Adultery

===General===
For various reasons, most couples who marry do so with the expectation of [[Wiktionary:fidelity|fidelity]]. Adultery is often seen as a breach of trust and of the commitment that had been made during the act of marriage.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Encyclopædia Britannica Online, "Adultery" |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/6618/adultery |encyclopedia=Britannica.com |access-date=12 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110427092349/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/6618/adultery| archive-date= 27 April 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> Adultery can be emotionally traumatic for both spouses and often results in divorce.<ref>{{cite web|title=About.com Divorce Support, "Why Does Infidelity Often Lead to Divorce?" |url=http://divorcesupport.about.com/b/2011/05/12/why-does-infidelity-often-lead-to-divorce.htm |publisher=About.com |access-date=12 May 2011 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Adultery may lead to ostracization from certain religious or social groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=6017|title=Library : Women as Guardians of Purity|work=catholicculture.org|access-date=12 May 2011|archive-date=12 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912173357/http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=6017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Adultery can also lead to feelings of guilt and jealousy in the person with whom the affair is being committed. In some cases, this "third person" may encourage divorce (either openly or subtly).<ref>{{cite web|title=Signs of a Cheating Husband |url=http://www.beatingjealousy.com/blog/?p=21 |publisher=Beatingjealousy.com |access-date=12 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905054412/http://www.beatingjealousy.com/blog/?p=21 |archive-date=5 September 2011 }}</ref> If the cheating spouse has hinted at divorce in order to continue the affair, the third person may feel deceived if that does not happen.<ref>{{cite web|title=Are You the Other Woman in an Affair |url=http://www.essortment.com/other-woman-affair-36524.html |publisher=Essortment.com |access-date=12 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326012438/http://www.essortment.com/other-woman-affair-36524.html |archive-date=26 March 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Getting Over an Affair as the Other Woman |url= http://www.truthaboutdeception.com/community-features/ask-an-expert/questions-by-topic/infidelity/577-getting-over-an-affair-as-the-other-woman.html |publisher= Truthaboutdeception.com |access-date= 12 May 2011 |archive-date= 4 May 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110504213245/http://www.truthaboutdeception.com/community-features/ask-an-expert/questions-by-topic/infidelity/577-getting-over-an-affair-as-the-other-woman.html |url-status= live }}</ref> They may simply withdraw with ongoing feelings of guilt, carry on an obsession with their lover, may choose to reveal the affair, or in rare cases commit violence or other crimes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amy Fisher|url=http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/young/amy_fisher/index.html|publisher=trutv.com|access-date=12 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125221246/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/young/amy_fisher/index.html|archive-date=25 January 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

There is correlation between divorces and children having struggles in later life.<ref>{{cite web|title=nasponline.org, Divorce: A Parents' Guide for Supporting Children|url=http://www.nasponline.org/resources/parenting/divorce_ho.aspx|publisher=nasponline.org|access-date=12 May 2011|archive-date=5 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105093709/http://www.nasponline.org/resources/parenting/divorce_ho.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>