Archive for category: Infidelity Information

Your romantic relationship rules and guidelines may be completely different from your neighbors, friends, and even your parents. But most married people frown on infidelity. And yet, it happens more than expected. While adultery is generally associated with male behaviors, women do their share of it as well. According to national surveys, approximately 15% of married women and 25% of married men admit they’ve had physical relationships outside of their marriage. Of course, that’s just those who came clean about their personal behaviors, and up to 20% more infidelity occurs when the relationship is emotionally stagnant or sexless. Fortunately, there are some signs to help decide if you’re dealing with a cheating wife.

Sudden Improved Appearance or Intense Effort

Self-improvement is important in many life phases, including marriage or romantic partnership. Your wife could be trying to improve her appearance and fitness levels for herself, for you, or even for someone else. Sudden personal changes aren’t always a giveaway that there’s another romantic interest, but they could be. So pay attention and see if the other signs of infidelity are also present.

Obvious Changes or Intensity in Computer or Tech Device Behaviors

There are over 3.6 billion active social media users worldwide and nearly 4.5 billion expected by 2025, so tech is definitely an integral part of life for most people nowadays. Relationships are often discovered, built, and rebuilt via technology. However, marriages require offline time. So if your partner is showing obvious changes involving their tech or device behaviors, you may need to pay extra attention to who’s on the other end of the screen.

Significant Changes in Sexual Activity

Lack of sex or a sudden libido drop is an actual trope for infidelity since it’s often one, if not the main sign there’s someone else. But other changes in your sex life can also forewarn of trouble. While experimentation can be the spice of life, it can be rather shocking when a partner introduces something completely different into the bedroom. It can also be a warning that they recently learned it elsewhere. Sudden sexual interest can also act as a cover-up or suggest guilt. By all means, don’t refuse the extra attention from your spouse if it’s offered and wanted, but pay attention to when and how it’s occurring to see if any patterns suggest it’s powered by infidelity.

She Stopped Inviting You Out with Her Friends

Having separate interests and even separate friendships is essential to the strength and fulfillment of a healthy marital relationship. So there will likely be times you’re not welcomed to hang out with the girls. But as long as you’re friendly to your wife’s friends, invitations should be plentiful otherwise. If those invitations suddenly stop and you notice she’s sprucing up more or hiding the details altogether, that could indicate a potential problem. Sudden schedule changes, coming home late from work, and protecting her phone while insisting the girls or a specific friend “need her” can all be signs of a cheating wife. Listen to your intuition and don’t handle it alone. Give us a call to connect with the best Michigan private investigator for your needs, and we’ll help you find the truth.

Most people who opt to marry nowadays do so with the hope of “happily ever after” with one partner. Very rarely is an alternative even conceptualized outside of the initial prenup planning. So, why would someone choose to cheat? While some studies claim 20% of American singles and up to 9% of married couples have entertained polyamory or open relationship concepts, the majority of partners still expect lifelong, or at least long-term, loyalty. Marital infidelity does occur, however, and if your spouse has been showing the following signs, it may be time to consider calling in the pros to help catch a cheating spouse. 

Different Attachment Styles

Poor self-esteem or over-confidence can lead to clinginess or detachment in a marriage. Over time, couples can become more like roommates and desire more or less attachment to their partner. If it’s mutual, that’s one thing. But more often, one partner feels undesired, unattractive, or develops a connection elsewhere instead of discussing the changes and options with their spouse.

Influences and Exposure to Infidelity

Divorce is not uncommon, but the reasons for parental or family divorce can help determine the rates of the involved children’s’ eventual marital success. In fact, studies have proven that kids who have been exposed to marital infidelity are twice as likely to cheat or be a victim of infidelity later in life. In those specific cases, the apple may not fall far from the proverbial tree.

Lack of Sexual Satisfaction

Divorce has actually been on the decline since the 1980s when the 50% divorce rate statistic took hold. According to BLS and census reports, closer to 39% of marriages end in divorce today and most of those divorces state lack of sex or sexual dissatisfaction as a primary reason for marital issues. While the initial reasons for looking elsewhere may include other issues, both men and women who cheat outside their marriage desire a more active sex life at one point or another.

The Need for Emotional Validation

Both men and women are emotional creatures, and sometimes the act of infidelity starts off as an external connection to regain the emotional validation the partner feels they lost in the marriage. The need for such validation might stem from lack of communication or intimacy from their partner, perceived body images, aging concerns, and overall lack of appreciation for what the cheating spouse does do within the household or for the family unit or simply for their partner. But this reason for infidelity, specifically, can be dangerous to the marriage since its root cause is the need for a deeper emotional connection that has been lost or can no longer be obtained within the marital relationship.

Boredom

Every relationship enters a stage where boredom is a concern and most of the time that’s a simple issue that can be corrected with some therapeutic assistance, extra attention, or a little spice. But in some cases, it leads to one partner seeking excitement elsewhere. Regardless of the reasons for the affair, the signs are likely flashing too bright to be ignored. When you’re tired of making or hearing excuses, give ASG Investigations a call to begin Michigan spousal surveillance and get the answers you need.