My Cheating Ex’s New Relationship Was Doomed From the Start

You don’t have to take my word for it but the science says that’s the way it’s gotta be

Cheaters who start new, “permanent” relationships with their affair partners are expected to also cheat in that relationship, say the experts.

Researchers have found that relationships formed by “stealing” someone else’s partner are more likely to be unhappy and they generally stand a higher risk of breaking up. According to the data, this is because cheaters are more likely to possess negative personality traits and they are always on the lookout for a newer catch which, they always believe is better than their current partner.

Just to be clear, I didn’t steal her from her last guy. They’d already broken up for a while when we met. I later came to confirm the rumors after she decided to “come clean" with me that she really did cheat on him with his roommate.

Now, the red flag should have been unmissable to me at that point but we were in the euphoric love stage and I was oblivious. You know how it is. Sadly, a couple of months later she broke my heart too. It’s been a long time now and I have lost count of how many relationships she’s been in since us, because we’re no longer in the same city.

However, “once a cheater, always a cheater,” doesn’t always hold true. There could be any number of reasons why someone in a relationship will start another before breaking it off and not all first-time cheaters necessarily turn serial.

There are usually exceptions to general rules.