infidelity

[legend758duo]

reading an article in the daily mail about infidelity in the uk.
there was a survey done and the results are quite surprising.
it seems over 50�'s are more likely to have an affair than under 39``s.
it seems that the older and more secure you are in your relationship then the more likely you are to have an affair.
does this surprise you?
or do you think its wrong?

[noxlumos]

Doesn't surprise me at all. Generationally you are talking about people who were young in the "free love" 60's and 70's against people brought up with the threat of AIDS during their teens. It's obvious whose more likely to wander off really.
We have become increasingly sexually represed over the last 40 years, so I think the findings will be absolutely accurate, as the over 50's certainly won't feel they need to have anyone else's permission to sleep with whomsoever they please, wheras younger people have been brought up in far less promiscuous circumstances.

[Goodsoulette]

It doesn't surprise me but only cause I think people have an affair when things get boring and I would have thought at 50 after 20 or so years of marriage things might be a little dull.

[Sasha13]

I saw a similar survey in the times and I think the stats are skewed... The way I interpreted (sp?) was that over 50's are more likely to have HAD an affair - which makes sense when you consider they've had a longer period of time in which to do it.

[Ctrak]

...and my generation are further bombarded with warnings about teenage pregnancy and STIs (the kind that cause infertility, not a Subaru Imprezza- just to make that clear), so that'll be an interesting one 20 years down the line.