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ALWAYS AND FOREVER?
A LOOK AT WHY MOST COUPLES CHEAT
As less people globally are choosing matrimony
as an option to express their everlasting love
and commitment to their professed "soul-mate",
the million dollar question that most married
couples, both young and not so young, often ask
is, "why do 75 percent of married men elect to
cheat on their wives"? And why are a growing
number of wives cheating on their husbands as
well? Research on the nature of infidelity gives
us some explanation as to why and how
infidelity can creep into a married couple's life
and take root.
Whether you're fabulously wealthy or just
"getting by" with paying your bills every
month, cheating is not always about having the
money to entice a person to sleep with you; it's about lust and fulfilling fantasies.
Without a doubt, the reasons that are associated with why one would consider cheating on their "significant
other" is a complicated and difficult issue for most adults to discuss. However, the majority of marriage
counselors would agree that for a married couple to survive such a traumatic experience, there most be an
open and mutual understanding / discussion between husband and wife on just how the pain of infidelity
can leave life-long emotional scars.
Amazingly, statistics indicate that seventy-five percent of all married men worldwide have at least once in
their marriage been unfaithful to their wives. Of the men who cheat, statistics also state that two-thirds of
their wives are completely unaware of the affairs that their husbands are having.
Surprisingly, men aren't alone when it comes to infidelity. Wives are also cheating on their husbands mor e
than ever. In an effort to understand a "cheating heart", let’s take a look at some of the common causes of
cheating, and let’s see how they can be avoided:
LACK OF SEXUAL INTIMACY WITHIN THE MARRIAGE
Per marriage counselors, if you and your spouse have stopped being intimate with each other, or if you
have drastically decreased the frequency of your intimacy, then your personal relationship is going to
suffer.
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