Silent Cheerleader, the 100% was based on his experience as a pastor. I agree it is not based on statistics. Here is what he told me. He said the ties from a long M are still there: history, children, home, financial, family, and others. The new R never lasts and the WAS always begins to realize what they have destroyed and will want to come back. The fact that many M are not restored after infidelity are due to the LBS not accepting them back, the piecing does not work, or the LBS begins a new R.