Why do most women stay with cheating husbands?

I don't think most women want to stay with a cheating husband. They stay because love, children, finances, fear, hope, and history make these decisions incredibly complicated. Whether staying is healthy depends less on the affair itself and more on whether there's genuine accountability, change, and rebuilt trust.

Personally, I got out with child and happy I did.

I remember I kept asking why my mom stayed with my dad and mentor told me that it would help if I learned about domestic violence and that that would help make things less emotionally upsetting. Turns out my mom was more of a different abuser in their dynamic but I learned that a massive amount of years later

As someone who sadly stayed with a cheater till he left (2 of them actually 🤬😭) now I was never married but I stupidly loved them. And I stupidly believed they would stop. Its hard when you love someone. But staying isn't loving yourself.

While I’ve never been in this situation, I can imagine how hard it would be. People have good and bad. Maybe the good outweighs the bad. Maybe the person has changed. Maybe the wife has no other options. Maybe they were raised very religious and anti divorce.

There are tons of reasons someone might stay. No one knows their relationship and so it might now made sense to others.