Marriages can be saved after infidelity and be stronger than ever. It may not be all that common, but it can happen.
There IS some truth to this, and of course it depends on the situation. I think folks need to learn that every situation is different. Sometimes, the roots of the bad relationship are then exposed by the act of infidelity. Truth is infidelity RARELY has anything to do with sex or lack of home satisfaction. It can, but it's actually quite rare.
I know a guy who counsels couples going through it and a couple of guys at my church who cheated and were able to save their marriage. One of the wives who was cheated on has talked to women in similar circumstances. She tells them that healing is possible, BUT she would only recommend it with lots of counselling. If the husband just promises to change his ways, that ain't gonna cut it. I know her and her husband well and their marriage is very solid. The husband says that getting caught was the best thing that ever happened to him.
I know of a similar situation in an old church I was in. In fact, they were not Christians at the time and it was a Christian cheating with the woman's husband. She went and told her what was going on and they separated but what happened long-term (as horrible as the journey was) made all three of them better.
I would never judge anybody who stayed and tried to make it work, especially if they have kids. But, repeated crap like this or cases that involved abuse, I don't understand sticking around at all.
And that right there is why I've long said Hillary frightens me with her lust for power. (I'm consistent, though, Trump frightens me, too, but that's another thread). She is not a woman who was wronged by a philandering husband - she's one who was REPEATEDLY (hell, serially) betrayed over and over and over again (this is not just hearsay, Clinton admitted to several affairs under oath in the deposition where he lied about Monica) - and her whole thing is to not only stay but have others dig up dirt on the women.
But if you wanna be President bad enough, there are those who will sacrifice their self-respect.
Now onto Weiner, which is funny because Earle pointed out what the press seems to miss - it's WINER (e.g. Whiner), not WEE-ner, but this is a punch line that writes itself, too. (Anthony Wee-ner, the Peter Tweeter, as Jay Leno called him several years ago every single night).
Btw - another one I'd put in the Hillary 'lacking self-respect' category is Frances Swaggart, the wife of Jimmy. No, she ain't looking to be President, but her actions over Jimmy's REPEATED infidelities are in the same league. The one everyone remembers (or knows about - if they do) was the infamous tearful confession in February 1988, but Jimmy has been caught with hookers TWICE more that I'm aware of (
one was the weekend of the Clarence Thomas hearings in 1991) and
another time in 1995.
I'd rather be in a room with Putin than Swaggart - at least Putin won't cover his deception with appeals to Jee-zus.