10 Signs Of A Cheating Partner

Below are the several signs you can tell if your partner is cheating.

Changes in Communication:

A communication breakdown is never a good thing. There’s probably a problem if you can’t get your partner to talk to you or even fight, if they stop sharing their day with you, or if they stop saying “I love you”.Infidelity may also be indicated by the following stonewalling behaviors, which include refusing to hear what you have to say, answer it, or accept it:
- Ignores what you say
- Changes the subject to avoid an uncomfortable topic
- Storms off without a word
- Comes up with reasons why they can’t talk
- Refuses to answer questions
- Makes accusations rather than talking about the current problem
- Uses dismissive body language such as rolling or closing their eyes
- Acts in a passive-aggressive manner (stalling or procrastinating to avoid talking) In one study, participants discovered who was cheating in a relationship more precisely by listening to the lower pitch of the other person’s voice. Thus, the researchers came to the following conclusion: “As a cheater detection method, the human voice can be useful.

2. Increased Interest in Appearance: Taking care of oneself has its benefits, no doubt, but it can also raise red flags when coupled with other questionable actions. Your boyfriend or spouse may be cheating if they show a greater interest in how they look.

Other telltale indicators of dishonesty relating to appearance are:

Dressing nicer than normal
Wearing a different style of clothing
Wearing clothing you’ve never seen

3. More Time Spent Away From Home: Sometimes we spend more time during the day in other aspects of our lives. Less time spent at home results from this. But, if your partner is spending more time with someone else or if the amount of time spent elsewhere keeps rising, this could be one of the first indications that they are cheating.

Here are a few things to watch for:

Your spouse picks up a new hobby that requires a few hours of commitment per day.
When you ask about their time away, they’re vague about what they’re doing.
When you show interest in their new hobby, they brush you off.
Your mate is working longer and longer hours at work.

4. Attitude Changes:

Your spouse can be under stress at work or have issues in other relationships, which could cause attitude shifts. The following may indicate adultery, although they may also point to other problems.

Your spouse exhibits signs of low self-esteem
You notice your spouse has a sense of confusion about him or herself.
Your spouse seems to want danger or thrills in their life.
Your spouse is more negative than before.
Your spouse becomes more critical of you.
Your spouse seems to be picking fights more often.
Your spouse gets very defensive if you mention infidelity or affairs.
When you ask for reassurance about cheating, you do not feel satisfied with the response.

5. Lying:

In a marriage, dishonesty is a warning sign. Your spouse may lie about other things in addition to the actual cheating, or they may lie about the cheating itself. The following are possible indicators of lying-related cheating:

You find your partner has been lying to you about a variety of things.
When you ask your partner questions about who they were with or what they were doing, their nervousness increases.
Your spouse’s friends seem anxious around you.
Your spouse seems more secretive.

Interestingly, studies have found that people who have cheated on their partners tend to be better at detecting lies and deception themselves.

6. Avoidance

Avoidance on the side of your partner may indicate adultery.3. Sometimes, in order to avoid answering awkward inquiries about where they were and who they were with, people who cheat steer clear of their partners or spouses. At times, they wish to stay away from the remorse they experience for leaving the relationship.

These avoidance strategies may indicate that your spouse may be cheating:

You feel as if you are being avoided.
They don’t want to go places or do things with you anymore.
Your partner abandons religious faith.
Your spouse’s wandering eye seems out of control.

7. Changes in Your Sex Life

It is not uncommon for there to be fluctuations in the frequency of sex in your marriage. But research has also connected showing too little or even too much interest in sexual activity as potentially leading to infidelity in romantic relationships.

These signs may indicate the possibility of an affair:

There is considerably less intimacy or connection in your relationship.
Your sex life is practically non-existent.
There are lots of new things introduced in sex that were never before.
You learn that you have a sexually transmitted infection and you have not strayed.

8. Money Issues

Almost all marriages undergo some kind of financial stress at one time or another. But you may want to investigate certain money issues when you notice them in your marriage. Signs of cheating to watch for include:

You notice charges on credit card statements that don’t make sense.
Money becomes more of an issue between the two of you.
Your spouse stops planning for large purchases (such as a trip, buying a house, starting a renovation, etc.)

A 2021 study found that financial problems are one of the main predictors of marital infidelity.

9. A Change in Technology Use

Infidelity is often revealed online. In fact, internet infidelity is a common phenomenon.7 Your partner’s cell phone may also reveal signs of cheating, such as in your spouse’s text or phone messages.

A change in technology use can also signal infidelity. These tech changes may warrant concern:

Your spouse is suddenly unreachable at certain times of the day.
Your spouse changed their password or won’t share it with you.
Your spouse is always texting or sneaking off to take phone calls.
You notice cloud sharing has suddenly been switched off on your devices.
Your spouse stops using shared devices altogether.
Your spouse reduces their use of social media.
Your partner clears the browser history on the home computer.
Your spouse’s fitness tracker shows exercise at odd times and hours.

10. Indifference

When your spouse shows apathy or lack of interest in things that they used to love, communicate with them to see if there is another reason for the change in engagement. But if you also suspect infidelity, these changes may be a further indication of an affair.

Your spouse seems bored with you, their job, your children, hobbies, or even life in general.
Your spouse has become lazy, especially around the house.
Your spouse doesn’t show any jealousy about you, no matter what you say.
Your spouse is indifferent to family events like birthdays and holidays.