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Over-55s most likely to cheat without regrets
3 November 2008
Over-55s are more likely to cheat on their other halves and not feel any regret, according to new research.
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The Daily Mail reports that a study from Saga Zone reveals children of the 'swinging Sixties' seem to have adopted the same lifestyle as their revolutionary parents and still adopt the attitude of free love.
Around 28 per cent of over-55s said they had been unfaithful, compared with 24 per cent of Britons aged between 18 and 34.
These figures were relatively similar, but interestingly the study showed that just one in three over-55s said they regretted straying, compared to more than half of the younger age groups.
Similarly, just over half of the older Britons thought kissing someone else should be classed as cheating, compared to 83 per cent of under-34s.
Emma Soames, editor-at-large of Saga Zone, said: "These older people were the children of the Sixties when free love was the order of the day.
"In their formative years, they were exploring alternative lifestyles and living together without marriage, so it's quite possible that this generation has a specific attitude of its own. When you've got to the age of 50 or so, you've been through the rough and tumble of life."
She said older Brits adopt the attitude of "these things happen" whether it is a kiss or an affair, adding: "You know that you can't both maintain a state of humming sexual attraction and never look at anyone else."
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