Please realize that you are NOT responsible for your spouse deciding to cheat. You are not to blame for your spouse making an inappropriate decision.
- Anger
- Unresolved issues
- Ego and opportunity
- Trying to avoid conflict in your marriage
- Career problems
- Looking for excitement or passion they judge as missing in marriage -- boredom
- Validate manhood or womanhood and boost self esteem
- As a way to end an unhappy marriage -- an exit strategy
- Fear of growing older
- Feeling self-righteous
- Thrill of the chase
- Desire to sow wild oats
- Deep-seated unhappiness
- Feel neglected
- Jealous of new baby
- "Buyer's remorse" and second thoughts after wedding
- Feel trapped
- Insecurity
- Arrogance
- Revenge
- Because he/she can
- Feel unappreciated
- A sense of entitlement
- Financial pressures
- Escapism from daily life
- Believe he/she can get away with it
- Thoughts of being above the law both morally and legally
- Lack of consequences
- Looking for a one-night stand
- Sex addiction
- Change in hormonesLong-term relationship outside marriage
- Is a selfish jerk
- Is a serial/chronic cheater
