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you obvious never knowingly been cheated on. A cheater is not someone that has a moment of weakness it is a flaw in that person's character. The cheater will cheat, lie, steal say and do ANYTHING to cover the cheating. When caught the cheat 9/10ths of time will not admit to any wrong doing and instead try to paint the other person as the one that was wrong.

[HitmanLV]

You're 100% right about a serial or habitual cheater.

However, stats have shown that around 1/2 of married men and around 1/3 of married women ADMIT to an extramarital dalliance of some kind. The way the questions are worded this can range from a sudden passionate kiss to enjoying a sexual encounter once or twice, and all the way up to an extended extramarital romance with all the requisite lies.

I can't believe that that many men and woman are all dreadful, loathsome individuals. Most of those people are not the kind of cheaters your describe, though they may use some of those tactics out of fear if cornered. The truth is it happens, and it happens for a variety of reasons.

I personally would dump a spouse who cheated on me, even if I was convinced of their regret and sincere intent to never do it again. If anyone's interested in my detailed reasoning behind this, I'm willing to share it. Essentially, it's a kind of mathematical analysis where I figure it's not worth the energy invested to try and make a go at it.