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" It&amp;#039;s serious business when one partner breaks the bond of marriage by cheating, but is it possible to move past the betrayal and stay in a &amp;quot;pretty happy&amp;quot; marriage in the wake of an affair? REDBOOK readers debate: Is infidelity a deal-breaker or is there room for forgiveness?  &amp;quot;WORK IT OUT.&amp;quot;  It takes two to make a marriage and two to break it. When my husband had an affair, I felt it was my fault too, because I&amp;#039;d been too caught up in work. Even though it hurt like hell, I forgave him, and our marriage has been stronger ever since: We stopped taking each other for granted and now we are more in love. In a way it&amp;#039;s the best thing that could&amp;#039;ve happened to us! \u2014 Cindy Wyatt, 49 Blytheville, AR If the cheater is truly remorseful and willing to work hard to repair the damage, and the cheated-upon is willing to work hard to forgive, then the couple has a shot to survive and even come out stronger. \u2014 Julie Meintel, 37 Lebanon, OH &amp;quot;IT WON&amp;#039;T WORK.&amp;quot; I&amp;#039;m going through this now, and I&amp;#039;ve decided to end my marriage of six years. It&amp;#039;s not so much the sexual act but rather my husband&amp;#039;s emotional betrayal that felt so harmful and, in my case, marriage-ending. \u2014 Charee Mason-Edwards, 32 Houston Having experienced my ex-husband&amp;#039;s infidelity and trying (then failing) to make the marriage work for two years after the fact, I can say that there is no room for cheating in a marriage. After he cheated, I was filled with suspicion every time he left the house, and I&amp;#039;m sure that was hard for him too. Infidelity breaks the most sacred treasure, that of trust. \u2014 Ramona Binion, 59 Orlando, FL "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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