Cheating The Latest Fashion In Ukraine?

MOSCOW, Russia -- More than a third of Ukrainians, which makes nearly 15 million people, consider adultery acceptable according to the latest opinion poll. Meanwhile, two thirds approve of sex before marriage. Conservative relationships seem to be no longer in fashion in Ukraine.


Power and wealth are said to be great aphrodisiacs but Egor has neither.

Egor is married, has a child, and women, he claims, fall head over heels for him. He can’t resist and goes astray.

”It’s two different lives. I am not two-faced but I can let other girls into my life but never into my family's life. That’s sacred. Maybe my philosophy is difficult to understand but it’s in my nature. When I lack something in my family, I go looking for it somewhere else but then I always come back,” Egor says.

Egor suspects that his wife knows of his cheating and apparently accepts him for who he is.

He seems to be happy in his marriage and madly in love with his spouse, but what about her?

Psychologists see nothing wrong with their union. Moreover, they advise all couples to ignore small flings on the side for the sake of keeping the family unit together.

Psychologists say men cheat to run away from their responsibilities at home, while women do so because they miss romance. Both are looking for pleasure because there is a shortage of it these days.

However, there’s nothing wrong with it, psychologists believe, as long as they keep it to themselves.

Yulianna objects to the psychologists’ theory. She says that men cannot lie. Her husband cheated on her with another woman more than once, which eventually led to their separation.

Ukraine’s Orthodox Church blames modern culture for adultery. They can usually be seen trying to talk people out of concerts by artists who may be sexually provocative.

So how can one resist all this? Drinks, music, inviting looks from girls and boys. For some of us, cheating may be showing disrespect to your partner but for others, it’s a temptation that can get the better of anyone.

Source: Russia Today