Is Cheating More Common Than Monogamy?
(Now if that isn't an "I had to wonder..." headline!)
I just received a press release from Divorce360.com about cheating:
"A new study suggests between 40 to 70 percent of partners cheat on their spouses, making infidelity the new norm in a relationship. 'It's very high,' according to University of Montreal researcher Genevieve Beaulieu-Pelletier. [But] the results don't surprise Divorce360.com expert Tina B. Tessina, Ph.D., a psychotherapist: 'Contrary to what we'd like to believe, I think there's always been more infidelity than faithfulness,' Tessina said. 'America has a huge prostitution industry, for one thing, that few people ever talk about. Who's keeping it going? Add to that the one-night stands when people are on business trips, affairs at the office, and all the other sexual encounters married people can have. It is not a new phenomenon. It has been going on for all of history.'"Does Tessina speak the truth? Here's your chance to come clean:
No, I've never cheated (18th anniversary coming up)... and I question the methodology by which the University of Montreal study was conducted. Those numbers are much higher than any other published statistics I've seen on infidelity rates.