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Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Marriage, Statistics and Divorce

Many people at some point in a relationship will come across somebody who looks like they would be a “finer” partner. However, marriage includes the expectation of primariness: in other words, this stupid promise that since we are wedded, we are absolutely impeccable for each other. usually partners consort that primariness will include the expectation in which married people promise to have red-hot acts only with each other.

Here is my recommendation, whenever you meet a person that you think suits you better, I urge you to further look into your current union Further exploration into your relationship might expose that you are currently in a transitional change For example, birth of a child, a new job, children launched, or return to school. Infidelities are almost likely to happen during these phases in a couple’s life cycle.

Unfortunately, it is dictated to us that sex outside of a spousal relationship is something that we all should be ashamed of. More than any other part of the world, about 70 percent of North Americans believe that extramarital sex is “always wrong” and only 4 percent felt it is “never wrong”. Stats reveal however, that while public perception is very negative, in private practice, everything goes!

So what can we learn from the various statistics that had been made public? In 1953, Alfred Kinsey revealed the very interesting fact that by the time wives and husbands reach 40 years old, on average, 30 percent of them had been involved in at least one affair.Humphrey and Strong in 1976 found that 46% of all mates coming for couple therapy identified the problem as one or both married persons extramarital affair. To add more fuel to the fire, Humphrey conducted a research that reveals that 46% of all couple counciling therapies surround the issue of infidelity. Janus and Janus found very similar figures with 35% of married men and 26% of married women reporting at least one extramarital intimate encounter. Spring says affairs affect one of every 2.7 couples - in-other-words 37% of mates. Psychologist Layton-Tholl, says the current acceptable statistic is roughly half of all men and women get involved in extramarital Affairs. Vaughn has an even more startling analysis of the data. She approximates that 80% of matrimonies will be affected by one married person who has an affair.

Research reveals to us that infidelity and extramarital relationships are full with intrigue, heightened emotions and in some cases love. Of course, there is a fine line between great and bad emotions, hence it is not surprising that feelings of betrayal and fear also tend to pop-up.Most people enter matrimony believing they would never have an affair. As the numbers indicate above, many people have one or more Affairs. While most people enter a relationship thinking that they would never have an affair, statistics do not lie. People cheat and have relationships outside of their marriages.

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