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Topics: Sex and Relationships, Life
Callum Jones
Topics: Sex and Relationships, Life
Women have revealed the 'common' relationship issue that often pushes them to cheat on their partners.
While those on the receiving end of cheating go through an awful lot, many argue there's a reason people decide to cheat on their partner in the first place.
Dating experts have offered their opinion on this, including one offering six reasons that she believes explain why women may choose to cheat on their partners, while another revealed the common 'justifications' cheating partners gave as a reason.
Nonetheless, it's generally agreed cheating is not nice, so one man decided to pose an important question to women on a Quora forum.
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"What made you cheat on your husband?" he asked in the hope of getting a better understanding of why women cheat on their partners.
And as per the Daily Mirror, many women talked about a 'common' relationship problem that pushed them to deceive their partner.
"He was cheating and I knew it," one person wrote. "One of the guys he hung out with couldn't believe he was cheating on me so he told me about it. I told him to get me proof and I will do you."
She continued: "He brought me a photo of my husband banging a girl at his office (he was a business owner) and when my husband went to sleep that same day, I slept with his friend in the next room. He never knew. I do not need others to know for it to be successful revenge."
Certainly a sweet act of revenge many would argue, and the strategy man have decided to use.
"I was heavily pregnant and he did not find that attractive. He even met a woman online that he [slept with] in our shared house. I found her underwear later that day. He denied everything," one woman said.
She later decided to cheat on her husband.
Last year, scientists revealed the 'real reason' why people cheat on their partner.
A study looked into the link between infidelity and power and found that people in positions of power could be more likely to be unfaithful in a romantic relationship.
Professor Gurit Birnbaum, who was the lead author in the study, explained that in these relationships, the 'person in power' could believe they 'have more options' elsewhere.
"In a romantic relationship, these power dynamics might lead the more powerful partner to think they bring more to the table than their less powerful partner," she said.
"The more powerful might see this as a sign that they have more options outside the relationship and are more desirable partners in general."