Would you take back your significant other if they admitted to cheating?

A good guy friend of mine told me his gf went out to the club, got wasted and hooked up with another guy. she told him the truth about it and he’s considering getting back together with her because he loves her and she didn’t want to break up. So i’m just curious would you take them back if they cheated and owned up to it? he’s my friend, i told him do what makes him happy but he deserves better.

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Graylight · 51-55, F

A lot of factors go into an answer for a question like this. We allow our partners to make mistakes over and over again in all other areas of life together, but we have a no tolerance policy for infidelity.

People make mistakes. People head down roads in their lives they never even anticipated. And it's hard to believe that any two people can satisfy literally every need.

The level of trust and commitment is at play here, not what was physically done with another person. Infidelity is not a community discussion - it should be handled within a relationship and within the parameters those two people set up. Whatever answer they come to mutually is the right one.