Go to your office party and risk being put on Santa’s naughty list.
One-third of Americans were tempted to cheat on their partners over the winter holidays in the workplace, and nearly two in 10 actually did it, according to a scandalous new survey.
People search engine Spokeo surveyed 1,158 American adults about infidelity in October and found that 35% had almost been tempted to betray their partner at the office Christmas party, while 17% admitted to having been with a party lover.
The salacious statistics didn’t surprise Big Apple therapists, who said people tend to form intimate bonds with colleagues under workplace stress.
“Many people spend more hours in the office than with their spouse, and that certainly creates all kinds of intimacy and tension,” Matt Lundquist, a couples therapist at Tribeca Therapy, told The Post.
“I suspect most of the holiday gatherings have been brewing for a while,” he said.
Nearly two in 10 people admitted to having an affair at their work holiday party. xixixing – stock.adobe.com Therapists said intimate bonds form between colleagues under workplace stress, which could lead to affairs. Sviatoslav Lypynskyy – stock.adobe.com
Respondents did not specify whether their illicit holiday party adventures were careless encounters at outside bars or office break rooms, but the company did highlight a number of reasons why people indulge in extramarital trysts.
Of those surveyed, 22% said they flirted with someone other than their partner because they liked the attention, while 20% said they didn’t trust their partner.
More than 11%, however, said they have affairs because of the onslaught of taboo, which Manhattan-based psychotherapist Lesley Koeppel said is likely intensified in the work environment.
The survey found that 22% of people have affairs because they like the attention. DC Studio – stock.adobe.com
“People do things because of… the thrill of being caught, the risks you’re taking,” he said. “This is especially intensified in an office, where you are expected to be professional and respect certain boundaries.”
Koeppel noted that the large amount of alcohol consumed at December meetings has a clear influence on office-party relationships.
Winter is also “a time of complacency, when we’re supposed to have what we want, get what we want,” he said, adding that some pencil dealers may think to themselves: “I’ve always been drawn to this person, and it’s the office party, and it’s the holidays. And that’s why I’m going to give myself this little gift.”
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