47 Reasons Why People Cheat & Steps to Recover & Heal from the Infidelity
Have you ever wondered why people cheat? Maybe you were cheated on or are the cheater yourself. Here are some reasons why people are unfaithful.
The answer to why people cheat is not an easy one. Typically, no one thing makes someone look for the comfort of someone else’s arms while in a relationship. Also, the definition of cheating is different for everyone.
Some people define cheating in a relationship as having sexual relations outside of the union. To others, having emotional feelings for someone else is just as bad as a sexual affair.
In general, anytime you go outside of a relationship to find intimacy with someone other than your mate, you are cheating.
How common is cheating in relationships?
Brace yourself—30-40% of unmarried relationships and 18-20% of married ones have at least one incident of sexual infidelity. That’s a lot of cheating!
So, in general, cheating impacts around one in three couples. And men and women are almost as likely to cheat, with men being 21% likely and women being 19% likely.
However, these numbers might not account for all types of cheating, just the physical kind. There is also emotional and online/virtual cheating. And other types of “intimate” behavior too.
These numbers also only represent heterosexual relationships. The number can vary quite a bit in LGBTQ+ relationships or other kinds of cultures and religions.
So, it’s fair to say that cheating is pretty common.
Even people in happy relationships can cheat
This might come as a shock, but people are still likely to cheat even if they’re happy with their partners. Some even go so far as to purposefully search for their own affairs. Is it a secret desire or is it just human nature? That’s what we’re here to find out.
When researchers announced that 80% of divorces were due to cheating, no one was surprised. They assumed that something was wrong with the marriages and that’s why they failed.
A recent study managed to shock everyone though when it said that 56% of men and 34% of women in happy marriages cheat.
If you read those papers and saw the confirmation with your own eyes, wouldn’t you start to think that there’s even less hope for a happily ever after now that you know that even people in happy relationships still cheat? Read More…
