UK Wedding News
31/01/2012
The research by an extra marital dating site showed they will be educated to degree level, self-employed or with a job in computers or engineering, earning £20,000 to £30,000, married for up to seven years, with two children and looking for no-strings sex with lots of different people.
According to the survey, 73% of men and women said boredom and a lack of intimacy was their main motivation for cheating, while 8% said they chose to cheat for ‘the thrill’, 4% said it was because their partner was unable to have sexual relations due to illness, 3% wanted to experience sex with someone else, 2% cheated because their partner had cheated, while the remainder cheated out of ‘curiosity’ or because they had an open marriage.
Interestingly, 66% of men and 54% of women said they believed an affair could help save their marriage.
Paul Graham, founder of Maritalaffair.co.uk, said: "Most men we surveyed said they believed an affair could save their marriage. They’re looking for sexual satisfaction so if they get that outside of their marriage, they feel they are able to fulfill their other roles as a father, a husband, a breadwinner, etc.
"Conversely, women who joined the site would normally be lonely and looking for companionship."
The survey revealed of those actively looking for affairs, 33% live in the South East, 16% in the Midlands, 11% in the North West, 12% in the South West, 10% in the North East, 8% in Scotland, 4% in Wales, 3% in Ireland, and 3% elsewhere.
The professions with the most cheating partners were revealed as computing/engineering and self-employed, followed by executive/management roles, sales/marketing, and those who were retired.
Paul added: "It’s interesting to note that people who cheat are often self-employed or retired, situations where there’s more of an opportunity to actively search for people to engage in affairs with. We’ve also seen an increase in people signing up to the website during the recession - as the number of job cuts rises people are left with more time on their hands."
He added that people who had been married for seven years or under were most likely to cheat. "Traditionally we’ve had the ‘seven year itch’ but now it seems that this has shortened and those married for a short amount of time are most at risk of being cheated on."
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Survey Shows Men Are Most Likely To Have Affairs
Those looking for affairs are statistically most likely to be male, aged 46 to 50, living in the South East, a survey has revealed.The research by an extra marital dating site showed they will be educated to degree level, self-employed or with a job in computers or engineering, earning £20,000 to £30,000, married for up to seven years, with two children and looking for no-strings sex with lots of different people.
According to the survey, 73% of men and women said boredom and a lack of intimacy was their main motivation for cheating, while 8% said they chose to cheat for ‘the thrill’, 4% said it was because their partner was unable to have sexual relations due to illness, 3% wanted to experience sex with someone else, 2% cheated because their partner had cheated, while the remainder cheated out of ‘curiosity’ or because they had an open marriage.
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Interestingly, 66% of men and 54% of women said they believed an affair could help save their marriage.
Paul Graham, founder of Maritalaffair.co.uk, said: "Most men we surveyed said they believed an affair could save their marriage. They’re looking for sexual satisfaction so if they get that outside of their marriage, they feel they are able to fulfill their other roles as a father, a husband, a breadwinner, etc.
"Conversely, women who joined the site would normally be lonely and looking for companionship."
The survey revealed of those actively looking for affairs, 33% live in the South East, 16% in the Midlands, 11% in the North West, 12% in the South West, 10% in the North East, 8% in Scotland, 4% in Wales, 3% in Ireland, and 3% elsewhere.
The professions with the most cheating partners were revealed as computing/engineering and self-employed, followed by executive/management roles, sales/marketing, and those who were retired.
Paul added: "It’s interesting to note that people who cheat are often self-employed or retired, situations where there’s more of an opportunity to actively search for people to engage in affairs with. We’ve also seen an increase in people signing up to the website during the recession - as the number of job cuts rises people are left with more time on their hands."
He added that people who had been married for seven years or under were most likely to cheat. "Traditionally we’ve had the ‘seven year itch’ but now it seems that this has shortened and those married for a short amount of time are most at risk of being cheated on."
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