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The book, The Second Betrayal: Why Forgiving a Cheater Often Costs You More Than Leaving by Anton Pettway, argues that forgiving a cheater without consequence is more detrimental to the betrayed partner than leaving, because it often helps the cheater by giving them reassurance and teaching them that their betrayal is survivable. The author distinguishes between internal forgiveness and relational reconciliation, stating that healing does not require keeping the person who hurt you around. The book frames cheating not as a mistake or a moment of weakness, but as a calculated series of choices and an act of practiced deceit, which, when forgiven without real loss, lowers the cheater's psychological barrier to repeating the behavior and often leads to the cheater becoming more careful to avoid detection next time. Furthermore, forgiveness without consequence weakens the faithful partner's authority in the relationship, shifting the dynamic and leading to a form of self-erasure where love becomes accommodation instead of being upheld by mutual respect and real boundaries.

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