The statistics show that relationships that began as affairs have a fairly low chance of long-term success. And yes, the class of 2020 is way too early to determine this.

Another statistic that bears this out is the divorce rate for 2nd and 3rd marriages. They go up with each subsequent marriage. Not a 1 to 1 statistic as there are a lot of factors, but some percentage of those are marriages that resulted from affairs.

I truly believe the old adage "If they will cheat with you, they will cheat on you." And then there is the "that which starts in lies and deception rarely results in long-term success".

Anecdotally, I know a couple of marriages that are into multiple decades that started as an affair. But those are few and fair between compared to the number of folks that I know of that cheated on their spouses and ended up not staying with the AP.

M(53), W(54),D(19)
M-23, T-25 Bomb Drop - Dec.23, 2017
Ring and Piecing since March 2018