I cannot even imagine newlywed cheating except to think back to a scene from Boston Legal where Denny Crane is in the coatroom at his wedding while his wife is waiting to cut the cake.
Either the show was ahead of its time or this sad trend has been quietly perculating for some time now. Women’s Health Magazine did a recent feature Womens Health .
As the article noted: “Part of the problem, says David Popenoe, Ph.D., founder and codirector of the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University, is that we’ve become an anything-goes society, in which the indiscretions of politicians, sports figures, and pop celebrities are practically daily news.”
This is so sad that I find it difficult to even make a comment. Read for yourself and take a look at this clip from the Early Show that reports 20% of men and 15% of women cheat within the first year of marriage. Newlywed Cheating
Copyright 2009 Rita Watson