No one wants to even think about the possibility that their partner could be cheating on them; however, it’s undeniable that the act happens. Of course, if you’re dating someone you consider to be a potential life mate, it’s important that you find out sooner rather than later if he or she is being unfaithful to you—ideally before you’re rocking matching wedding bands. While there’s no way to fully predict whether or not someone might cheat on you, there are some clear signs your partner is cheating.
Here, relationship experts share signs your partner is cheating if you’re starting to suspect something is going on.
You had to talk him or her into monogamy.

If committing to one person was a hard sell for your mate, or if you had to make promises and offer rainbows and it was still challenging, then he or she may not have really been ready, according to Dinorah Nieves, Ph.D., a counselor, behavioral scientist, and author of the new book Love YOU: 12 Ways to Be Who You Love & Love Who You Are says. “People will sometimes just acquiesce to a request for monogamy,” she says. “If desires and skill sets don’t change, that choice may not be sustainable.”
They’re acting differently.

If you notice a stark change, not only in the way your partner behaves in general, but in the way he or she behaves towards you, this may be a sign your partner is cheating. While it might not necessarily be that he or she is cheating, it most definitely warrants a discussion about his or her withdrawal (relationship apps like Lasting can help with these difficult conversations). “Perhaps in the past when you were upset his baseline was to talk or ask questions and now he is dismissive or disinterested, or when you ask him to do something he may appear lazier or unmotivated,” says Paulette Sherman, Psy.D., psychologist, director of My Dating & Relationship School and author of Dating from the Inside Out. “He may be focused on another relationship and is emotionally checked out of yours.”