No hard stats but anecdotally these relationships never last. The bloom wears off the rose. The cheater gts dumped or dumps the other ansd either continues with another relationship, living in denial. Or they wake up, at some point, and relaized life has moved on and they have nothig but sorrow, shame and wasted time? In their wake are the people they have hurt. Sometimes the damage is not fixable.
Cheating is one thing where the're no lasting upside. They's no future in it. I was rasied in two-parent family in the south with strict, traditional values. We were taught that marriage is a sacred bond and that loyalty was worth its weight in gold. How can a cheater trust someone who'd engage in an affair with a married person? Do people think, "Well, it's going to be different with me?" How does an afair fix anything?
Don't mean to rant. I'm generally ok but am having one of those bad days. My wife flew off because at 47 she realized a husband with a six-figure income all of a sudden wasn't earning the money she needed to be happy. I'm too content (her words), and can't give her things like new car, limitless credit card spending, renovated bathroom in an $800,000 house with three bathrooms. I'm not kidding. So she's found someone else.
This guy is either married or single. No matter, he'll stay with my soon to be ex-wife until he finds someone younger and prettier. Where does that leave her 2,5,10 years down the road? She thinks one of these guys is going to marry her a la Prince Charming and shower were with luxery? It's plent weird.