A good number of people go through married life not knowing that their spouses are cheating on them. Cheating spouses naturally hide their illicit activities, particularly those who do not desire to lose their legal partners. Discovered infidelity has caused many marriages to crumble and dissolve but there are cheated spouses who choose to stay married to their cheating spouses in spite of it.
There are various reasons why a betrayed spouse would choose to remain. Some consider the effect divorce have on children while others find the marriage convenient for their personal objectives. There is a distinct group that exists among cheated spouses - those that remain in love with their cheating spouses.
Whether or not they take the part in the marriage vow which mentions "for better or for worse" very seriously, they have certainly chosen a difficult for themselves. Infidelity is one of the worse burdens to carry in a marriage and to accept it as part of the relationship perhaps for a considerable time before it hopefully stops, requires steel-clad determination and an unlimited source of love. It is always easier to hate the betrayer than love him/her for how can you love someone who repeatedly hurts you with cheating. But there are those who do...
Short of branding them as people with masochistic tendencies or people who derive pleasure in being hurt, we may consider them as people who genuinely believe that there is hope in their respective marriages and spouses. Even in the clear indication of hopelessness, they are determined to wait it out while continuing to be there for their beloved cheaters. They love at the expense of themselves and that is not always good.
Marriage requires a certain degree of sacrifice but it would be best to assess what are being sacrificed with a spouse's repeated cheating. Does everyone and everything else cease to matter at the price of keeping the cheating spouse? Obviously, there is a thin line that separates undying love with plain stupidity.
