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  • Studies have shown that one out of every three couples have an individual that cheats on their partner which would mean 33%.
  • But you shoudl really be asking what percentage of couples feel compled to see other people besides their other? answer: at one point in time everyone (good news) =] but after you get over that stage, it makes the relationship much stronger. realizing you want to be with this person freely with out question = priceless
  • I've heard all sorts of different numbers. Years ago I hear that it was 40% of women and 70% of men. Those figures are probably a bit high and may not be accurate. I've seen other statistics that say 25% of women, and 33% of men. That seems a bit low and also may not be accurate. I suspect the true answer lies somewhere in the middle, though I'm not quite sure how this type of thing can actually be counted. Each study is based solely on the participants in that study, and although studies strive to be representative of society as a whole, they are not always. Basically, too many people cheat, and the percentages of men who cheat are always higher than women who cheat. Basically, because men CAN cheat easier than women can.
  • Everyone in my family has cheated. Mom, Dad, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins. I've cheated on my husband and he's cheated on me. I don't think it's right, but I feel that anyone would cheat given the right circumstances. ANYONE!
  • Only weak people need to cheat. I am a personal trainer, and work with gorgeous women all day every day. I'm obviously tempted sometimes, but it doesn't seem hard to resist cheating when I think of my girlfriend. I believe that, if you feel that you need to cheat on your partner, you might as well just break up.
  • I don't know the statistics on this and I don't even know if they would be accurate because only those who admit it can be counted. However, I am confident in saying that 100% of those who cheat are immature, and lack relationship and problem solving skills.
  • 22 percent of married men have strayed at least once during their married lives. 14 percent of married women have had affairs at least once during their married lives. Younger people are more likely candidates; in fact, younger women are as likely as younger men to be unfaithful. 70 percent of married women and 54 percent of married men did not know of their spouses' extramarital activity. 90% of Americans believe adultery is wrong.
  • I think cheating is wrong.But being a divorced woman for 3 yrs now, I think its out there more then people think.Married men who i thought were loyal aren't.As soon as they here you are available..I have never acted on it...I can see though how people would cheat if you are UNHAPPY.There are alot of reasons why people don't leave..Not that it makes it right but some people are so stuck in binds in a marriage and really have a hard time leaving..If you are HAPPY and cheat you just have problems!!
  • Here's something from the Paris Review, Summer 2009. #107: Gay Talese on infidelity. "Here's what people don't get. Sex is not that important. It isn't the most important thing in any relationship. Marriage is never about sex, and yet in American fiction so many stories and novels present a sexual dalliance ans an unpardonable sin. (In real life) I never thought that should be true. Marriage is the main event. These other relationships bring me into worlds I would otherwise not know. These relationships have helped our marriage. ..I think of all these people who get divorced over minor matters...I don't see how people can live in conventional marriages. " Gay Talese has a fifty year marriage with a very accomplished,independent and fiscally successful wife.
  • Indiana has the highest divorce rate in the US if i remember right its like 60%
  • I think its many more women than men would think. My ex had an affair with a man in Istanbul and it ended our marriage. At least three of her girlfriends have had affairs with men in the middle east with two still going to some degree, we live in Australia. One of the husbands suspects but has not asked me about it. I'm not privy to any of my male friends who are doing likewise which is strange.
  • Having talked about this topic quite a bit with my friends (male and female), I can only think of one who I'm fairly sure hasn't ever cheated with the person she was with. Whether the people I know are unusually promiscuous, or whether this is an indication of people in general, I don't know. I think most people like the idea of monogamy but sooner or later they cheat. After all, how do most relationships end? It takes a lot of strength to leave a relationship, and it's much easier to do if you already have someone else to go to (sad, but true).
  • I think more people cheat than are willing to admit. Human beings are not meant to be monogamous. it is ridiculous to think that you can maintain sexual energy with the same person only for the rest of your life. People are attracted to lots of different people throughout their lives. if I'm wrong then why is the divorce rate so high.
  • If you feel the desire to cheat on your partner, you are a human being. By nature we are animals, by nature we are polygamist creatures. Religious and social institutions have repressed sexuality for centuries to the point now where people actually think it is realistic to have one sexual partner their entire lives. In most African tribes, teenagers are sent away to live in communes at the age of 14 for the sole purpose of having the chance to experience every other teenager in the village sexually before making a decision who they want to spend their life with. In these tribes, there are no divorces, there is no cheating. What for when you have experienced all there is to experience? The curiosity is gone. Sexual desire will always be within you, and the more you deny yourself your human nature, the easier it will be for you to succumb to it and become a cheater yourself. Just be alert, and be conscious and cheating will not be a problem for you.

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