Some cheaters are acutely aware of the power they have over the faithful spouse.

They understand that divorcing their spouse will mean the professional destruction of the faithful spouse. Plus, they may know that the faithful spouse is highly committed to working through even infidelity.

With this knowledge, they toy with the faithful spouse taking divorce on and off the table.

It is a sick game.

But sadly, this is not an uncommon game played by cheaters with faithful spouses. They seem to take delight in having such power.

What can a faithful spouse do?

Honestly, only bad options are left in these scenarios. Maybe the least bad option is the one where the faithful spouse chooses to divorce the unrepentant cheater.

This ends the wicked game. It is a tough decision to make; however, sometimes we have to cut off a diseased part for the whole to survive and later thrive.

 

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*A version of this post ran previously.