Would you forgive a cheater?
When I was two, my dad had an affair. My mom, being super Catholic, refused to divorce him. I didn’t find out until my twenties but growing up, I always wondered why she treated him so horribly. My dad was the SAHD, the fun one, the patient one. My mom was angry, cold, and distant. Their marriage felt like a battlefield.
When I turned 18, I snapped and told her she was awful to him. Later, I found out why she’d been carrying that betrayal for fifteen years. Fifteen years of resentment, pain, and pretending. But to her credit, she finally forgave him, and weirdly… they’re happy now.
It makes me wonder though is forgiveness worth that much suffering? Could you forgive cheating if it was a one-time mistake?
2025/10/8 Edited to
Yea…as sad as it is I feel like you mind as well have split with that person if you’re not able to move past the hurt. It’s just not worth everyone’s sanity. Now if you can heal and move forward that’s a different story, but that doesn’t seem to be her case 🥺