Yvonne wrote on Mar 19^th, 2007 at 7:37pm:

My husband is really upset and is telling me that we were scamed. He mentioned that the questions he was asked did make him feel uncomfortable, questions like " do you ever play with your penis" , "do you watch porn" " does porn get you excited" he told me that he feet uncomfortable with those questions and that yes it made him breath more, I dont know what to believe I am really  concidering a divorse but would hate to go through this if there is a chance that this test can be inaccurate.

Those questions that made your husband feel so uncomfortable were actually what we polygraphers call "comparison" questions. They have nothing to do with the alleged infidelity. They are designed to have something to compare to the real questions about infidelity. The fact that your husband felt so uncomfortable with those comparison questions leads me to believe that there is in fact deception with regard to the real questions. When a test subject focuses more on the comparison questions than the real questions, he/she will, almost all of the time, pass the test. On the other hand, if these comparison questions had caused him no discomfort at all, he would have been shown to be more clearly deceptive.  However, you didn't give us the wording for the real questions that dealt with the allegation of infidelity.

The polygraph is not perfect. We polygraphers know that it is highly accurate when conducted by an experienced, skilled examiner.  But no polygrapher worth his weight in polygraph charts would claim that your husband was "guilty" without a doubt.

To be frank, I find it disheartening when one spouse or lover in a relationship has to "prove" his/her love and faithfulness by taking a polygraph test. If you can't trust your husband's word without resorting to a machine and without relying on a polygrapher's skill or lack thereof, why are you still with him? Either trust him or don't, I say.