We all know our mother’s classic saying when it comes to love and being betrayed; what does it say again? Yeah right, ‘once a cheater, always a cheater.’ But over the years it looks like this theory has undergone some change.
A study by a grad student named Kayla Knapp of the Denver University surveyed 484 unmarried couples. The target audience aged between the age group of 18-35-years-of-age. It was then found out that people who were not faithful towards their partner in the past were 3.5 times more likely to cheat in a subsequent relationship. However, this study is yet to be published.
The participants were constantly checked for a period of five years. The basic questions that were asked to them were on their love life and if they had any physical relations with anyone other than their partner. Online affairs were not considered since there was no physical involvement.
Around 32% of people admitted to the fact that they were unfaithful. But about 45% of the people who had cheated in the past went on again to cheat in the subsequent relationship. Okay, get ready for this, about 18% of people who did not cheat in the past turned out to be unfaithful later on in subsequent relationship.
Sadly, this study does not show if you partner could cheat on you or something. That is probably one thing that you would have to figure out on your own. This study also does not focus on the fact as to why people who have been unfaithful in the past are more likely to be unfaithful in the future as well. It is some kind of a behavior? May be or maybe not. But if you know that if he or she has been unfaithful in the previous relationship, well then, that is your cue to exit.
The study also states further that if you have been betrayed then you are more likely to date a philanderer again in the future. About 22% of people who had been betrayed stated that they have been betrayed again as compared to 9% whose partners were faithful.
People do not trust each other these days. Some people end up constantly thinking that their partner is cheating whether that is something true or false. Also, generally cheaters end up dating cheaters. The best way to know if your partner is cheating or not is to simply talk out everything. If you have been unfaithful in the past, tell your partner about it. Maybe this way it won’t happen again.