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Why do Men and Women cheat?

Naiwen said:
Why do Men and Women cheat?
I think mostly that there are times when people operate on their hormones instead of their brain cells. That and they just love the thrill of DRAMA.
 
I have a strong suspicion that my ex (my daughter's mother) cheated on me way back in the day when we were together.

I used to work an overnight shift and my work was close to our house. I would always come home for lunch since we were like 2 minutes away an I had an hour lunch break. I always took my lunch at 3am. One night I was really hungry and decided to take my lunch at 2am (instead of 3am) and when I came home the chain lock was on the door and when I peeked into the house I saw her sitting on the couch with another guy. They were dressed but she was acting very odd, like she was caught off guard. I was asking what was going on and why I've never met this person before. She tells me "he's gay and just a friend" and some other excuses I can't remember right now. Our relationship was already rocky and in a downward spiral at that time so I didn't really care if she was cheating or not, at that point I already knew we weren't going to be together forever. The only thing I didn't like was that a random guy I never met before was in our house while our baby was in her room sleeping.

Not too long ago she cheated on her current husband and the first thing she said about this guy was "he's gay and just a friend" which was pretty interesting, thats the same thing she said several years ago in my situation with her. Long story short, he was not gay and they really did have an affair (that she confessed to). Her and her husband worked things out and are still together. I feel bad for him, he deserves better.
 
I guess non-binary people don't cheat. :P Anyways, I think the reason why people cheat is because they're unhappy with their relationship or they started their relationship way too early and dove into things too fast. Because of this, they're unsatisfied with their relationship, and maybe they think cheating is easier than breaking things off. (Why they do that I have no clue...)
 
Cheating is about fear and poor self image as well as the inability to respect their partner. The very least they can do is break up first, but a lot of people don't have the ability to be an adult and sit down and have a conversation about the things not working out well in their own relationship.
 
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