Do Philanderers Ever Change?

"Some people do change, but as a whole, if someone cheated on you before you got married, a leopard doesn't change their spots," he says about compulsive philanderers. "They might get good for a couple months, but it's not the kind of thing that changes.

Can a man that cheats ever change?

Can a cheater change his or her ways? Yes, if you give them a chance, marriage therapists say. We've all heard the same, tired cliche about infidelity: “Once a cheater, always a cheater.”

Can a serial womanizer change?

He or she may cheat once or many times but the prospects for change may be poor. Such people may find it easiest to simply get better at covering their tracks or may move on to a new spouse to escape any consequences. (See also my blog post “How to Tell a Cheater from a Sex Addict“).