anger and guilt followed by self-analysis and a new understanding of the relationship. when an individual goes through an emotional turmoil he fails to take reasonable and logical decisions.
Temporary Break. The person who has been cheated on may experience fewer emotional highs and lows at this stage. The victim attempts to come to terms with the deception here. They may want more information about the affair or they may run away or look for help from other people about the issue.
Now is the time to build trust. This will occur if/when the couple opts not to separate. This is when couples try to work on their relationship and keep their marriage together. They committed themselves to their being together and dedicated their time to building forgiveness and trust.

You can have many questions and doubts about your relationship when you learn your partner has cheated with someone else. There is hope so don't lose heart.
Here are a few symptoms that shows if a person is still eligible for your love.

Expresses sincere remorse and regret for cheating on you
Heartfelt apologies feel true when you hear them
Accepts total blame for his or her betrayal
Cuts off all contact with the third party
Shows a renewed appreciation, admiration, respect and devotion to only you
Displays a willingness and openness to talk about what happened
Is willing and eager to go into marriage counseling with you

If both of you are willing to participate in a deep, open, and honest conversation regarding your relationship and how you would like it to progress, there is a good chance you will be able to work through your issues.

If your partner is shutting you out and refusing to communicate, with no signs of being open to reconciliation, you might need to resign yourself to the loss and move on. If your significant other appears to be spending less time with you and/or seems to be more irritable lately, these could be indicators that your relationship may have run its' course. Some problematic signs include telling you that they are working extra hours on the job, being secretive about phone calls, and finding more reasons to go out by themselves. There is a possibility to receive unknown calls at this house. If you suspect one or more of these things, it's likely your partner is cheating. It may be the best thing for you to end the relationship if you have definite proof that your significant other is cheating on you. Being a happy couple depends on mutual respect, trust, and dedication, and without those things it might not last.

Following infidelity, watch out for any signs that may show if your partner is willing to remain with you and fix things or definitely intends to keep on walking down the path of betrayal. Just pay attention and be careful. Do whatever is best for you.





















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