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British Study: More Illicit Affairs Begin January 7th Than Any Other Day

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If you’ve had an uncomfortable festive season punctuated by arguments with your spouse, then watch out! Today is the day people are most likely to start an affair – and the tensions of the Christmas period are partly to blame.

Traffic on married dating websites shoots up by 25 per cent on January 7, new research has revealed.

What’s more, Christmas tension is not the only factor leading people astray, with the survey also pinpointing Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D) – a psychological condition that can lead to depression – as one of the root causes of adultery.

More than one in five Brits are believed to suffer from S.A.D. and effects can include withdrawing from husbands and wives, as well as feeling dissatisfied with life.

“The beginning of the year is seen by many people as a new dawn and a time to start afresh,” says Marilyn Stowe, senior partner at Stowe Family Law – the U.K.’s largest family law firm. “The effect of the December break shouldn’t be underestimated either. When there are already difficulties within a household, Christmas can become an exhausting, miserable slog, which ratchets the pressure up to unbearable levels. Come January, something has to give,”

Read more: Daily Mail

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