Both the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) and statistics from the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) suggest that over the course of a lifetime, cheating is not rampant.
The AASMFTsays that 15% of wives and 25% of husbands have had sex outside of their marriage, whereas NORC puts that figure between 15% to 18%. Watch for a review of the two different sets of statistics and why.
While the seven red flags that follow are not facts per se, enough research has been gathered from credible sources to report the warning signs, and what you can do to heal if your partner is unfaithful.
There are 7 red flags. At the end of the seven signs, please follow the link to find Marriage Saving Solutions:
No. 1: Crying Out for Help
No. 2: Sudden Change — or Interest — in Appearance.
No. 3: Unconstructive Criticism
No. 4: Guilt Gifts
No. 5: Snubbed at the Company Party
No. 6: Sneaking
No. 7: History Repeats Itself (but not always — marriages can be saved after infidelity as we have learned from other WebMD features.) Nip Infidelity in the Bud — and this article lists marriage saving solutions.
Healing; Surviving Infidelity Is Hard to Do ; Infidelity: Mending your marriage after an affair – MayoClinic.com ; Divorce Busting® – How to Save Your Marriage, Solve Marriage
INFIDELITY FAST FACTS
- Infidelity Fast Facts, Love: fewer than 20 percent ever cheat
- Infidelity: Fast Facts, Love: only 5 percent of men cheat annually
- Infidelity Fast Facts, Love: fewer than 3 percent of women cheat each year
- Infidelity Fast Facts, Love: cheating figures you can trust
- Infidelity Fast Facts, Love: Oh, such lies
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