All Marriages End In Unfaithfulness - Onyebuchi Umeh Christopher

A story about a mother who advised her son’s baby mama to leave him for not being serious—and later connected her with a more intentional partner she is now set to marry—generated intense discussion online. Amid the reactions, one controversial comment declared: “100% of relationships and marriages end in unfaithfulness. Make sure you marry a good partner.”

Interpreted plainly, the statement suggests that unfaithfulness is the defining reason marriages and relationships collapse. While infidelity is indeed a common cause of separation, presenting it as universal is misleading and overly fatalistic. Not all relationships end, and not all that do end collapse because of cheating.

Such absolute claims flatten complex realities and risk normalizing betrayal as inevitable. They shift focus away from communication, compatibility, values, and accountability—factors that also determine outcomes. While infidelity is destructive, reducing every failed relationship to it oversimplifies human relationships and undermines healthier conversations about commitment and responsibility.