More than 3.4 million people in the UK are currently cheating on their partners, according to research released by WordLive.org, a Scripture Union online resource to make the world’s original guidebook for life, the Bible, more accessible.
Seven per cent of the population has admitted they are seeing someone else behind their partner’s back in a nationwide poll. And 16 per cent of those have been even having an affair for the last year or more. Men are worse than women, with a worrying 11 per cent of them owning up to currently having an affair, compared to just six per cent of women.
James Burden for WordLive.org, which carried out the survey into the public attitude to morals, said: “This research uncovered some uncomfortable truths about our society, revealing the erosion of morality and basic rights and wrongs.
“The detrimental effect of moral indifference and casual negligence threatens to break up the foundations of our communities.
“Our aim is to make the world’s original guidebook for healthy lifestyles more accessible, and promote the Bible’s relevance for modern living and deal with life’s tricky conundrums.”
The poll, of 2,500 people, also revealed that 32.4 per cent of cheating men have had
more than two affairs but only 22.5 per cent of unfaithful women have had the same
number.
More than half of men have thought about a fling with a work colleague and more than a quarter say the main reason for their affair was to ‘have a bit of fun’. Another 17 per cent were bored in their relationship and seven per cent blamed their partner for not keeping them satisfied in the bedroom.
