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Today’s society is full of images pertaining to infidelity in relationships, from talk shows that bring together fighting spouses and expose their cheating on one another, to the popularization of the idea of having a tryst with someone other than your significant other for the purposes of fulfilling some lustful desires. But, the idea of surviving infidelity in one’s own relationships only underscores the effects of infidelity on society and how negative they can be.

Statistically speaking, infidelity is a large concern among marriages and engaged couples in today’s society. Some estimates say that one in five divorces result from infidelity. Of these, it is almost a half and half split between men and women in regards to who commits infidelity, suggesting it’s not just a concern in one gender.

If we are to fix some of the problems facing the nation today, we must look at the overarching effects of infidelity on society as a whole. Cheating often leads to divorce, which can break up an otherwise stable home environment. And divorces are painful experiences not just for the couple, but for everyone involved. Divorce can especially have a strong negative impact on the children. A child of divorce is more likely to experience emotional trauma and lasting issues with trusting people of the opposite sex.

Many people don’t realize that it’s the children who frequently bear the effects of infidelity in society. These are lasting effects that will be with these children throughout their lives. Not only do children of divorce lose the benefit of growing up with both parents at home, many end up suffering from a lack of self-confidence. Some resent one parent or the other, blaming the parent for breaking up the home. And these children often feel insecure and uncertain in their home life, unable to recover from the upheaval their parents’ divorce caused.

These problems don’t magically go away as the child ages. In their teenage years, children of divorce sometime jump into poor relationships, desperate to grab onto what they hope is a loving, stable relationship. Other children turn violent, acting out against their parents. And, sadly, too many children of divorce turn to drugs and other destructive life choices.

The children aren’t the only ones making poor and often reckless decisions after a divorce. It is common to discover one or both sides of the broken couple becoming driven to show themselves more successful in their job and in future relationships. This drive can lead to bad decisions, and further heartache, just because they want to demonstrate to the other person (though it’s often not true) that they are better off now that they are divorced.

The reality is, most people who come out of a relationship are many times more vulnerable emotionally, leading them to make poor decisions that are reckless. Often, these decisions come back to harm the person emotionally even more than they were before the breakup. Sometimes, it may be more reasonable to remain in a relationship to try to work through a case of infidelity, and make amends, than jump to a break up. The relationship may be salvageable and the parties involved may be able to save themselves emotional grief.

There is an organization called the Affair Recovery Center that can help people with dealing through cases of losing a relationship due to infidelity. Many times counseling can help deal with the emotional strife that results from the ending of a relationship, and can also help those who are in a relationship where one party committed infidelity reconcile, and possibly heal their marriage. Such counseling can help minimize the effects of infidelity on society and can help reduce the negative effects infidelity can have on a family as well.