How to Deal With a Cheating Partner
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There are several types of cheaters: those who will cheat once, then feel bad about it, and never repeat their mistake, those who continue the cheating pattern again and again until they are caught, and those who make a lifestyle out of being unfaithful.
If you want to know how to handle a cheating partner, you must first decide how likely it is that they will repeat that same behavior over again. Then you have to think about whether you trust them enough - consider the sincerity of the person who betrayed you when they ask for reconciliation. Unless you know your partner very well, you’ll probably not be able to reassure yourself that his/her infidelity was a one-time event.
Make sure you can live with the knowledge of your partner’s betrayal in your relationship before you go any further. No one expects you to forget, but you have to be willing to forgive.
The root cause of the problem has to be discussed and dealt with: Things between you and your partner will never be the same again. It’s like going back to square one. You have to be sure the conditions that may have caused infidelity are eliminated from your relationship. For instance, the person who your partner cheated with has to be out of the picture.
