{"id":9497,"date":"2011-07-02T18:07:33","date_gmt":"2011-07-02T18:07:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-15T00:59:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:59:21","slug":"ladiessss-7-reasons-why-women-cheat-is-it-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=9497","title":{"rendered":"Ladiessss!!! 7 reasons why women cheat – Is it true?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was composed by Chelsea Kaplan who is a Senior Editor at The Family Groove.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You\u2019ve probably heard that men cheat for physical reasons, women for emotional reasons. Sure, there\u2019s some truth to that, but when we asked real women around the country to share why they strayed from their boyfriends, we learned they had a whole host of explanations \u2014 from bad kissing to sheer revenge. Read on for the truth about why women have given in to temptation.<\/p>\n

Reason #1: There\u2019s no passion<\/strong>
\n\u201cI had been with John for about three years \u2014 he was a really nice guy, and I enjoyed being with him, but there wasn\u2019t a ton of passion. Most everyone we knew had gotten engaged, and though John would have proposed in a second, whenever he brought it up, I\u2019d change the subject. I took a trip to Australia for work and while I was gone, I got together with a coworker to whom I\u2019d always been insanely attracted. I had a fantastic trip, probably because for the first time in a long time I experienced that excitement I\u2019d been missing. I broke up with John soon after I returned home and began dating the guy from the trip. Even though I\u2019m not super-proud of my actions, things ended up for the best: after dating for a few years, the guy from the trip and I got married and we\u2019re incredibly happy together.\u201d
\n\u2013 Giselle, 30, Montvale, NJ <\/p>\n

Reason #2: To delay a breakup<\/strong>
\n\u201cRight before I was going to break up with my ex, Sean, he found out that he had to put his beloved dog to sleep. He was so broken up about it that I didn\u2019t have the heart to end things, so I waited a month or so until he was in better shape. When things seemed to be better and I was ready, he lost his job, so I felt like I was back to square one! By that time I had met someone else that I really wanted to start seeing, so I went ahead and did it. I eventually ended things, never telling Sean about my extracurricular dating. I think I rationalized that I was trying to spare his feelings.\u201d
\n\u2013 Stacy, 30, Lexington, KY<\/p>\n

Reason #3: Because absence doesn\u2019t make the heart grow fonder<\/strong>
\n\u201cMy boyfriend Greg and I decided to do the long-distance thing after I was accepted to a graduate program 200 miles from where we lived. The first few months were fine, but I soon found myself becoming extremely attracted to my lab partner, Henry. What began as innocent flirting eventually wound up with us getting physical. After the program was over, I returned home to Greg. Being with him was really difficult, but I didn\u2019t break up with him initially because I was still attracted to him, too. I visited Henry a few times and realized that he was really more of a fling, probably done out of boredom, and that Greg was the one for me. I eventually stopped communicating with Henry. I never told Greg about what happened, which occasionally makes me feel guilty, but I chalk my cheating up to being young and silly. He and I are still together, four years after my program ended.\u201d
\n\u2013 Tamara, 33, Portland, OR<\/p>\n

Reason #4: To avoid being left out in the cold<\/strong>
\n\u201cI began dating Eric shortly after I had been dumped by Dave, my boyfriend of two years. I was devastated and Eric was definitely a rebound thing. After Eric and I had dated for five months, Dave came back and wanted to give things another shot. I still really missed him, so I began seeing him, but never ended things with Eric. I think I sort of kept Eric around for insurance purposes, just in case things didn\u2019t end up well with Dave. Dave and I didn\u2019t make it on round two, and after Eric discovered through mutual friends that I had been seeing him again, he ended things with me. I definitely learned my lesson about dating two guys at the same time, not to mention trying to rekindle a relationship that\u2019s just plain over.\u201d
\n\u2013 Jen, 28, Oak Park, IL<\/p>\n

Reason #5: To make a break from a bad relationship<\/strong>
\n\u201cWhen I was younger, I dated a guy named Ethan who was really critical of me. He constantly made little snide comments about my weight, how stupid I was and how clumsy I was. For whatever odd reason, I was into him, despite the fact that all of my friends and family hated him. One weekend when he was away, I met Will at a party and we completely hit it off. He was the complete opposite of Ethan \u2014 kind, sweet and generous, yet completely cool and fun, too. We hung out all weekend and it was like a light bulb went off in my head: This is how mature, relationship-worthy guys act. I kissed Will the night before he left and broke up with Ethan soon after. Will and I dated for three years and now we\u2019re married.\u201d
\n\u2013 Allison, 30, New York, NY<\/p>\n

Reason #6: To find that missing piece<\/strong>
\n\u201cI\u2019m from Florida, so I adore going to the beach and boating, but my former boyfriend, Chris, a total city boy, hated it. We always argued about where we\u2019d take trips, and he always won. About eight months into our relationship, I took a trip to Key West with my friends and we chartered a boat for the day. The captain of the boat was this totally hot, complete \u2018beach guy for life\u2019 type, and I spent the whole day flirting with him. We met him out that night and spent time alone together. I never told Chris about it after I got home and I never felt guilty; I think part of me felt like that\u2019s what Chris got for being so stubborn! Chris and I didn\u2019t make it, and after we broke up, I made sure any future boyfriends loved the beach!\u201d
\n\u2013 Lizzie, 32, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n

Reason #7: To give him a taste of his own medicine<\/strong>
\n\u201cMy last boyfriend was a total player before we got together. I thought I could change him but I was wrong. I always heard rumors that he was seeing other girls while we were dating, but he always denied it. One night, I got a call from a girl he had been secretly dating, and she detailed their three-month-long relationship to me and told me about another girl she had discovered he was seeing as well. I was so mad that I went out with my friends that night, dressed to kill, and spent time with the most attractive guy; I felt like it was the least he deserved! I loved seeing the look on his face when I told him about what I did and that I knew about the other girls. And then I dumped him!\u201d
\n\u2013 Ashante, 25, College Park, GA<\/p>\n

Chelsea Kaplan is a Senior Editor at The Family Groove. Her blog, \u201cI\u2019m Somebody\u2019s Mother?\u201d can be found at www.rumymother.blogspot.com.
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