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Jul 8, 2023 · Key points. Infidelity is strongly predicted by gradual deterioration in relationship quality. Infidelity affects levels of wellbeing more negatively for perpetrators than for victims....
- Myth 1: A Vigilant Partner Can Prevent Infidelity.
- Myth 2: Infidelity Is Always About Sex.
- Myth 3: Some People Are Just "Sex addicts."
- Myth 4: It’S Always Better to Admit An Affair.
- Myth 5: Once A Cheater, Always A Cheater.
- Myth 6: Marriage Can’T Survive Infidelity.
Is your mate going to cheat? It’s less likely if the relationship is enjoyable, your mate is healthy, the two of you can talk about everything, and the sex is satisfying. There’s no guarantee. But some partners try. They examine their mate’s mobile phone: records of texting, geo-locaters, email, and actual phone calls. What Sherlock Holmes wouldn’t...
While different, better, or more sex is the reason for much infidelity, people cheat for other reasons, including anger, a need to prove that they’re attractive or youthful, the need for affection or touching, the need to feel loved, and the need to prove their autonomy. There’s also a situational dynamic for some people: “I wasn’t looking for it, ...
Some people who cheat over and over and over are responding to a diagnosable mental health problem. They may be medicating their depression, or managing their anxiety, or expressing bipolar disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder. Cheating may be the way a person with borderline personality disorder navigates stressfullife situations. I’m very sy...
It depends on what someone is trying to accomplish. If someone’s goal is simply to rid themselves of guilt, that would be pretty selfish—assuming they end (or have ended) the affair with no collateral damage. Of course, if an affair is discovered by the betrayed partner, it’s generally better to acknowledge it, as the additional lying and coverup c...
Surveys estimate that someone who has cheated before is three times more likely to cheat again, compared to those who have never cheated. On the other hand, my clinical experience is that many cheaters are themselves devastated by the outcome of the affair’s discovery. Whether because of their partner’s grief, their own sense of shame, or both, som...
If that were true, marriagewould be a poor gamble. And marriage counseling would be a poor investment. There are two kinds of relationships that survive infidelity. In the first, communication is poor; expectations are low; there’s family or cultural pressure to stay together; or there may be financial or other dependence. This is a relationship th...
Oct 29, 2021 · One study that looked at gender differences in response to infidelity found that women tend to be more distressed by emotional affairs, and men tend to become more distressed over...
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Sep 17, 2023 · “He cheated. It’s over.” Even when infidelity doesn’t precipitate breakups, it often causes severe relationship damage. Therapists see a steady stream of couples trying to pick up the...
Apr 19, 2023 · Dig into Stacey Swann’s messy family novel and get a professional perspective from sex therapist Dr. Jennifer Vencill. Our guests push back on some of the common ideas about what infidelity is, what it means to stay after infidelity, and what type of person becomes “the other woman.”. Read the transcript:
Oct 11, 2019 · Anger-motivated infidelity can happen for reasons other than revenge, though, including: frustration in a relationship when your partner doesn’t seem to understand you or your needs. anger at a...
Apr 5, 2021 · Rowan Jordan/Getty Images. Emotional cheating happens when you establish a close, intimate connection with someone who isn’t your partner. You can generally tell emotional infidelity apart from...
