How common is cheating really

anemoneprose
anemoneprose Posts: 1,805 Member
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I have an idea that 80% of couples experience some kind of cheating episode.

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  • JuantonBliss
    JuantonBliss Posts: 245 Member
    Speaking from both sides of the gun, I've cheated once by kissing, and have been cheated on multiple times. However, I feel like 80% i s just a number that you are, and excuse my language that you are pulling out of your *kitten*.

    http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2013/03/22/how-common-is-cheating-infidelity-really/

    Here is an article about cheating in relationships if you want to know the actual number.
  • anemoneprose
    anemoneprose Posts: 1,805 Member
    yeah absolutely, i am extrapolating from my observations.

    i don't trust any stats on *cheating* that rely on self-report (which is the only possible kind). that number is an 'actual' representation of people in that sample who felt like saying they cheated.
  • anemoneprose
    anemoneprose Posts: 1,805 Member
    there's a lot of dogging going on, is all i'm saying. way more than i'd have thought when i was young and green.
  • Naomi0504
    Naomi0504 Posts: 964 Member
    I do think it is pretty common.
  • Mitzki5
    Mitzki5 Posts: 482 Member
    Way to common.
  • Mobilemuscle
    Mobilemuscle Posts: 945 Member
    most humans throw that punani/salami all over the place

    real talk
  • JuantonBliss
    JuantonBliss Posts: 245 Member
    Cheating is a psychological thing. If you're dissatisfied with something you either fix it, or you leave. End of story.
  • griff7809
    griff7809 Posts: 611 Member
    I agree in part, it is a psychological thing, it is in our DNA to reproduce. Doesn't necessarily mean that there is something wrong with the relationship they are in. Some people have a better control over it that urge than others.
  • CycleGuy9000
    CycleGuy9000 Posts: 290
    Most people just aren't cut out to commit.
  • LMT2012
    LMT2012 Posts: 697 Member
    Proof tha monogamy is not natural.
  • Mitzki5
    Mitzki5 Posts: 482 Member
    Proof tha monogamy is not natural.

    I am 36 yrs old and my wife is 38, we have been together since I was 14. I have never messed around on her and I am very confident that she hasn't cheated on me either. Cheating is a lack of will power or lack of morals. I always looked at it this way......if you are going to cheat, why stay with the person you are with? Clearly you are not happy or not getting something from that relationship that you need. I always told my wife that if she ever became unhappy, to leave me before cheating.
  • SophK90
    SophK90 Posts: 56
    I have been cheated on before, and nearly all of my friends have either been cheated on or have cheated on someone themselves. I think it is unfortunately very common. However, i have never cheated and never will. In my opinion if you are unhappy in a relationship you should leave/try and work it out.

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