Why
Women Cheat in a Relationship
- by KissMeGoodnight.com
Years ago a woman cheating on her spouse was
unheard of but in modern times the number of women who cheat
on their spouse is growing exponentially. The differences in
men and women cheating is that men often cheat for physical
reasons while women often have emotional reasons for
cheating on their partner. The reasons why women cheat include loneliness,
revenge, boredom and self esteem. These factors may be inexcusable
but they do exist in the minds of a cheating woman. More and
more women are becoming guilty of cheating on their partners
and it is often emotional reasons rather than lust that drive
them to these affairs.
Loneliness
is one of the primary reasons that women seek out affairs
and cheat on their partner. Although it sounds contradictory
that they should feel lonely because the women are currently
in a relationship, it is often a relationship that is not emotionally
fulfilling. Women involved in these unsatisfactory relationships
may feel as lonely if not more so than women who are not in
a relationship. If a woman is not receiving the attention she
feels she deserves in a relationship, she may be tempted to
seek that attention elsewhere and become involved in an affair.
A partner who becomes overly involved with his work or a hobby
may not make time to spend with his partner and this often
results in the women feeling as if they are all alone. This
feeling of loneliness can drive a woman to cheat on her partner.
One of the most prevalent reasons why women cheat is that they
feel as though their current partner is not lavishing much
attention on them and they feel lonely even in his presence.
Revenge
has also become and increasing factor in why women cheat. The modern woman is no longer willing to sit back and
accept the fact that their partner may cheat on them. If a
woman confirms or even just holds a suspicion that their partner
is cheating on them, they may be driven to engage in an affair
of their own as an act of revenge. The theory of, “An eye for
an eye,” has unfortunately trickled down into the realm of
romantic relationships and many women see a cheating partner
as a justification to have an affair of their own. They believe
that they are justified in having an affair if they catch their
partner cheating on them. Furthermore they may be extremely
hurt by their partner’s actions and seek a way to hurt them
in the same way. While it is not a justifiable reason, many
women see revenge as an appropriate reason for cheating on
their spouse.
Boredom
may also factor into why women cheat. Their current
relationship may have fallen into a rut and lost the excitement
that it possessed in the early stages of its existence. They
may feel that their relationship has become dull and predictable
and rather than trying to bring excitement into their current
relationship they may pursue affairs in the hopes of achieving
the excitement they felt when they first became involved with
their partner. While an affair may bring about a temporary
solution of making the woman feel excited about love again
it may ultimately destroy both their current relationship as
well as their cheating relationship. An affair is exciting
not only because it involves a relationship with a new person
but also because it involves sneaking around and ultimately
getting away with doing something wrong. To many women this
is very exciting and they are willing to risk losing their
relationship over their affair. Many women cheat because they
are bored with the monotony of their current relationship and
they seek to bring excitement back into their life through
engaging in an affair.
Another
reason why women cheat is a lack of self esteem. Women
may feel that they are not getting an adequate amount of admiration
from their partner and they may be tempted to cheat to affirm
that they are still attractive and desirable. When a relationship
meets a stagnant point where the partners are no longer making
a conscious effort to reassure each other that they are still
desirable, many women begin to feel insecure. This insecurity
leads women to seek affirmation of their desirability outside
of the relationship in the form of an affair. Being found desirable
by another compensates for the lack of longing they feel from
their partner and helps to boost their self esteem. While women
with a healthy self esteem are more apt to remain happy in
a relationship, those that lack self esteem are often driven
to cheat on their partners.
Men are not the only ones who cheat on their partners. It
is becoming more and more common for women to be guilty of
cheating. While women are beginning to cheat as often as men
the reasons why women cheat are much different than the reasons
why men cheat. The reasons for women cheating are tied tightly
to emotional reasons such as loneliness, revenge and boredom.
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KissMeGoodnight.com : 2005
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