This is an interesting find and is based on a survey of 4,000 spouses by illicit encounters.com
1. You earn more than he does ... a 2010 study suggested men who were dependent on their partners for income, were five times more likely to cheat than those who contributed equally.
2. He works long hours ... If your partner works such long hours that he spends less than 10 percent of his time with you, then there’s a one in 10 chance that he (or you) will be unfaithful.
3. You live together before getting married. .. a recent survey suggested those who live together but don’t marry are up to 40 percent more likely to be unfaithful than those who tie the knot.
4. His father or brother has had an affair .... two years ago, a study at the Karolinska Institute, in Stockholm, showed men who inherit a genetic variant that affects an important hormone called vasopressin are more likely to have marital problems.
5. He has a twin who cheats ... Dr Lynn Cherkas, a genetic analyst in the department of twin research at St Thomas’s Hospital, London, found that identical twins were 200 percent more likely to be unfaithful if their twin had had an affair.
6. He’s been married before (but you haven’t). .. a paper published in the European Journal of Operational Research in 2009 tracked 1,000 couples who were either married or in relationships over five years. Researchers found a previous divorce lessened the chances of a relationship surviving, although this was less marked when both partners had been divorced before.
7. He’s sex-obsessed. .. one third of 1 468 men questioned admitted to viewing online pornography. Men who use internet porn regularly are more likely to be unfaithful, because the habit can produce a deadening effect on emotions that can hurt relationships.
8. You live in a rural area .. the survey of 4,000 spouses revealed adulterers were more likely to live in rural areas.
9. He was privately (or religiously) educated. ... A survey by illicit encounters.com found almost one quarter of the site’s 500 000 members attended private schools. A further 15 percent had attended religious schools.
10. He doesn’t like your family or friends.
11. He’s a social-networking enthusiast. .. one law firm, Divorce Online, claimed almost one in five petitions they processed cited Facebook.
12. He has a lower IQ than you. A recent study by Dr Satoshi Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist from the London School of Economics and Political Science, revealed the smarter a man is, the less likely he is to cheat.
