Recession Sex is up in epidemic proportions as a stress busting self- medicating drug. One partner in 80 percent of marriages commits adultery. A leading dating website for married people who cheat has skyrocketed from 1 million to 4.5 million members in just a year. Couples need to know how to keep Wall Street from ruining their sex life.
(PRWEB) November 20, 2009 -- Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil, PhD, family and relationship counselor and author of Adultery, The Forgivable Sin warns that one partner in 80% of marriages commits adultery. "A leading dating website for married people who cheat has skyrocketed from 1 million to 4.5 million members in just a year. In this recession it is time to have an affair, but with your own partner," exclaims Weil.
Couples finding themselves financially strapped and emotionally stressed during the upcoming holiday season can't turn to their favorite American pastime--spending. So, they seek out other behaviors to make themselves feel good and relieve stress. One of those behaviors is sex. If couples are bickering and fighting, the odds of wanting to have sex with each other decrease. Unfortunately, many will look outside their marriage for this emotional and physical comfort.
Sex increases the feel good hormones, dopamine and seratonin. So does spending. However most couples today have had to curtail recreational and impulsive spending during the recession. When the pleasure centers of the brain are activated, people will go back for more, and the cycle of cheating continues. Dr. Bonnie explains the connection between money and sex, and why it isn't about the money.
In general, adultery rates are higher during the holidays. With wallets pinched this holiday season, 2009 may be a boon year for cheating. Dr. Bonnie explains how to wake up and shake up your stale marriage, why adultery rates rise during holidays, and teaches couples how to fight sexy.
Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil, PhD, an internationally acclaimed couples, children and family therapist, was named by Psychology Today as one of America's best therapists. NewYork Magazine recognizes Dr. Bonnie as one of the city's best therapists.
Dr. Bonnie has appeared on Oprah five times, was the featured guest in a three day series on the The Today show, and has been a guest on Fox, O'Reilly Report, CNN, 20/20, The View, Good Morning America, CBS Health Watch, CBS, ABC, NBC, Better TV, and Fox News.
Dr. Bonnie is a regular contributor as the relationship expert in Ladies Home Journal and was featured in the "Can This Marriage Be Saved" column three consecutive months. Her work has appeared in Redbook, Good Housekeeping, Men's Health, the New York Magazine. Parenting Magazine and USA Today have used Dr. Bonnie's expert advice to support features. Numerous other local and national media outlets have interviewed Dr. Bonnie.
Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil is the author of five books with two best seller's Make Up Don't Break Up, and Adultery the Forgivable Sin, which became a made-for television movie. Her recent book, Financial Infidelity: Seven Steps to Conquering the #1 Relationship Wrecker, Penguin Group, is now available in paperback.
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