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Why a Man Cheats: 5 True Reasons
09.02.2024 05:10
When a man cheats on a woman, it becomes a real shock and drama for her.
But what pushes the stronger sex to risk relationships for an affair on the side? Let's look into the psychological reasons for male infidelity.
Lack of attention and care
If warmth and care disappear in a couple, the man begins to feel unnecessary and lonely. He lacks warmth, tenderness, interest in his inner world.
At home, he feels like a superfluous thing, like an object that provides for the family and solves everyday issues.
This forces him to look for that very care and interest on the side - in the arms of a mistress who listens to him with admiration and gives him the feeling that he is still significant and interesting as a man.
Boredom and monotony in relationships
Over time, the passion and romance that colored the relationship at the beginning begin to fade. They are replaced by routine and monotony.
Every day becomes similar to the previous one: the same conversations, habitual and predictable sex, the absence of any bright emotions and experiences.
The man feels that the drive and thrill have disappeared from his life.
Such stifling boredom forces him to look elsewhere for that very brightness of feelings and seething passion that he so lacks at home. An affair on the side seems like an exciting adventure and a way to bring back lost emotions into his life.
Midlife crisis
Re-evaluating the stages of life he has gone through, a man begins to doubt whether he has accomplished everything and whether he has sufficiently realized himself.
The feeling of his fading youth pushes him to take adventurous actions, including romances with young lovers. In this way, he tries to prove to himself that he is still full of strength and charm.
Revenge for treason
Nothing hurts a man's pride more than the infidelity of his beloved. The realization that he has been betrayed and that another man can give his woman what he himself cannot, causes rage and a sharp sense of humiliation.
Betrayal becomes a blow to his male pride and self-esteem.
In order to somehow compensate for these negative experiences and restore his sense of self-worth, a man can commit retaliatory betrayal. Such "revenge" helps him punish his wife, demonstrating that she is not the only one and irreplaceable for him either.
Different temperaments
It happens that the wife does not need intimacy so much and is not always ready to satisfy her husband’s needs.
If sexual hunger is great and regular release at home is unavailable, many men go to seek solace on the side. For them, regular intimate life is vital.
As you can see, the reasons that motivate men to cheat can be very diverse - from a feeling of loneliness and lack of fulfillment to revenge and satisfaction of physiological needs.
And this problem is clearly not one-sided – its solution requires effort, understanding and work on the relationship from both partners.
It has previously become known how manipulators use lies to easily deceive others.
