Expert reveals the five careers where your partner is more likely to cheat and they might shock you

Few things are as damaging to a relationship as cheating, and now one expert has revealed how someone's job could affect how likely they are to cheat.

Cheating is never a good sign, though some forms of infidelity are worse than others.

For example, someone might be so neglected or alienated by a partner that they turn to someone else to fulfil their needs - more of a sign that the relationship is effectively already over.

In the same vein, a drunken and instantly-regretted kiss in a rough patch is of course awful, but it's a good deal less bad than a months-long affair with repeated and escalating lies to conceal it.

One is a momentary lapse, the other is deliberate and long-term deception.

But whatever the circumstances if cheating is happening it's a sign that something has broken down in the relationship, and relationship expert Tracey Cox has revealed how if one partner has one of these jobs then that may create more opportunity for them to play away, in no particular order.

Some jobs have more opportunity to cheat than others (SimpleImages/Getty)

Doctors and nurses

You may be wondering how anyone has time to cheat while overworked and exhausted, but when you think about it, the circumstances are there in health.

Medicine is a very high pressure job, and you will share a lot of extremely traumatic and awful moments with your colleagues.

And a combination of high stress and emotional vulnerability can lead to unwise decisions when it comes to cheating.

Cox highlighted how there is also a sense of being very well-respected and feeling like the rules don't apply, with the further 'up the medical ladder' one goes, the more the 'God complex factor creeps in'.

Teachers

Yes, teachers do have lives outside the classroom, shocking I know, and they are a surprising addition to this list.

Despite being vitally important, working in education comes with a lot of baggage.

Long hours, yes this includes working during the school holidays, low pay, and high responsibility make for a lot of teachers to become burnt out.

It might be difficult for someone's partner to understand this if they're not a teacher, Cox says, which could lead to breakdowns in trust and developing closer relationships with colleagues.

An expert shared the jobs with most opportunity for someone to cheat (Peter Cade/Getty)

Banking and Finance

Cox explained that people in banking, investment, and trade, can engage in unethical behaviour as part of their jobs.

This might include cutting corners to make profits and to meet their KPIs.

The expert said that this kind of outlook might make someone more likely to also cheat.

I mean, the film The Wolf Wall Street is based on a true story, after all.

Entrepreneurs

Starting your own business might mean that you have a different outlook on life to someone who is an employee.

According to Cox, because entrepreneurs 'like things done their ways' then they may 'take charge of their sex life'.

And that might mean not always being faithful to their partner.

Pilots and flight attendants

Look, sometimes a cliche might be a cliche for a reason.

Cox explained that the combination of a difficult work schedule and spending a lot of time travelling around the world leaves more opportunity for infidelity than most professions.

Combine that with a dashing uniform and well, you get the idea.