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Frequency of Cheating
Relationship cheating is a very common occurrence. If you haven’t experienced it yet, there’s a good chance you eventually will. I found it difficult to track down good cheating statistics. Slightly more than half of all married people will cheat on their spouses at some point in their lives. Men apparently cheat more often than women, but the gap isn’t huge. Most of the time cheating does occur, the other spouse doesn’t know about it, with women being in the dark slightly more often than men. That’s if you’re married. If you’re in a committed relationship but aren’t married, then I’d imagine that the odds of cheating are even higher. Partly I say that because cheating is more common when you’re younger and becomes less likely as you age. The big game-changer here is the Internet, which makes even 10-year old stats seem very dated now. Recent surveys suggest that most people have flirted online at one point or another, that when people spend time in chat rooms they’re usually motivated by romantic interest, and that about a third of adults have had real relations as a result of a connection that began online. In the USA alone, tens of millions of people cheat on their primary relationship partners. Most of the time when people cheat, they hide it from their partners, and they usually succeed in doing so, not because they’re so great at keeping secrets but mainly because their partners fail to recognize and acknowledge the telltale signs. Statistically speaking, if you get involved in committed relationships or marriage, the odds are better than 50–50 that you’re eventually going to cheat at some point in your life. And you’ll probably hide it from your primary partner, and you’ll probably get away with it. Of course you can decline to join this group if you desire so. However, there’s still a good chance you’ll end up in a relationship with someone else who’s a member, and you probably won’t know. Or you’ll know, but you’ll retreat into denial about it.

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• Варианты
  • People cheat each other often enough.
  • Women are less cheaters than men.
  • People always know when they are cheated.
  • Cheating is very typical for teenagers.
  • The Net made cheating more difficult.
  • Online relations are a good beginning for future dates.
  • Most people hide the fact of cheating their partners.
  • People never know why they cheat their partners.