Is there even a chance of your relationship after cheating surviving? It really boils down to the two people invovled in the relationship. If you both are not willing or able to forgive and forget, than in all likeihood it will not work out between you both.

Once lost, trust is extremely difficult to regain or rebuild. At the beginning of any relationship, we all start with little trust. Your partner will over a period of time learn to trust you, and if you have no negative baggage attached to you, it usually is easier.

But, once they've let their guard down, allowed you into their life and trusted you, they now have a hard time opening up to more pain once you've shown that their trust was in fact, misplaced

Just because it can be difficult, does not mean that you should stop trying and give up. Giving up, is in fact, the last thing you should ever do. If you want your partner to love and trust you once again, you need to do everything you possibly do.

Love, time and patience can rebuild anything, but know before hand it's imperative you both want to work on the relationship you share.

Giving your ex space and time is sometimes the best thing you can do, given the situation. You should be spending this time doing some deep thing on why you would engage in something as self destructive as cheating on someone you love.

Thinking that infidelity is aboun sex is a mistake, because it is not. Its about insecurity, loneliness and above all, ego. These issues need to be addressed, they can not simply be cured by hooking up with another partner.

You need to know why you cheated so you won't go do it again, before going back with your ex and expecting to be taken back.

All this is going to take time to get sorted out. Looking at your less desireable characteristics is painful to most. If you want to to convice your ex to take you back and to place their trust in you again, this is your best chance of doing just that.

You may need the help of a relationship therapist to figure out the issues you mistakenly "thought" could be solved by cheating to complete this step. Most of the time it isn't easy to look at your own b.s. and identify it as such. Having access to a relationship councelor who can gently point to areas that you need to change about yourself is a big help. It isn't going to be fun, but if you let it, you'll become a better person.

With love, pretty much anything is doable and a relationship after cheating is no acception. If you're successful at saving you relationship and once again getting your partner to place their trust it you, it definitely will take total commitment, honesty and a ton of work. If total commitment isn't your goal, perhaps you should just let the relationship go.