Why Some People Cheat Instead of Just Leaving
I’ve heard plenty of reasons as to why people cheat on their partners.
‘I’m not attracted to them anymore.’
‘I’m staying for the kids.’
‘I’m not in love with them anymore.’
‘She got pregnant so I married her.’
‘Our parents made us get married.’
‘She won’t divorce me.’
‘He won’t divorce me.’
You can view these statements as reasons or as excuses — whichever suits your fancy
When someone cheats on their partner, you might ponder one out of two possibilities as to why. Either that person is telling themselves that cheating is the only way to make staying in that relationship tolerable OR they want out of the relationship but they don’t have the will to confront their partner head-on, so they just hope that their partner finds out about the affair and breaks up with them.
Both of those scenarios sound like massively complicated and roundabout ways of expressing discontent within a relationship. Regardless, this is the way many people operate in relationships. Human beings are exceedingly capable of creating problems where none exist.
Many people will decide to engage in affairs rather than tell their partner they don’t love them anymore. Other people will try to sabotage their relationships (consciously or subconsciously) by getting caught having an affair.
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