Tiger and Elin, Sandra and Jesse, even Bill and Hillary.
Celebrity couples make headlines with stories of infidelity, some relationships stay together, others fall apart, but not every relationship is doomed to fail after someone becomes unfaithful.
There is hope, if you're willing to pay the price.
"A lot of people think if you stay together you have to forgive right away and there's a difference between accepting and letting go of something and forgiving," Dr. Karen Waldman.
The question remains, can a relationship survive the ultimate betrayal?
We went to expert marriage psychologists, Dr Ken and Karen Waldman who both say, it really depends on the extent of the extra-marital affair.
"I think people can heal from anything, people are very resilient if they can focus on what got them together in the first place what made them fall in love," Karen said.
First things first, they say keep the situation private. "How it's handled is very important, it shouldn't be made public if at all possible as soon as you bring in your parents and your friends and that makes it much more complicated," Ken said.
While you can't guarantee it won't happen again, the Waldman's say the offending partner must agree to live life an open book.
"The offending partner has to encourage that and not be upset that their partner is checking up on them, you gave up the right to not be checked up on when you had the affair," he said.
Even after counseling and therapy, they say the offending partner needs to be prepared to apologize, forever.
Celebrity couples make headlines with stories of infidelity, some relationships stay together, others fall apart, but not every relationship is doomed to fail after someone becomes unfaithful.
There is hope, if you're willing to pay the price.
"A lot of people think if you stay together you have to forgive right away and there's a difference between accepting and letting go of something and forgiving," Dr. Karen Waldman.
The question remains, can a relationship survive the ultimate betrayal?
We went to expert marriage psychologists, Dr Ken and Karen Waldman who both say, it really depends on the extent of the extra-marital affair.
"I think people can heal from anything, people are very resilient if they can focus on what got them together in the first place what made them fall in love," Karen said.
First things first, they say keep the situation private. "How it's handled is very important, it shouldn't be made public if at all possible as soon as you bring in your parents and your friends and that makes it much more complicated," Ken said.
While you can't guarantee it won't happen again, the Waldman's say the offending partner must agree to live life an open book.
"The offending partner has to encourage that and not be upset that their partner is checking up on them, you gave up the right to not be checked up on when you had the affair," he said.
Even after counseling and therapy, they say the offending partner needs to be prepared to apologize, forever.
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