Discovering a partner has been unfaithful can be devastating, impacting the victim's trust for years after regardless of whether they stay together. Being unfaithful can vary from emotionally cheating to affairs and entire lives hidden from your partner.
Many relationships will collapse soon after the cheating is revealed but some do decide to reconcile. One woman who forgave her husband who cheated for the majority of their marriage said she didn't want to "abandon" him.
Alexandrea Acevedo found herself reeling after learning her loving husband of five years, Michael, 31, had been unfaithful in their marriage for three and a half years.