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writes:Do you think more people get away with cheating than get caught? What criteria do you think makes for a more likliehood of being caught or not? I've read some statistics sites that state that people who have cheated their partners didn't find out 70 percent of the time, while others claim that the partners didn't find out only 54% of the time... What are your thoughts? Reply to this Question
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reader, Honest Answer +, writes (29 May 2010):
 Its like speeding. Many do it for a long time without getting caught. But over time, the radar gun will eventually catch up.
Good Luck!
Jeff
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reader, anonymous, writes (29 May 2010): How can you not be sceptical of data?? It's wrong full stop if you aren't satisfied by your partner than leave them, to be cheated on is much more humiliating.
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reader, BunnyTee +, writes (28 May 2010):
 Statistics are actually nothing more than the results paid for by whomever is funding statistic-gathering, like say, that global warming farce.
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reader, escribanus  +, writes (28 May 2010):
 The only statistics you must care about is yours.
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reader, BunnyTee +, writes (28 May 2010):
Then there are those statistics about what old buzzards think!
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reader, BunnyTee +, writes (28 May 2010):
Statistically, a recent poll showed that 94% of Americans believe it is morally wrong to cheat. The remaining 6% who said they believe it's morally acceptable to cheat are surely among the ranks of who do cheat.
Statistics and experience very often don't correlate.
I saw some statistics indicating that 70-75% of men cheat at least once on a partner. In my experience among my married friends as well as those in some form of committed relationship, that figure is much higher at around 95-98%% who are cheating or have admitted to it. Nearly all of the cheaters were the male partner. I have no information to offer among gay relationships, however.
Among females, statistics say that 45-50% admit to cheating. In my experience I know only 2 women who admit to cheating.
It may be that men are more comfortable in admitting cheating than are women thereby rendering weighted statistics and rendering a lop-sided depiction of reality.
I personally believe that there are predictable behaviors among certain sub sets of humanity. Such as: drunk frat. guy presented open opportunity with scantily dressed sorority sister= easy hit, he's going to seize the opportunity. Or sleazy trailer park troll/truck stop waitress with bleached hair, named "Betty Jo" or something like that, hits on some 65 yro married dude,quietly nursing a beer at the corner bar:he's going to pass, having the experience and sense to know that it's just not worth the trouble.
Hope this helps!
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reader, happy24birthday +, writes (28 May 2010):
 I think more people get away with it than get caught. Carelessness and greed increase the liklihood of getting caught, just as with anything else. If you do it once without being caught, then you feel more at ease to do it again, and so on. People are rarely as slick as they think they are, so I think the longer the cheating goes on the higher the risk of getting caught. I do know of people who have been cheating for a long time and their partners have no clue; that's why I think more get away with it than get caught.
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