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Why Do Men Cheat?
Posted: 11-21-05 15:30pm

Just curious if any men would respond and try and answer the question of why cheat? I am not talking affairs either.... I mean, you love your girlfriend, wife, etc but you still feel the need to sleep with other people...
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Posted: 11-29-05 21:53pm

Why do men cause they are pigs
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Posted: 11-29-05 23:39pm

That isn't exactly fair (although catch me on a bad day and I will agree with you that all men are pigs) but women cheat too. There was actually an article written about it (can't remember where I read it) but it was said that women cheat for emotional reasons. They're not getting what they want mentally from their husbands/partners so they find someone who has something in common with them emotionally, which brings them closer together and they cheat. Men cheat for the physical. So basically they just want to get laid. Now don't think that i'm making excuses for cheating or anything, I think its very cowerdly and selfish and even though those who do cheat know its wrong, thats part of the attraction to it. The forbidden.
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Posted: 12-01-05 08:20am

The question is.....Why do men cheat? Well, I believe that certain men just cannot control their urges. They aren't man enough to walk away. Some men cheat because they know they can do it and get by with it.
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I Have Never Cheated.....but.......
Posted: 12-01-05 08:53am

I believe men cheat to inflate their egos. He with the most toys wins, and he with the most bed post notches also wins. Pigs is good answer. Men like to "hunt", and "conquer". Unfortunatly, it causes pain if there are significant others involved. Also, unfortunatly, some men lose interest after the conquest. Which makes it difficult for women to trust men, and justifiably so.

That is my imput, as I too would like more "notches in the bed post" but understand that that pleasure is only temporary. A good relationship is worth staying faithful.
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Posted: 12-02-05 05:43am

In my opinion, cheating only becomes cheating when you are dishonest about what you want and lack the courage to be honest with those concerned. If you are in a relationship and you find someone else you want to be with, then you should have the guts to end your current relationship. But many cheaters won't do this of course, because they would rather hedge their bets. "hey, I won't end my relationship just in case this fling doesn't work out". I think it's perfectly forgiveable to fall for someone else, I mean we're not always in control of these things. But what we definitely are in control of is our physical actions, and the excuse of "i couldn't help myself!" is b*llsh*t!
I think what drives a lot of people to cheat is that they are like spoilt children. It doesn't matter what they've got, they always want more. And once they want something they're going to have it, regardless of who get's hurt. Real men don't cheat, cowardly men do. And the same goes for women, I know more women who have cheated than men, believe me!
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Men Cheat Because.....
Posted: 12-07-05 19:59pm

Most people will say men cheat when they get bored I am not one of those people. I think they cheat because they dont feel connected to their partner. Most cases I would say its the cheating partners fault they dont feel connected. They will justify doing it anyway they can but I think it comes down to being afraid to commit to something that they dont know how it will end. I have had two girlfriends cheat on me and when I look back on it I see their fears of commiting to the unknown.
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Posted: 12-18-05 14:59pm

I just think men are pigs, they jusy want it all and they don't even consider that "significant other's feelings" just just do what they want and when they are done or they get caught they say oh i'm sorry I din't mean it I just couldn't help myself but I do love you please forgive me. And it's so wrong if you don't forgive them but if you ever cheat, your the worst woman on the face of the planet.I'm not saying that women should get away with it but sometimes men just feel that they can and should do whatever they want and women can't even do caca!!!!!!!! And no i'm not sexist!!
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Posted: 12-20-05 12:58pm

Why do girls cheat on us and make it seem like girls are victims? But when we cheat on girls, we are evil?
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Posted: 12-20-05 13:07pm

I think men only cheat if they are not satisfied in their relationship.
And thats exacly the same reason women cheat. Though its possible that women are more patient with their partner and therefore less likely to cheat. The percentage of men who cheat might be higher compared to women and that might be because of the stigma associated with women cheating i.E. Those women might get the label of "promiscuous person"

in summary, men cheat because they are not happy in their relationship.
Thats my take on it...
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Generalising Is Cheating Too... Cheating Yourself of Reality
Posted: 12-25-05 04:58am

Question to ponder... How is cheating achieved?

Strictly speaking, "cheating" in relationships is one partner doing some inappropriate to the relationship. But a lot of us are selfish enough to define it as the one partner doing something considered inappropriate by the other partner.

There are many reasons for outcomes to look like "cheats". But we must consider people's intensions and how much they cared about being honest, otherwise we're just coming up with things to blame.

Life is never fair. Some people hardly have control over themselves. So controlling a relationship to be text-book perfect is not the easiest thing to do.

If you see yourself getting too emotional because of your partner cheating on you, remember... Your partner too was emotional when they decided to cheat.

Take away the fuel rather than fanning away the smoke.
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Posted: 12-25-05 06:09am

Men cheat cause they know they usually can get away with it
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Posted: 12-25-05 08:05am

Then how come I never cheated my girlfriend ? How come I was cheated by my ex-girlfriend before ? It's too easy to say that men always will cheat.

It's false.

Bored, disrespected, or broken-hearted **persons** (male and female) may cheat.
Don't take for granted that men are born to cheat while women are the poor victims left alone in the situation. Sometimes women are responsible, too.
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Posted: 12-25-05 12:55pm

Sometimes women cheat? Wow...Where do all of you live? Women are just as likely to cheat as men are.
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Men Cheating
Posted: 01-06-06 13:05pm

I never cheated on my man he never cheated on me when u love some one u dont cheat I never even tryed to cheat on my man and I now he doesnt he goes to work ever day and then comes right home he realy doesnt go out peopel cheat cause they now they dont love tehre b/f or g/f
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Cheating Issue.
Posted: 01-13-06 00:59am

Hey babe,
cheating itself is as a result of disatisfaction. The only time I get d urge to c wats outside is wen I feel altogether sick with the whole stuff called relationship but then dat urge is gone as soon as she does d right thing.
Same goes for ladies, I believe!

Last word: guys ain't pigs please.
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Why Do When Chaet
Posted: 01-13-06 01:22am

I never cheated on any of my b/f I dont believe in cheating its wrong when to people love each other u dont cheat alot of are pigs some are not
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Cheating
Posted: 01-13-06 03:41am

I think some people cheat beacuse the thought of being with only one person for any length of time scares them.They are afarid that if they stay with one person they might miss the one that was "meant" for them.What most of them dont realize is that by always looking for the "right" one they are hurting the one they are with
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Posted: 01-13-06 05:45am

What poohbear said, I heard the exact same thing. I was watching discovery health a show called talk sex, it goes over issues like why some women dont like sex as much as others how sex interferes with pregancy etc etc and the topic of the night was why people cheat and its true women cheat for emotional reasons and with men its just physical. That may not hold for all people, but I can say for me its true on the womens part because I had cheated on my bf about 2 years ago because for a while he was always caught up in something else and it didnt feel like he even noticed me. Needless to say we solved it and everything is fine now :-)
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Posted: 01-13-06 11:31am

Thats what we are doing working it out he talking getting married now in the summer the last few days we doing alot better since I had that long talk with him he said he sees were iam coming from so we will se what happens as time goes bye so far so good ill keep u guys posted and let u guys how we are doing thanks for the help



iam still going to read and post stuff on this forum its a realy good forum its the only I go to now
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