Top 10 Reasons Why Men Cheat

The question is as old as the problem itself…

Why do men cheat?

Is monogamy really a myth?

Are guys predestined to cheat because it is human nature?

Scientists have long explained that men are biologically motivated to seek out multiple sex partners. This natural instinct ensures a healthy gene pool and the survival of our species.

If this is true, then one cannot expect fidelity from a man. It kind of lets guys off the hook when they wander doesn’t it?

So why do they feel guilty? If it is a man’s biological right to have sex wherever, whenever, with whomever, why should they worry about being caught?

Because somewhere along the way, self imposed “ethics” and “morality” placed restrictions on human behavior…including sex!

Perhaps if guys didn’t seem to derive such pleasure from sex, it wouldn’t be such a sin. Think about it. If sex with multiple partners were just another “chore” for men as cleaning house and cooking meals is to women, would we get upset about it?

Probably not…poor guys! ;)

Nevertheless…men do enjoy sex…a lot…and not always with their partner!


Here are their Top 10 reasons…

I’d like to say that they are in no particular order but, we all know what guys say is the number one reason that they cheat. Remember ladies, the jokes about sex ending when marriage begins, wouldn’t be funny if there weren’t some truth to them!

  1. Not getting enough at home! Women tend to get caught up in “life” and sex gets put on the “back burner”. She may be bent over helping the kids tie their shoes but he’s still looking at her “nice ass”. God…is that all they think about?
  2. It’s reassuring to know that he’s still “got it”. Time has a way of making us all feel less sexy and desirable. A little forbidden rendezvous can be a real shot to a sagging male ego.
  3. The wife just isn’t physically appealing anymore. Face it, women do tend to let themselves go. Often they get too busy raising their families and neglect themselves. They are too tired to put on make up or do those thigh slimming exercises. The result? A new secretary and whatdayaknow…”Honey…I have to work late”!
  4. Sex at home is boring. The wife doesn’t like to try new things (or old things – namely, blow jobs!). To men, variety is the spice of life and he may have some sexual urges that his wife is not willing to fulfill. He may have some ideas that he would rather his wife didn’t know about. Can you say “manage-a-trios”?
  5. He just couldn’t say no. The woman was hot and all over him. It just seemed like a once in a lifetime opportunity…too good to pass up. This is where the phrase “thinking with their little head” came from!
  6. The wife just isn’t fun anymore. She worries, she nags, she fusses and they fight all of the time. He cheats to “get away from it all”.
  7. He just doesn’t love his wife anymore. And just how do you tell someone that tactfully? It is easier to have an affair than it is to deal with the pain and emotional upheaval of such a confession. On the other hand…if he is caught cheating? Well, the door is then opened for a speedy exit!
  8. The thrill of the chase is exhilarating. Some men are truly addicted not only to the act of sex itself, but to the hunt. They thrive on the rush they get when they are able to conquer even the toughest “ice queen”. It’s not about love, it’s about control and winning!
  9. They cheat because they can. Many men know that their wives are insecure and dependant on them. They also know that low self esteem and a fear of being alone will keep her “in place” and “at home” no matter what, or who they do. So, why not? Variety – remember?
  10. And finally, men cheat to get even! It is an absolute blow to the male ego for his sexual prowess to be in question. Why else would a woman cheat on him? His own affair as a result, serves two purposes, revenge and reassurance of manhood.

There you have it…the Top 10 reasons why men say that they cheat on their wives or partners.

Are any of them “excuseable”?
Mmmm…a couple…maybe (although most women won’t agree).

Are any of them “preventable”?
Of course.

Although monogamy may not human nature…it is a choice!


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    ivonne said:

    a man will always be a man, but when it come’s down to being with the same girl for the rest of his life..they get spooked out..is this the only one i’m going to have sex with? thing’s like that. sometime’s us women drive men to do that, and we don’t even know it…and that is when women step in and say well if he did it to me once i could do it twice….

    Dixia said:

    I just went through a divorce because the man I thought loved me cheated on me a month later after we got a house for a year. he said we wanted something different but in all actuality he married me for his citizenship. He is happy after all the using he did and still at times wanted to still have sex with me and of course I would fall for it. but now I’m the one all alone with this complex that there is no man that will want me and I have relayed back to being alone all the time with no one, dinner by myself no one to talk to and he is so happy!! and I cry every day when he is smiling and laughing moving on. It’s like it’s so easy for him to detach himself from me but I still have a hard time letting a man that I loved for almost 10 years and still do, let him go. I feel stupid, unworthy and so unpretty. I basically given up on love relationships and marriage. Just don’t want to hurt anymore.

    stiffler said:

    What a stupid article that is so loaded with BS!

    I am a man and I can tell you we’re looking for a woman to go with us through lifes adventures!

    When a woman decides that other things are more important to her than we no longer feel she’s along with us on the ride and the gap she was supposed to have filled is empty again.

    This doesn’t have to be just Sex, it can be time they spend confiding in us or just making alone time (for trips or dates) for us… Yes Sex can temporarily fill the void but it will never replace the other needs.

    Ezer-Kenegdo was what was wrtten to describe Eve and God and it translates to something like life-giver or life-force which has so many meanings behind it in regards to children and spouse… When that becomes just Children then the spouse feels neglected.

    Oh and I had an emotional affair that I stopped before we went the whole way but it was never about the sex, it was always about the connection I had with this person and the others I’ve talked to all started in a similar fashion so do some research before you print this tripe!

    stiffler said:

    Oh and one more note…

    I made the decision to start talking to this other woman and it certainly isn’t all my wife’s fault but it takes two of us to get to this point and neither person in a relationship should ever assume they’re innocent of everything that has gone wrong.

    monique said:

    i believe if a man has problems staying commited then the dumb man shouldn’t be in any type of relationship.

    monique said:

    and another thing God did not put men on this earth to treat woman bad and be nasty and perverted.

    Katherine said:

    I did a google search just to find out what a male maybe thinking when he goes out to deliberately cheat and lie to not only his wife but the prospective would be ‘other woman.’

    I have all the anger towards this man for wanting to cheat on his wife, for presuing me for 9 months and behaving the way he did while presuing me. What upset me as the other woman, was he was dishonest.

    Sure the marriage has problems and each to his own. But why be dishonest when your asked point plank, ‘are you married?’ and be told blantantly ‘no, Im single, your the one I want etc?’

    I dont think he liked treating me the way I felt though after I found out he was married. I simply said that if he respected me, he would of been honest in the first place and he has reduced me to nothing but ‘fun’ and a ‘whore’ and should treat me as such.

    So he now feels guilty and in away, thats my revenge. I dont have to tell his wife. Thats not my job, but hey making him see how much of a slut I am and knowing he has just trivialised marriage and making me one, makes me feel satified in knowing he will think twice before cheating and being dishonest again.

    md said:

    men cheat because we need sex all too much. we really want our spouse to want more sex. we men wake up one day and realize that all this time we have had to beg for sex evertime we get it. and when we did get it, it was so so. sure we need to do more around the house, romance more, buy flowers for the wife…. but for many of us men, we are doing all these good things to no avail. we want our wives to want us. we want our wives to be the ones to show the spank on the butt when we pass by. the kiss and hug for no reason in the middle of the day, the ear listening about OUR day without interuption to a new subject would be good sometimes if the wife would only seem to care to hear it. what does a man do when he brings home flowers, wants to kiss and hug for no reason, does EVERTHING in the book as far as in the bedroom to try to get her to want to satisfy him in return for his satisfying her. nothing he does will make her want sex. we men need conversation too. we cheat when we find a woman that will sit down and LISTEN to us talk of our day with interest. it starts there then we realize this extra woman actually enjoys sex and then wow, we have cheated. put a ring on this new womans finger and TADAH!!! she is now the wife you started with…. why do woman change thier sexual interest once they have a ring on their finger? thats the reason why men cheat.

    MS said:

    When we were dating, my wife was an insatiable minx. Within days of the wedding and moving into the home “SLAM”!” went the door to the pleasure cove. I bit down on the hook and swallowed it too. To make thing even worse, not only did I lose the “home court” advantage, but then all the “self-help” books about marital communication started showing up on the bedroom nightstand. Book covers with sketches of a woman hold a string attached to a man who is flying like a kite. WTF? I have the answer to the entire communication issue….. “Pumpkin, let me get the baby batter off the brain, and then I can have an intelligent conversation.” “Because right now, with all the sh* t I have to deal with, I’ve got ONE thing on my mind.”

    I have my own theory about what I call the “the indoctrination session” in the fourth grade. (You remember….. the day they separate the boys from the girls for several hours? What do you think really went on in their room?) This was where the girls were told the true power of the world is between their legs. The boys are told about keeping your armpits smelling clean and how to maintain hygiene if you’re uncircumcised.

    Women know exactly what they want. Control. Sex is used like a shiny lure to keep you interested and in tune with the task or demand at hand she wants accomplished. Any of us with experience knows women are experts at pulling back the line and winding up the reel to keep you floundering, even though you think you’re fighting.

    There’s a lot, and I mean a lot of “girlfriend you too can get yourself a man you can train” books and other literature(?) out there for women. Tactics which run the gamut of putting out like there’s no tomorrow and then shutting off the valve until there’s a ring on the finger, to adopting a couple annoying dogs to see if your prospective mate will be good with children. And of course my all time favorite…. “If you think he is considering divorce, start running up all the credit cards.”

    I will say this about middle age and beyond. If you take care of yourself as a man, you’ll age like a fine bottle of wine, and if you so desire, you can attract willing booty well into your 50’s and 60’s for the casual hook-up (formally known as one-night-stand). Meanwhile every gallon of milk has its expiration date. She may have sucked away much of your youth and most of your of your money, but her “best when sold by” days are numbered.

    Now of course, women reading my email will snipe and snark that none of what I say is true and that I am elitist or too old fashioned in my thinking and must have been hurt in a previous relationship, etc, etc. In response I say this: My career path and skill set taught me something early on which I used time and again to turn on my wife and other women when they make such remarks as to my thesis. Deny, Deny, Deny, and make counter-accusations. They are indeed masters at it. But if you recognize the tradecraft, you can beat them at the head games they love to play..

    Enlightening for a lot of men I am sure.

    Phil said:

    Reality is, most men cheat on their wifes because they are disrespectful, mean, manipulative, or ignore them. Most men understand that there are grave consequences to leaving their wifes, so rather than leave, they put up with their bad behaviors for the sake of the kids, finances and their outlining families. When they meet a girl that is attracted to them, that does not possess the same traits, or sees them as being special, it’s not hard to see what’s going to happen. Also, some wifes put the bar up so high the husbands no longer can get over it, so they have an affair to “end” the marriage.

    Phil said:

    It’s not really about sex girls.. It’s about the way the men are treated and respected. What does someone with a hot wife, body, and knows how to treat them, want with another women… Unless, the girl he’s cheating on is a selfish, I come first bitch and puts her friends first…. If so, he’ will cheat..and do so with his middle finger up… and by the way, don’t forget..for everyman that cheats, cheats with a woman… So blame them just as much…

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