<human>: Could you distill the essence of the text into 1-3 sentences?

This weekend my wife told me about her 6-month affair with a work colleague. A week prior to this she had been extremely emotional and apologetic and told me that her friendship with this dude was not appropriate. She said she had approached a psychologist to work through her issues and emphasised how sorry she was.

I initially decided to give her some space and did not press for details on what was bothering her. When I eventually did quiz her and ask what the exact nature of the friendship, did she divulge the details of the affair.

It's now three days later and am obviously hurt, angry and confused. We have two kids (9 and 5) and have just recently purchased a house together (typical). I still love her and the amount of remorse and sorrow she has shown tells me that she still loves me too.

We moved cities at the beginning of last year and at some point with her new job, my workload and her lack of friends my wife become incredibly lonely. She had made friends initially with this guy and then he started flirting with her. I am told things just went from there and despite her guilt and disgust with her she could not break it off despite wanting to and telling this guy as much on several occasions.

Things were finally stopped when the dude's wife started getting suspicious about their "Friendship" and the emotional toll of it all overwhelmed my wife. She said she had realised she had become the kind of person she despised and what she had done was against all her morals and character.

At this point I think I will be prepared to forgive her and work through this to rebuild our marriage. I have not spoken to anyone personally about this as yet because frankly it's humiliating. I have thus turned to you internet strangers for your thoughts and suggestions. Am I crazy for wanting to stay together? What essential things should I be doing before I make a decision to stay and make it work or just cut the cord?
<bot>: – My wife had an affair and I'm thinking of forgiving her. What should I consider before deciding whether to forgive her or not.