There should be only two people in a relationship
As French novelist Honore de Balzac once said, it really does seem that “love is a game in which one always cheats.”
According to a new survey by MSN, nearly half of the British population have admitted to cheating on a partner, whilst 63 per cent have discovered they have been cheated on.
If that wasn’t enough to question the morals of the nation, over thirty per cent of respondents said they would let their partner cheat on them if it was with a celebrity. Proving that she’s still got it, Cheryl Cole took the gong for being the celebrity that people would most likely let their partners cheat on them with 21 per cent, followed by Angelina Jolie and Kelly Brook. Surprisingly, Susan Boyle trumped Tulisa Contostavlos in the celebrity stakes.
Commenting on the findings, Sexpert Siski Green, author of How to Blow His Mind in Bed, said: "The fact is that most of the population has done it, had it done to them, or at least thought about it. Human beings seem to be programmed to crave new things - new flavours in food, new music, new clothes - which is why making a relationship work, can be difficult. It means weighing up the pros and cons of an affair and realising that you have far more to lose than to gain with a fling. It also means finding ways to add novelty to your relationship so boredom or complacency doesn't set in."
Despite the nation’s infidelities, Brits are a forgiving bunch, with 42 per cent of those surveyed admitting they have taken back a partner after being cheated on. Some even confessed they would forgive their partner for having a one night stand.
Green said: "Cheating on a partner is like Cheating on a diet - you know it's bad, you even know that you'll probably pay the price for it, but in moments of weakness, desire for someone new (or a big slice of chocolate cake!) your desire to be 'good' is overcome. Whether or not cheating is a dumpable offense is up to the individual. But the key, I believe, is who the cheating was with, how it was discovered and why it occurred - these are the differences between end-of-relationship cheating and a one-off event that might be forgiven.”
Motivation to cheat was usually fuelled by alcohol, with a quarter of respondents blaming being drunk and not in control of their actions as the primary reason for their philandering ways. One fifth of respondents said that revenge was their primary motivation, as they sought to get their own back on a cheating partner.
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