* 39% of cheating women are using Christmas shopping as an excuse to meet their lovers for a festive fling this month.
* Time-consuming and notoriously hated by men, Christmas shopping is the ideal cover-up for unfaithful wives who are meeting up with their lovers this holiday season.
* Visiting loved ones before Christmas (23%), working overtime (16%) and meeting up with friends (9%) are other festive fibs being told to unsuspecting husbands.
* Survey conducted by the UK’s leading extramarital dating site IllicitEncounters.com
‘Tis the season to be jolly, right? Well, it turns out that in the midst of all the holiday hoopla, some wives are spinning a web of deception around a rather unexpected festive activity – Christmas shopping.
According to a survey involving 1,000 married women conducted by extramarital dating site IllicitEncounters.com, instead of shopping for gifts, wives are unwrapping secret liaisons, leaving unsuspecting partners in the dark about the festive fling happening behind the scenes.
39% of the married women surveyed said they use Christmas shopping as an excuse to get out of the house for a secret rendezvous with their lover.
Visiting friends and relatives to drop off Christmas cards and gifts is the second most popular festive fib being told by unfaithful wives (23%), whilst old classics like having to work overtime (16%) and meeting up with friends (9%) are less favoured at this time of year.
One member of IllicitEncounters.com who took part in the survey and is currently using the ‘Christmas shopping’ excuse to mask her infidelity, Christina from Stockport, said “My husband absolutely hates Christmas shopping, so I’ve found it’s the perfect excuse to use around this time of the year. He would do anything to avoid having to wander around the shops looking for gifts for the kids, so ironically he puts all his faith in me when it comes to gifting.
What he doesn’t know is that I’ve actually already done all of my Christmas shopping… I’m just using the time to meet up with my lover who I’ve been seeing for the past 4 months.
Every time I come back from a ‘shopping trip’, I’ve basically just got empty boxes in shopping bags to make it look like I’ve bought something – he never asks to take a look, and if he ever did I’d just say he can’t peek because it’s a present for him.”
Jessica Leoni, IllicitEncounters.com’s relationship expert explains why so many women are using the usually innocent act of gift-giving as a cover for their infidelity, “If you think about it, Christmas shopping really is the ultimate alibi for women if they’re playing away.
Wandering around the shops takes time, and finding the perfect gift needs careful consideration that can’t be rushed, right? With all those presents that need buying, women will no doubt need to make multiple trips to out-of-town shopping centres, travelling far and wide to find that special something.
Quite simply, there’s potential for spouses to exploit the season’s busy nature and the assumed innocence of holiday preparations. Just make sure you don’t come back empty handed…”
Results
Top lies women are telling their partners to cover up infidelity:
Christmas shopping 39%
Visiting friends and relatives out of town before Christmas 23%
Working overtime 16%
Going out with friends 9%
Going to the gym 6%
Other 7%
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