Cheating partners are three times more likely to stray again, research suggests
- University researchers asked 329 women and 155 men about their love lives
- They were asked if they had sex with someone other than their current partner
- Study found people who were cheated on had same experience in the future
AN unfaithful lover whose relationship breaks up is three times more likely to cheat on their next girl or boyfriend, research shows.
The old phrase ‘Once a cheat, always a cheat’ is usually true, analysis by the University of Denver reveals.
Researchers asked 329 women and 155 men about their love lives in 11 questionnaires completed over a five-year period.
University researchers asked 329 women and 155 men about their love lives. Stock image shows a man and woman kissing
The people, all unmarried, were asked if they ‘had sexual relations with someone other than your partner since you began seriously dating’.
Those who had sexual relations with someone other than their partner in the first relationship were three times more likely to have sex with someone other than their partner in their next relationship, compared to those who did not, the report found.
People who had been cheated on in one relationship were also ‘twice as likely to report the same behaviour from their next relationship partners’.
Harry Benson, of the British-based Marriage Foundation, said: ‘This is a cautionary finding for all those who have affairs with people who are still married, hoping that they can replace the other spouse when the marriage finally fails.
‘So if you are the other man or woman, what makes you think he or she won’t do the same to you?’
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