Adultery is a sure recipe for a painful break up of a relationship, and especially of marriage, since husband and wife exchanged the vows to be faithful to each other. Finding out that your other half has been cheating on you either destroys the marriage or on the contrary brings it together - it depends on the strength of love and trust of the spouses to each other.

As a rule, if a woman is unfaithful, it means that she is unsatisfied with her partner or she is looking for what in her opinion is lacking in the relationship elsewhere. Would an absolutely happy woman look for comfort in another man's embrace?

Trust is a great thing, and we are talking about not the trust in your partner, but the trust in yourself and your intuition. Maybe you felt the change in the relationship or you noticed that your partner's behavior has changed. No one deserves to be cheated on, regardless of whether you are going through a crisis in your relationship or not. If you suspect that your girlfriend or your wife is cheating on you, then it is time to dot your i's and cross your t's and confirm your suspicions or, hopefully, on the contrary cast them away.

First of all, pay attention to the obvious things - how does your girlfriend or wife dress up, is she trying to look better, has her communication style or her work schedule changed? Perhaps, she started frequenting the gym? Or maybe she is trying to hide her phone conversations, text messages or emails? Or maybe the intimacy has disappeared from your relationship? Or an unusual tension is settling in?

A wife's unfaithfulness can cause a man a serious emotional trauma, which he might not be able to recover from for a long time, not to mention the fact that adultery can destroy the family.

Here are a couple of signs that can help you determine whether your partner is cheating on you.

1. She has all of a sudden changed her habits or changed her appearance. Out of the blue sky, a woman starts paying a lot of attention to how she looks. Every morning she very thoroughly picks out her outfit and accessories, spends a lot of time in front of the mirror, visits her hairstylist several times a week, and even purchased the membership to the fitness club, even though before she never paid much attention to her appearance and figure.

2. A woman has become emotionally estranged. Before you used to share all your problems and worries with your wife, and all of a sudden she lost interest in your life. She does not want to discuss your personal problems with you, retires into her own shell and reluctantly talks about her own life. She treats an invitation to have sex without any enthusiasm at all, remains cold in bed and overall prefers to slip out of the house the first chance she gets.

3. She is very reserved. She does not share her own troubles and worries, does not tell you about what happened at work. It could be that she is avoiding you all together because she is feeling guilty. Nevertheless, there is no need to act the part of Shakespeare's jealous Othello - ask her directly if everything is all right and why is she acting so strange recently.

4. She has lost interest in the family's affairs. If your wife does not meet you at the door after your work day any more, but instead continues to mind her own business, it is possible that your family life is under a threat. If your other half needs to leave urgently, try to find a reason to go along with her. If she refuses your company, try to insist to see how much she is opposed to your company.

5. She argues with you less and does not initiate the fights. Before the smallest reason was enough to make her lose her temper, for example you refusing to go out for coffee with her friends. Now your wife is an example of meekness and humbleness. She agrees with everything you say. Before you had to watch your every step, and now she does not even react to dirty socks scattered all over the place and the ashtrays overflowing with cigarette butts. Do not get too excited, such change of attitude does not promise anything good.

6. She talks more on the phone and email. She spends more and more time talking on the phone and she whispers or ends the conversation as soon as you enter the room. Maybe she has created a new email account without telling you anything. And maybe she even bought a new cell phone without letting you know. Ask her directly if she is lying to you or hiding anything from you. If you girlfriend or wife responds with accusations and not negation then she really is unfaithful.

7. She is constantly late. Before she never came home late, and now it keeps happening more and more often. Most often she explains her being late with an emergency at work. Or another case scenario - she goes shopping and comes back five hours later. This is definitely a good reason to get worried.

Marital infidelity is not that easy to hide as at seems at first glance. The feeling of guilt that the unfaithful partner experiences will always become apparent one way or the other - whether it is avoiding serious conversations or refusing sexual intimacy.