Catch a Cheating Spouse

The 2009 Infidelity Statistics results are in and its pretty eye-opening. As some of you know, Brian Ackley's critically acclaimed debut feature film Uptown touches on this issue of marriage, infidelity, and the question of where the line crosses in being unfaithful to your spouse, and where it doesn't. What exactly is too far? What does it all mean? These facts from E-zine Articles about marriage and infidelity shed some light on the subject:




Statistics have shown that 50-60 percent of marriages are affected by infidelity. What's more, adultery does not know the difference in social class or play favorites to a specific gender or age. Around 60% adulterers are middle-class earners, and women account for about 40% of the adulterers. The most common age of an adulterer is between 25 and 39, which coincides with the highest demographic of divorcees.

Some things that are common are that among adulterers, most only knew their spouse for 2 years or less prior to marriage, and they have been married for less than 3 years. It is not uncommon, however, to find couples married more than 25 years to have one spouse committing adultery.

Here are some statistics that are very compelling.


· 22% of men and 14% of women admit to having affairs
· 70% of married women and 54% of married men never knew of their spouses affair
· 90% of Americans believe adultery is morally wrong
· 17% of U.S. divorces are caused by affairs

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


· Affairs affect 1 in every 2.7 couples
· 10% of affairs last 1 day
· 10% last more than 1 day but less than 1 month
· 50% last more than a month but less than a year
· 40% last for more than 2 years!
· The divorce rate for those who marry their lover is 75%

According to Playboy Magazine:

1. 2 out of 3 women and 3 out of 4 men admit they have sexual thoughts about co-workers
2. 75% of men and 65% of women admit to having sex with someone they work with.

85% of women and 50% of men who think their lover is cheating are correct.

Keep in mind when studying these staggering statistics, that due to the secrecy of infidelity, the results may actually be much higher because those surveyed may not have all been honest.

Thanks to E-zine Articles for the information. You can go to their site to learn more about these statistics, and ways you can prevent this in your relationship.

Learn more about the film Uptown HERE.