Are couples in long distance relationships more likely to cheat or have affairs?

Posted on 27. Aug, 2009 by lisa in General Relationship Advice, Trust/Jealousy

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Nope.  Couples in long distance relationships are no more likely to cheat than local couples. While this may be surprising – it really shouldn’t be. My mother once commented that anyone can go out the door on any day and find someone to cheat with – its being true blue that’s a challenge. She kinda has a point. I’m pretty sure we can all walk out our front doors and if we asked every single person we ran into if they would like to ‘get it on’ eventually someone would agree. But we don’t do that! Why? Because we are in a relationship and we do love (or at least really like!) our partners and we just couldn’t risk causing pain to them.

I think all of us in long distance relationships should stop worrying about our partners cheating. You can never be with your partner 100% of the time even if you do live in the same city. All you can really do is have faith that they are faithful. So, unless you have real evidence that something is going on – Trust your partner. They are probably being just as loyal to you as you are to them.