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Old Jan 21, 2019, 11:33 AM
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I think there is a big difference between staying with cheating spouse and forgiving cheating spouse. Not the same thing. One can forgive for the sake of moving on with their lives but not stay with cheating partner.

Often times people (I’d say women much more often than men) stay with a cheating spouse because they financially dependent on them and/or are afraid to be alone and can’t take charge of their own life.

From outside it might appear that the person forgave their cheating spouse and that’s why they stayed together but in reality it’s often not the case. At the same time one might find forgiveness in thei heart but not stay with cheating partner

Too often it appears that people stay in bad marriages because they believe in sanctity of marriage when in reality they cant just can’t make it on their own