How can I stop an affair in my marriage?
If you’re the one having the affair, distance yourself from the person who you’re having the affair with. Reconnect with your spouse.
You cannot stop an affair in the marriage. It is up to your partner (or you if you are the guilty party) to recognize that the affair will cause enormous heartbreak for all those connected with your family. If your spouse is cheating, you do have ownership in how you respond to the infidelity. Counseling, healthy nutrition, and exercise are simple things that can help you work through the anxiety associated with marital infidelity. Surrounding yourself with a cadre of supportive friends, relatives, and professionals is an important measure as well. Encourage your partner to talk about the infidelity. If he or she is open to conversation, marital healing is possible.
Infidelity is intolerable for most if not all. Therefore, to stop an affair honestly take the decision to quit the affair. Having a half-baked idea about it never takes you there.
Cut the affair in its initial stage. If you’re sharing something intimate with the opposite sex, that is a clear sign to cut that short. This includes problems in the marriage to the other person of the opposite sex. This is a no-no.
Confront your spouse and seek professional counseling together as to how your marriage ended up in a place of infedelity. Talk openly about what led your spouse to be unfaithful to you, and work towards forgiveness and healing if you’d like to save your marriage.