re: Is it possible for any relationship to stay intact after cheating?

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Or is it the end-all to any relationship?

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I know people who carried on in a relationship. Some I wonder why, but I know one couple who made a concerted effort to correct the failing in their marriage and overcome their initial issue to go on to have a long, rock solid marriage without any more infidelity. They're in their 50s now.

Their story is they got married young because she was pregnant. He cheated early in the marriage after kid #1 prior to the subsequent children. He came clean, asked forgiveness, they went to counselling. Both made commitment to be open and avoid using issues surrounding the infidelity as weapons in any arguments or to manipulate. That plus time got them through. They are pretty open about it now and work with couple who are trying to overcome similar issues.

Trust is always the biggest issue, subsequently. But holding the offense is a close second. I would think both require a lot of tome and effort to overcome. Never personally been in that situation.