Infidelity doesn’t have to be the end. Research shows many couples stay together after an affair, and those who do the work can end up as satisfied as couples who never faced one. What the numbers say, what changes the odds, and what recovery actually takes.

“It was only texting.” Then: “Okay, we met once.” Trickle truth turns one betrayal into dozens. What it is, why partners do it, why it hurts so much, and how a focused couples therapy intensive helps the full truth come out once, so healing can actually start.