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WHO CHEATS MORE IN RELATIONSHIPS? ๐Ÿ’”

February 13, 2026 / 01:48

This episode discusses the differences in cheating behavior between men and women, featuring insights from a marriage facilitator with 25 years of experience.

The conversation begins with the assertion that men get caught cheating more often than women, but this does not necessarily mean they cheat more. The facilitator emphasizes the unreliability of self-reported surveys on cheating, arguing that they reflect what people wish to believe rather than the truth.

According to the guest, men tend to cheat in more impulsive ways, while women's infidelity often signifies the end of a relationship. The facilitator shares observations from their professional experience, noting that women typically cheat as a final act in a failing relationship.

Men, on the other hand, often express confusion about their actions, claiming that their affairs are unrelated to their feelings for their wives. This highlights a significant difference in motivations and emotional contexts surrounding infidelity.

The episode concludes with a reflection on the complexities of relationships and the reasons behind cheating, underscoring that both genders engage in infidelity, but often for different reasons.

TLDR

Men and women cheat differently; men often act impulsively, while women's cheating signals relationship endings.

Episode

1:48
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Men get caught cheating more often than women. >> Does that mean they cheat more?
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>> No, it means they get caught cheating more. You know, I know people love
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statistics and I know that that you know, guests have a tendency to come on and say, "Well, 72% of people who are I
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there are certain things that I I I just don't think you can accurately track
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because unless you have real reliable data and I don't really consider self-reporting surveys that good of a
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data because they tell you a lot about what people would like to think they believe or that people would like to be
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perceived as believing or the kinds of people that fill out surveys, what they might have to say I everything I'm
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saying is based on what I've observed in 25 years of facilitating the demise of
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marriages. This is direct observation. I've thrown a little of my own sort of
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experience onto that. I mean, facts all come with points of view, but I'm very
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careful to not, you know, be like speculating. I'm I'm really looking at
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what's in front of me. Men and women both cheat. Men cheat in just more scattershot stupid ways than women do.
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When women cheat, in my experience professionally, it's like a more like a professional hit like and it's usually
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an indication of like the it's the absolute end of this relationship. The relationship is over and this is either
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a soft place to land or it's sort of a final opportunity for this person to solidify, this woman to solidify in her
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head that yeah, this thing is over. Whereas men, I've really had hundreds at
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this point of men sit across from me who've been caught in an affair or sense
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that they're about to get caught in an affair and they say to me like, "Yeah,
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this had nothing to do with my wife. Like, I love my wife. It had nothing to do with that. It just I don't know. I
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just I don't know why I did what I did. I just did it.

Episode Highlights

  • Men vs. Women in Cheating
    Men are caught cheating more often, but does that mean they cheat more?
    โ€œNo, it means they get caught cheating more.โ€
    @ 00m 04s
    February 13, 2026
  • Observations on Infidelity
    After 25 years of experience, the speaker shares insights on cheating behaviors.
    โ€œFacts all come with points of view, but Iโ€™m very careful to not speculate.โ€
    @ 00m 52s
    February 13, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • Men cheat in just more scattershot stupid ways than women do.
    WHO CHEATS MORE IN RELATIONSHIPS? ๐Ÿ’”
  • This is either a soft place to land or a final opportunity.
    WHO CHEATS MORE IN RELATIONSHIPS? ๐Ÿ’”
  • Yeah, this had nothing to do with my wife. I love my wife.
    WHO CHEATS MORE IN RELATIONSHIPS? ๐Ÿ’”

Key Moments

  • Self-Reporting Issues00:21
  • Men's Justifications01:39