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Originally Posted by Cherie

It depends though because alot of marriages will go through a rough patchs and it can be at a time when one of the partners is under pressure at work or something and just doesn't realise how lonely or unsupported their partner is, and basically stop communicating, some marriages do come out the other side stronger than ever after a blip.

...hmmm, but then most cheating could be justified though because I'm sure there are always 'reasons' for it...I had a friend who was pregnant and she had a really difficult pregnancy so maybe she didn't have the hugs etc for her partner as she did before but she couldn't help that, it was a time to be understanding of that but she found out that her husband had cheated on her..very much like you're describing, that he felt a bit less loved and someone else obviously filled that gap...so maybe he was right and justified..?..I just don't think it can be excused because every 'cheater' would probably think that their excuse was acceptable and ok....and it's something that has effected my friend's life and confidence long term, whereas he's not effected at all by it...