Why Men Are Twice as Likely to Be Exposed as Love Cheats?

When it comes to having an affair men are apparently strictly amateurs compared with women.

They are twice as likely to get caught because they’re so hopeless at covering their tracks, researchers say.

Women, however, are far more skilled in the arts of hiding their affairs, particularly when it comes to handling technolgy such as emails, texts and social networking sites.

Affair: John Prescott had an affair with his former assistant Tracey Temple

According to the researchers, the difference is so great that one in ten male cheats have

been exposed as love rats, compared with just one in 20 women.

A shameless 40 per cent of women who have affairs use an ‘alibi friend’ to help them more time to spend with their lover.

Men, on the other hand, choose to keep details of their trysts a secret, never telling a soul for fear of being caught. Just six per cent have a regular alibi.

The poll, from IllicitEncounters.com, found that half of men but only 21 per cent of women were found out via text, email or phone call.

Sara Hartley, of IllicitEncounters.com, said careless men often leave their mobile phones lying around giving their partners a chance to check-up on them.

A poll found that women are more likely to have an alibi when having an affair

She said: ‘We find men can be surprisingly reckless when it comes to disguising their affairs.

‘Women are far more careful to log out of private email accounts and Facebook and keep separate email addresses and SIM cards specifically for their lover’s use.

‘Technology can be the downfall of cheating spouses - one suspicious text message or email and everything can go to pot.

‘Women are also more likely to tell their friends and create a network of ‘affair friends’ who can cover for them if things get sticky.’

According to Dr David Holmes, a psychologist at Manchester Metropolitan University, women are having more affairs than ever but behave very differently from men homewhen they cheat.

‘The biggest difference is that women are much better at keeping their affairs secret,’ he said.

‘They are better liars because they’re more psychologically sophisticated.

‘You can argue about whether it’s nature or nurture, but women are programmed to be much more relationship and people orientated than men.

‘Emotionally, they make plans and have strategies, while men are more impulsive.’
He also said women are better at multi-tasking which greatly helps them carry out their affairs.

‘They can keep all the different strands of a lie in their minds, remember them and make them convincing.’