Relationships Formed by Cheating Usually Flop - East Idaho News

Relationships Formed by Cheating Usually Flop

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getty 110614 brokenheart?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1415280749620iStock/Thinkstock(MOBILE, Ala.) — A guy meets a girl who’s going out with another guy, who she then cheats on. Pretty soon, the first guy steals the girl away and they become a couple.

It’s a process called mate poaching and it happens quite often. The only problem, according to University of South Alabama researcher John Foster, is that couples formed in this fashion usually fall apart.

In a series of interviews with both men and women who’ve been in relationships, Foster found that as many as 30 percent of couples were formed by cheating.

More often than not, the partner stolen away from another relationship said they were more dissatisfied than people in relationships where no cheating was involved.

Furthermore, the so-called “poached partner” also reported less commitment and less investment in their present lover.

As previous studies have showed, Foster says that cheaters are more likely to cheat again, which normally spells doom for any relationship.


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