Unfortunately, “Is my spouse having an affair?” may be a question people may have to ask at some point.

In fact, if you Google “having an affair” you will actually see that there are websites and programs designed to teach people how to have an affair without getting caught!

And yet if you search for statistics about this topic, it’s often hard to find any meaningful information because of the taboo nature of it.

In fact, in most studies, the actual data around cheating is very much under stated.

Affair Statistics you may find Compelling

 

• 22% of males and 14% of women admit to having some kind of extra marital affair
• 70% of women and 54% of married men didn’t know their spouse was having an affair
• 17% of all divorce cases are caused by infidelity

According to Janis Abrahms Spring, author of “After the Affair”:

• Extra marital affairs effect nearly one in every three couples
• 5% of affairs last just one day
• 10% last longer than one day but end before 30 days.
• 40% go beyond a month but end within one year
• 45% last for more than 2 years!

Trust Your Instincts About your Partner’s Affair:

Shockingly, 85% of women and 50% of men who believe their lover is cheating on them turn out to be correct!!

Keep in mind that due to the secretive nature of this topic, the actual percentages might be much higher since not every person participating in the study may have been honest.

The statistic which many people find most revealing is that nearly 70% of married females and 54% of males didn’t know their spouse was having an affair.

So the question one must ask themselves is:  Wouldn’t you want to know if your spouse or lover was having an affair?

Would you want to catch a cheating spouse and be able to confront them directly with full-proof evidence?

Figuring out if your Spouse is Having an Affair

If you really want to know if your partner is having an affair there are plenty of very quick and simple ways to determine this.

- Hire a private eye or detective  – This was the way people in the past could undeniably determine if there was infidelity in the relationship.

Yet today hiring a private detective isn’t necessarily a good idea. It could take a detective weeks to have the proof you’re looking for.

Most people have seen the show “Cheaters” and are careful to take extra precautions when they’re having an affair.

Your partner could be unfaithful with someone that lives hundreds of miles away and your detective isn’t going to travel great distances unless you have deep pockets.

-Confront your spouse. You could just confront your spouse and ask them if they are cheating on you but as common sense might dictate, this is not a good strategy.

They are likely to deny it and if anything take extra precautions including temporarily ending the affair only to resume it at a later date after your suspicions have subsided.

-Confront your mutual friends.  Sometimes there are mutual friends who know your spouse is having an affair or about to have an affair.  You could just ask them point blank if they know anything or not.

Unfortunately again this is not a sound strategy because often the person questioned may deny it to avoid involvement or may be the guilty party themselves.

In addition, if their loyalty is to your cheating spouse, they will often inform them behind your back of your suspicions so that they can take extra steps to hide the affair from you.

In fact, whether it’s’ confronting your spouse directly or by asking those around you, you’re only making it more difficult to catch a cheating spouse and find out the truth.

So What is the Best Way to Catch a Cheating Spouse?

You may want to consider spying on your significant other!- There exists a VERY effective way to quickly determine if your spouse or lover is having an affair.

By accessing their email messages, texts and other communications, it’s possible to catch a cheating spouse unequivocally and efficiently.

Fortunately modern technology allows you to do this without having to ever hire a detective or even tell anyone about your suspicions.

Getting this set up and going is relatively fast, easy and inexpensive compared to other methods not to mention far more effective.

There are 2 primary ways to spy on your significant other.  We also have another article that teaches you how to spy on your spouse

- Computer Monitoring Software
- Cell Phone Spy Software