“Divorce is like going through a terrible recession.'
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They had a sexless marriage for five years. One weekend in 2015, during a work trip, Kit had his first affair with a colleague. Kit says divorce is off the table because he and his wife ran into some financial trouble after a flood destroyed their home around the time they separated. Paying for their daughter’s private school tuition is also the priority right now over hiring divorce lawyers.
Men and women cite different reasons for being unfaithful. Some 14% of men cited the lack of sexual satisfaction in their marriages and desire for more attention as a reason for cheating. For women, 22% said the reason they were unfaithful was a desire for revenge on a cheating partner, according to the survey.The average affair costs around $2,664, or $444 per month, according to a survey by discount code site VoucherCloud. All those hotel rooms, travel, dinners and gifts add up.
Marriages, themselves, are an investment. Aside from the thousands of dollars a couple may have spent on a wedding, nurturing the relationship at the core of a marriage typically involves a great deal of time and money. Engaging in an extramarital affair is like throwing that investment away. “It’s a waste of money if you’re not willing to make your partner the priority in your life,” said Tom Gagliano, author of “The Problem Was Me” and life coach.
Marriages are an investment. Aside from the thousands of dollars a couple may have spent on a wedding, nurturing the relationship typically involves a great deal of time and money. Elizabeth and her husband is one married couple who agreed to meet other people for sexual encounters, but they only agreed to do so together.
“Both of us were each other’s firsts sexually. We kind of wondered what other people would be like,” she says, adding that they started swinging in 2008 using a dating site for married couples, and occasionally posted ads on Craigslist. They met in his house when their respective partners were at work, she says. “He was the cheapest of all the affairs,” she recalls of not having to spend money on hotel rooms or more than $10 on gas everyday.
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