Extramarital Affairs

Dear Ann Landers: You have printed many letters about extramarital affairs. Here are some things your readers should be aware of:

• About half the men and a third of the women who are cheating say they are perfectly content and there is nothing wrong with their marriages.
• Being religious does not prevent infidelity.
• Women are as willing as men to have an affair.
• Fewer than 10 percent of those having an affair will divorce their spouses to marry their lovers. A large percentage of those who do often have another divorce.
• People who have affairs are more likely to be divorced, distressed and disappointed.
• The chemistry that drives an affair lasts anywhere from a few weeks to three years before it cools down.

Ann Landers, Spokesman Review