According to findings from a new study, having an affair is good for marriages.
A poll of 1,400 self-confessed love cheats found that 72% said their relationship with their husband or wife had “improved dramatically” since they started an affair.
At the same time they were romping with their secret lover at least six times a month.
The study by extramarital dating site illicitencounters.com found that nine-in-ten of those polled who were having a fling admitted still having sex with their partner.
Asked if their relationship had been “better” since they started an affair, 72% said it had “improved dramatically”, 2% said it had become worse and 26% said there was no noticeable change.
Asked if they had more or less sex with their partner since starting an affair, 52% said they did, with just 23% saying they had less sex, and 25% saying it stayed around the same.
A spokeswoman for Illicit Encounters said: “We polled 1,400 married members to see what effect having an affair has had on their relationship at home. We found that 72% of married people say they’re happier in their marriage since starting an affair, and of those, 52% said they’re actually having more sex than ever with their spouses.”
