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Common Excuses for Cheating

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The Grass is Greener Type of Cheating Excuses

Here are some of the "Grass is Greener" type of cheating excuses.
  • I need to have sex with others. I can't go the rest of my life sleeping with just you.
  • The sex is incredible. It was never that good with you.
  • I want to start a rock band and I would be gone a lot. That wouldn't be fair to you.
  • It's an addiction.
  • I can't help myself.
  • It doesn't mean anything.
  • It just happened.
  • He/She has an unhappy marriage, and I was filling an emotional void in his/her life.
  • We were just friends.
  • I was curious what sex with someone else would be like.
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