As you settle down to （專心致志）watch Love Actually with your family this Christmas - and laugh at the seemingly ridiculous（荒唐的） plot devices - one scene will ring especially true to a lot of philandering men.

這個圣誕節(jié)，當你和家人一起觀看電影《真愛至上》，對看似荒唐的劇情設置大笑的時候，有一個場景對花心男來說卻特別真實。

Emma Thompson's character discovers that the expensive-looking necklace she spied （秘密偵查）her husband, Alan Rickman, buying was not actually for her, she's been given a CD.

A new survey has revealed （顯示，透露）that that is far from unusual. Men who have affairs（在親密關系中） spend an average of 12 percent more on Christmas presents for their mistresses（情婦） than their wives.

The statistics（數(shù)據(jù)）, taken from a survey of 2,000 men who use the Illicit Encounters website, discovered that an average of ￡124 is splurged on（揮霍，浪費） mistress' presents, while ￡109 is put aside （給。。。儲備）for their spouse's gifts.

The infidelity（夫妻間不忠誠） prone（易于） men were asked to describe the main Christmas gift being purchased for their mistress and their Mrs.

Eighty-nine percent of these men admitted to（承認） choosing something 'ultimately decorative（裝飾性的） with that being it's sole purpose' for their mistress in comparison to 42 percent of these men choosing an item like this for their wife.

Half of men have chosen something 'practical （實用的）and useful for around the home' for their other halves in comparison to（相比之下） only three percent of men that chosen that kind of present for their lover.

Cheating expert and spokesperson for Illicit Encounters, Rosie Freeman-Jones says: 'The difference in the sort of gifts men choose to buy for their mistress and wives mirror the different ways married men often view these two relationships.

'Men often see their mistresses as playing more "surface"（表面的）, decorative（修飾的） roles in their lives, providing（在。。。條件下） sex and affection（愛慕） without much emotional attachment（附加情感）

'This explains why mistresses receive less practical and more "pretty" gifts.

'On the other side of the coin（相反）, a man's relationship with his wife, after time, becomes less about being pretty and more about being practical - the bigger issues of mortgages（抵押） and maintenance overtake the seemingly less important things like romance.

'The less a husband thinks of his wife as a sexual being（性伴侶）, the more functional （功能性的）and "unsexy" his gifts will become.'