Cheating Spouses

Reasons for Cheating in Marriage

1. Lack of sexual satisfaction in their primary relationship.

This is a very common reason amount spouses. Both women and men who enter into affairs are hoping to improve their sex lives. They may enjoy many other mutual activities but, for whatever reason, the sex is not working out for them.

2. The Desire for additional sexual encounters
Most individuals have this kind of desires but find it very hard to admit as it appears socially undesirable.

3. Lack of emotional satisfaction in your primary relationship.
 Seeking emotional intimacy can be nearly as compelling a reason to have an affair as can seeking physical intimacy. Those who experience the need for emotional closeness in an affair, feel that at some point they were lacking a connection to their primary partners.

4. Wanting emotional validation from someone else.
Being appreciated is a key factor in the emotional connection that partners feel toward
each other. Partners may grow apart and, as they do, fail to acknowledge the needs that
both have in their relationship.

5. Falling out of love with your partner.
In the grand scheme of things, having sexual and emotional intimacy seems to trump love.

6. Falling in love with someone new.

Again, emotional intimacy plus sexual closeness seems to be a more important factor
that leads partners to stray.

7. Your wanting to seek revenge.
In a relationship that is already suffering, the desire to hurt a partner who is (or is perceived as) cheating seems to raise the stakes significantly from mere lack of intimacy.

8. Curiosity and wanting new experiences.
People who cite this reason often feel that they want something new, this motivation goes beyond curiosity and into some type of contestto measure their sexual prowess.
Extramarital affairs clearly represent a complex mix of desire, anguish, and need for
connection. Rarely are they apparently entered into without conflict or even distress. They may be the product of, or the cause of, the ending of a marital relationship.