Nearly half of Britons admit to cheating on partners: study

Most of Britons would let their partner cheat on them if it was with a celebrity.

Infidelity is in its peak in Britain,with 47 per cent of the population admitting to cheating on a partner – whilst 63 per cent have discovered they have been cheated on,a new survey has revealed.

But despite the nations infidelities,Brits are a forgiving bunch,with 42 per cent of those surveyed admitting they have taken back a partner after being cheated on.

Some (30 per cent) even confessed they would forgive their partner for having a one-night stand.

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Human beings seem to be programmed to crave new things – new flavours in food,new music,new clothes – which is why making a relationship work,can be difficult, the Daily Mail quoted Sexpert Siski Green,author of How to Blow His Mind in Bed (Piatkus,2010),as saying.

Over thirty per cent of respondents said they would let their partner cheat on them if it was with a celebrity.

Motivation to cheat was usually fuelled by alcohol,with a quarter (25 per cent) of respondents blaming being drunk and not in control of their actions as the primary reason for their philandering ways,the MSN research revealed.

One fifth (20 per cent) of respondents said that revenge was their primary motivation,as they sought to get their own back on a cheating partner.

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Cheating on a partner is like cheating on a diet – you know it’s bad,you even know that you’ll probably pay the price for it,but in moments of weakness,desire for someone new (or a big slice of chocolate cake!) your desire to be ‘good’ is overcome, Greene said.