More than 50% of relationships survive betrayal

If one of the two decides it's time for a hookup with someone else, then it's undoubtedly chaos in the house. But there don't have to be any plates flying around.

Because it all turns out fine, guys, with that whole cheating and deceiving and getting caught. Because, as it turns out, more than 50 percent of relationships survive a dose of betrayal just fine. The odds are fifty-fifty that a week later you're still sitting on the couch with your good old love, while you might have played the villain. Or he.

This is because many relationships in which someone cheats can handle it quite well, as the couples really don't want to break up. That's often not the reason someone cheats, that they necessarily want it to be over and done with. People do it more because they are missing something in their lives or doubting themselves, not about the relation itself.

Of course, not everything in the house is completely great when it happens, but well, a good conversation can solve a lot. We don't just make it right. But yes, we forgive more often than we think. You don't just give up your family, your home, your years of history full of love, and your life together because of one kiss in the pub. Or a hookup in a drunken mood. No way. Just pick up that thread of the routine in the relationship again and then happily continue together. But keep an eye on it just in case.

FACTS

• 23% of people who cheat do so in a pub or bar
• 8% of men find someone to cheat with online, compared to 3 percent of women
• 44% of cheating men want more sex

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