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It would depend on the nature of the cheating ( one time vs long term) and whether he was willing to go to counseling. Hopefully we could work it out through counseling. If it happened a second time I'd be gone.

Hopefully this is just a hypothetical.

I would definitely go to counseling and try to make things work, but knowing myself, I don't know if I could get past it. I would not want to stay with DH if I was resentful and bitter. But I would do everything to try to get past it.

My sister divorced her first husband (who was an abusive, mean a$$hole). They had a child together and I see how she struggles with custody arrangements and not being with her child full time. For our son alone, I would do everything to make it work. I could not be without my son, so I don't what I would do.

I can't tolerate lying. If my husband cheated and lied, I probably wouldn't be able to forgive him. If he cheated and told me about it, I could get past it (I think).

I would start with counseling and if that didn't work I would consider divorce.

@artbee: I totally agree. It's easy to say how you would react to something until it personally happens to you.

For me, abuse is the only reason I would get a divorce. Everything else I would work through, with or without counseling. And to be fair (and DH knows this)--he doesn't have enough game to cheat on me if he wanted to.
I wouldn't allow him to use cheating as an excuse to get a divorce--we are in this through thick and thin!

But yes, @artbee is right, you can't tell until you;'re in those shoes (and I hope none of us is ever in them!)

What a HORRIBLE situation....I'd leave. Everything our marriage is based on: trust, monogamy, faith and love would be lost at that point. I wouldn't see a reason to stay at all.
I'd probably just pack and LEAVE and not get the actual divorce for awhile after. He might repent, we might go to counseling...who knows. But my initial reaction would be to take the kids and disappear for a little while at least.

*oh and I'd be an insane person. Like, those chicks that bust every window in the house before leaving....that might be me. Or his clothes would be sent to the salvation army and his bank accounts cleared before he even gets home from work that day. I always say i'd be classy about it but...who am I kidding? That's an extremely crappy situation that I wish on no one! Man or woman...or children.

@chopsuey119: @TurtleDoves: ditto with you gals! I'd leave, and not try to "work things out." Cheating = trust is gone.

Life is too short to stay in a bad marriage, kids or no kids. To me, the kids wouldn't affect my decision. I wouldn't want to stay "for the kids" because that is shitty in itself.