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What counts as cheating in 2026?

  • One in seven Americans who are married or in a relationship admit to having romantic feelings for someone besides their partner.
  • For 41% of Americans polled, continuing a flirtatious text conversation with someone other than their partner is considered unfaithful.
  • Many Americans consider actions like maintaining a dating app profile for validation, keeping contacts under fake names, deleting messages to hide them, and secretly contacting exes as unfaithful behavior.
  • One in ten Americans admit to deleting messages so their partner does not see them, and eight percent have secretly met with someone one-on-one.
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The Indiana Gazette OnlineThe Indiana Gazette Online
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One in seven married or partnered Americans (15%) admit to having romantic feelings for someone other than their partner, according to a new survey. The survey of 2,000 Americans, conducted by Talker Research, found that Generation Z is…

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The Guam Daily PostThe Guam Daily Post
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What counts as cheating in 2026?

One in seven Americans (15%) who are married or in a relationship admit they have romantic feelings for someone who isn’t their partner, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 Americans revealed that Gen Z Americans were the most…

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El Paso Inc. broke the news on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
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