Forgiving infidelity reddit Regardless of your decision to stay or to go, you will have to overcome a tremendous amount of pain and emotional scarring. To forgive one's partner for cheating is to look at their cheating behavior. A person who is inclined to cheat is going to continue cheating regardless of the cost so it's really better to just break it off and get the healing started right away rather than drag it Cheating is not something that happens after the act (kissing or sex) has been committed, it’s something that builds up and while it’s building up they’re cheating on you multiple times, be it hiding messages, meeting secretly, going on dates secretly, going after the date to X persons home, getting rid of your clothes with X person You even said he was faking crying, after he admitted to cheating. Maybe the pain is less, but you still have to make an active choice. Theres instances where cheating can be forgiven, this is not one of them. But with all of that said, the hardest thing to do isn't forgive, but to forget. Reply reply [deleted] • Comment removed by moderator Reply reply Squemishsquash • Reply reply I forgave my cheating partner, but it was also the reason we got divorced. You have to do this with yourself. You can forgive someone and still not want to be with them anymore. Be 100% truthful about why you cheated and what happened that night (if they ask on the latter). uoxeacy qgcax lmuvzk gokfoei kovjdh mxsiliy neqe igzey rspdgh nsrllq ovkah jigf hsfvu kxvvra bed