What is your guess on percentage of people who cheat?
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Anonymous
| My husband travels for work a lot and I have tons of fantasies about having a fling while he is gone. Totally unrealistic because we have a five year old at home but I semi-obsess with it while he’s gone. We are fairly happily married with not terrible if boring sex life, and I am definitely not interested in divorce ( he is a really good dad). I don’t think I could actually cheat but I wonder how common, particularly for people who keep it secret and stay married, particularly women. FWIW, I am fairly certain he is faithful. |
Anonymous
| I’d guess at least 50% have done something at least once. |
Anonymous
| I would not be certain that a traveling businessmen is faithful . . .unless he is a total Shrek. |
Anonymous
Someone famous once said, 70% people cheat, the other 30 is lying. 
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Anonymous
| In our church, it’s pretty close to zero percent. |
Anonymous
| I think it depends on what you call cheating. There is a range of noncommitment from fantasy to full blown public affairs. |
Anonymous
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Realistically I would say at least 51% of married couples cheat.
The other 49% want to - but just don’t get lucky. |
Anonymous
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I don’t think fantasizing is cheating unless it’s about a specific person you actually know. In that case, that might be coveting.
A celeb or fictional character is fine. DH knows I have the hits for several Marvel characters. It’s a running joke and keeps things interesting. |
Anonymous
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No idea but I’ll take a shot at it.
40% of males, slightly less for women. |
Anonymous
lol |
Anonymous
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Well, at what age and what point in a marriage?
Over the course of a long marriage it's probably about half, and agree it's higher for men than women partly because a subset of men pay for it. Agree that not all are full blown affairs, some are one night stands or a make out in a hotel bar if you even count that then probably higher than 50% But YMMV and if you are an attractive charming man who travels for work and has opportunities, it's probably close to 90% |
Anonymous
I thought the same. Jim Baker and Jimmy Swaggert are the leaders of the moral majority |
Anonymous
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Stats on the internet are between 25-75%. My guess is about half will at some point.
The Ashley Madison hack had about one third of married men had an account so rates of infidelity would be higher for men if they had game Half of marriages end in divorce and of the other half at least half of those someone cheated. The couples who marry and are faithful to each other are a small minority. |
Anonymous
My friend’s “workaholic” husband is fat, short and bald - totally unattractive - and still managed to cheat. Money is a powerful aphrodisiac. |
Anonymous
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Mid-30s I would have said I didn’t know anyone who had and I thought it was really low.
Early-40s now I’m finding nearly all of my friends have at some point and no one has been caught. Yet. Shocking. |