Cheating Alert Milestones

Cheating can come creeping and unannounced in marriage at any time. There are however certain periods in married life that spouses have to be on a special look-out for signs of cheating. The cheating alert milestones are time frames where spouses are deemed especially vulnerable to temptations of straying.

The first year of marriage is usually characterized by romantic emotional high where everything just seems to be right and going great. The period just after the first year is the time where reality starts to set in. The comparative dullness of everday responsibility and obligation may tempt married people to engage in outside flings in the hope of getting the emotional high back. Most acts of infidelity done during this time go undetected because of the general belief that it's just too early to cheat.

Closely related to the period after the first year of marriage is the period after the eldest child is born. The added responsibility may just be too much pressure and stress to handle for some. People who are into escape mechanisms may find themselves trying to forget a responsibility-laden life by having affairs where no pressure is presented.

Couples who have a common goal to work for like a house, car or children's education, are usually too preoccupied to consider distractions in the form of affairs. When all immediate goals have been achieved sometime during the 5th to the 7th year of marriage, couples may find themselves looking for something else to occupy their minds. The same feeling can come up during the so-called mid-life crisis when all children have grown up and are living their own lives. Some people may feel they have outgrown their spouses as well and look into other possibilities for their life ahead. Spouses should be extra attentive of each other since the search for answers can sometimes lead to the path of infidelity. Couples can pass through these milestones without any major incident as challenges are faced and hurdled together.