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*Let's Change Our Mindsets About Marriage*
*Episode 174*
*TIPS TO SAVE A MARRIAGE AFTER AN AFFAIR*
💔-Just Start with Confession and Repentance
Remember that truth is the base of any relationship. We also hear a famous quote “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything”. So, if you have cheated your husband/wife just start with the truth. Accept your mistakes with a big heart. Only strong people have the habit of accepting mistakes. Moreover, they also learn a lot from their mistakes.
After confession the next step is repentance. You have to show your spouse that you are ashamed of yourself. This step will play an important role if you want to save a marriage after infidelity.
💔-Say Sorry to your Spouse
After the first step, the next step is saying sorry to your spouse. For loyal people, infidelity and cheating are the most hurting things. So, you must have to apologize for your past deeds. Don’t forget to show your emotions because they reflect your repentance.
Just make a true promise to stop your affair immediately. Ensure your spouse that you will never meet or see your ex again in life. Remove our old conversations, images or videos (if you have any) that you have had with your ex.
We will also like to mention that the acceptance of your apology is not easy in the case when you are trying to save a marriage after cheating. Make your mind that this is not an easy task that can take a couple of weeks or months.
💔-Show your Deep Love and Affection
Love is the most powerful weapon and you can conquer anything by using it. After all the current circumstances, show your extra affection and love to your spouse. Here we will like to say again that show some special love and affection.
You can do this by showing some respect and love. Feel free to express your feelings and other romantic words.
💔-Ensure that you will Never Repeat this Mistake
We have already mentioned that a marriage can be saved after infidelity when you will ensure your spouse that it was your last mistake. Just sit and tell your spouse that this will never again in any circumstances. It will be very difficult for your spouse to have faith in your words but you have to keep on trying.
💔-Build your Trust
You might have heard that “Once trust is gone, it’s gone”. Here we mean to say that it is very difficult (not impossible) to gain the trust again, once it’s gone. So, get ready for some serious efforts because without the trust relationships are useless for you.
💔-Give some Special Attention
Normal attention will not work in this case if you are going to save a marriage after an affair. Pay some special attention to your relation. Try to discover new and interesting things in your relationship.
You can give some surprise gifts or trips for this purpose. Spending some time in a different environment can also help if you are suffering from this problem. Try to spend some time where you are alone with your spouse and place is far away from your current residence. Sometimes, changing the environment is necessary for your relationships.
💔-Work for your Forgiveness
Forgiveness will not be an easy task when you will try to save a marriage after cheating. Well, it varies from person to person but in the majority of cases, it takes some time as it is a big mishap for your spouse. Prepare your mind that it can take a lot of time. If you are interested in saving your marriage you have to try it again and gain.
💔-Answer All the Question
Possibly your spouse will ask some questions related to your past after you have cheated him/her. Frankly speaking that your spouse has the right to ask after such a big incident. Being a responsible and changed person you have to answer all the questions with patience.
Your spouse may ask some weird questions after knowing the truth about your affair. If you want to save your marriage after an affair you must have to answer all the questions in detail and you must tame your temper too.
💔-Consult Relation Advisors (If Needed)
Suppose you are interested in saving your marriage after cheating but your spouse doesn’t agree. What would you do? The last option you have is to consult a marriage advisor that can convince your spouse to give at least 1 more chance to your relationship. This part is not necessary in all cases. If your scenario is worst, you may have to opt for this option too.
💔-Work on your Communication
The normal and moderate conversation will not work anymore if you are trying to save a marriage after an affair or infidelity. You have to take some serious action to fix your communication. Both verbal and non-verbal communication has its own importance in this case. Don’t take it as a minor factor as most of the couples neglect the factor of communication. As a result, they have to face some serious consequences.
{To be continued In-sha-Allāh (If Allāh Wills)...}
"And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers." (Qur-ān 51:55)
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