I recently read an autobiography of a celebrity. In her book she describes her ex-husband as a drinking, cheating liar.

A lot of people, including me, may wonder why she remained with him for all those years. I imagine the constant betrayal of her husband will have had a detrimental effect on her self esteem.

Maybe the simple fact that she loved him was reason enough to put up with his philandering. Puzzling as it might seem, it can take as much courage to stay in an unsatisfactory relationship as to leave it.

When a partner continually seeks lovers outside of the relationship, it can be a fair indication of its probable state of neglect.

It is quite likely that eventually the serial adulterer will find a lover he or she wants to be with permanently.

The conclusion I reached by the end of the book is that she may have suffered more harm by enabling this unacceptable behaviour to continue for so long.

I wonder if she would have felt the same had she taken that agonising step to end the marriage.