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6 signals that your partner will never cheat

By Livia ter Borgh | #!31Fri, 10 Oct 2025 05:45:13 +0200+02:001331#31Fri, 10 Oct 2025 05:45:13 +0200+02:00-5Europe/Amsterdam3131Europe/Amsterdam202531 10am31am-31Fri, 10 Oct 2025 05:45:13 +0200+02:005Europe/Amsterdam3131Europe/Amsterdam2025312025Fri, 10 Oct 2025 05:45:13 +02004554510amFriday=9#!31Fri, 10 Oct 2025 05:45:13 +0200+02:00Europe/Amsterdam10#10-10-2025#!31Fri, 10 Oct 2025 05:45:13 +0200+02:001331#/31Fri, 10 Oct 2025 05:45:13 +0200+02:00-5Europe/Amsterdam3131Europe/Amsterdam202531#!31Fri, 10 Oct 2025 05:45:13 +0200+02:00Europe/Amsterdam10#

Carrie Bradshaw and Mr. Big are cooking together in a kitchen from Sex and the City, they are grinding pepper and having an intimate moment.

You know, cheating happens in the best relationships. Terrible maybe, but true. Maybe even in yours. You never know.

Flirting
A man can seem very loyal but still have a hidden agenda. Or what about women? They are often much sneakier when it comes to affairs. But there is a glimmer of hope for everyone who still fervently believes in love: not everyone is looking outside the door. Not everyone is skating on thin ice. There are still loyal people, really, who at most only flirt a little innocently. And that's how you recognize them.

These 6 signals indicate that your partner will never cheat.

1. He honestly tells you about new friendships
For convenience, we say ‘he’, but this applies just as well to women. He always tells you right away when he meets someone ‘nice’. That could be another guy from the football club he had a beer with or that childhood friend he ran into at a party. He honestly tells you what he experiences and what kind of evening he has had.

2. He is very focused on your relationship
He thinks about fun outings together. He wants to do something with you, take you out to dinner, go away for a weekend. He takes action in bed. He is into you.

3. He spends most of his time with you
He enjoys being home, together with you on the couch. Of course, it's healthy to have a bit of your own life, but ultimately he just loves being with you, wherever that may be.

4. He feels seen
Even in bed: that is at least as important to him. A week without sex is really not a problem, for anyone, but you always manage to surprise him with something exciting after a while.

5. He is an open book
He talks your ears off about everything he does, thinks, and experiences. You can bet he is not the type to keep secrets.

6. He leaves his phone lying around everywhere
And honestly: a barometer is still the mobile phone. Does he take it everywhere with him anxiously? Then there is a good chance that he has something to hide. Does he leave it lying around? Then there is a good chance that this man has exactly zero, nothing, nada to hide. So he is NOT cheating.

Nice, right?