One thing is for certain. For most relationships and marriages, when an infidelity occurs, it can be the darkest, most distressing and shocking things that will happen to the partnership.

For the partner who has been cheated on there is the complete shattering of trust.

There’s the hurt, the disappointment and also a lot of the time a strong feeling of embarrassment that is reported too.

Sometimes, the “victim” of the cheating will blame themselves for causing the other partner to stray.

But what really causes someone who is in a committed marriage or relationship to begin an emotional affair, and more importantly, can a partnership survive the massive upset an affair causes?

Communication and forgiveness are the two critical ingredients to saving a marriage tainted by infidelity.

It will be a long road, but with time an affair does not have to mean the end of the marriage.

Both partners must be open about exactly how they are feeling, and discuss how the other partner can play their part in the healing process.

Of course the hardest job for the cheating spouse is to win back the trust of their loved one.

They must understand it will take time for them to have trust in them again, and be patient with them.

For the cheated partner, they must find it within themselves to try and forgive their spouse, and accept that as bad as things feel at the time of the deception, they can, with the correct effort and teamwork, make the marriage work, and become solid again.

It will be a hard journey, but many couples have proved that marriage does not have to end with an emotional affair.

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