Surprising Ways Your Parents’ Infidelity Affects You - Page 3

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You may cheat as a self-fulfilling prophecy
Once you have it in your head that you could cheat because the infidelity gene runs in your family, you may just wind up cheating as some self-fulfilling prophecy. It’s like an impulse that you’re afraid will come up, and then your subconscious creates that impulse.