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How to fix your relationship after an affair

Think the damage has been done? Staying together after an affair is possible

By Cheryl Fraser, Ph.D.

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Best Health Magazine, May 2011

How to fix the damage

If asked at the altar, most men and women would state that monogamy in marriage is a must, and that an affair is a deal breaker. Until it happens to them. In reality, more than half of couples who experience an affair stay together. Rather than break up, those couples make a new deal, and some marriages end up stronger for the experience. If your relationship has been rocked by an affair, how do you begin to save your marriage? Here's how to start.

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Submitted by Nicole on Fri, 2012-05-11 1:15pm.

Send a copy of this article to to Maria Shriver!

Submitted by ovie on Fri, 2011-05-27 11:37am.