Looking for a faithful partner? New data suggests that looking at how many siblings your prospective companion has might be the best indication of fidelity.
Statistics recently released by dating website Seeking Arrangement indicate that only children are most likely to cheat on their spouses, over people with one, two, or three siblings.
The website, Seeking Arrangement, falls in the category of ‘discreet arrangement dating’ or a ‘sugar daddy service’, surveyed 430,000 of their members to find out who on the website was single and who was “married, but looking”.
They then charted this data against the number of siblings each member had, and revealed that only children make up 33 per cent of the “married, but looking” category.
Surprisingly, the next in line after only children were people with four or more siblings. Those with three siblings were the least likely to cheat on their partners, clocking in at 9 per cent, then one sibling and then two.
Infidelity by Number of Siblings
Number of siblings – % of respondents
0- 33%
1 – 14%
2 – 20%
3 – 9%
4+ – 24%
“Everyone automatically assumes that it’s the man that you have to keep an eye on when it comes to infidelity, when you really should be checking if he has any brothers or sisters,” states site CEO and founder, Brandon Wade. “Only children have the stigma of growing up quite lonely with the automatic tendency to fill that void. One has to believe that these habits transgress into all of their relationships, romantic included.”
A separate line of questioning also revealed that 74 per cent of men and 68 per cent of women admitted they would cheat if they could guarantee that they would never be caught in the act.
Looks like “How many siblings do you have?” might be the new first date question.
