Why People Cheat

About 17% of divorces are caused by infidelity (“Cheating”)! Infidelity is one of the leading causes of divorce. Unfortunately, lack of communication can be a lead cause to infidelity. Couples who lack communication or common interests act out to other people. He or she find someone that is easier to talk to or someone who is more attractive. Sometimes these acts only happen once because the gilt gets to them, or they continue to see this other person until their spouse finds out. Children with cheating parents either follow in their footsteps or become the better person.

Our emotions act as our conscience when we make a decision. Our conscience is an inner feeling or a voice that acts as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of our behaviors. We make a choice based on the way that we feel in the situation at the moment.. Emotions and decision making go hand in hand. Whatever emotion we feel, we do the action that corresponds whether it be an immoral or

In the article, “Why Keeping Your Promise is Good For You”, Michelle Grelan writes, “Just so we are clear, a promise, as defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is: ‘a declaration that one will do or refrain from doing something specified; or a legally binding declaration that gives the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act’”. Some people take promises very seriously or they use it very often and not really mean it. Marriage for example, is a serious commitment and promise made with two people. Moller states, “…we can always reason that we may as well make a promise that will get us some benefit and then simply not hold to our commitment if that would be more profitable for us” (83). Why would one make a promise to another person if you do not intend to keep it? If you are not going to keep that promise, then do not make it in the first place. It is unfair and selfish for that person to say something and do not necessarily mean what they said. I believe that promises are very important. I stick to my words when I make a commitment. If I do not think I can maintain that promise, I would not make a promise to begin

Yet it is the commitment part that most will find harder to fulfill. You have to commit to

Many of those false promises can destroy relationships and cause trust issues within an organization. The author gives advice intended to help those who have or may be thinking of making false commitments. Golin’s advice helped me reflect on my past mistakes, and how I could have handled those situations in a better way. Fear, arrogance, and confidence sometimes proves themselves to be one of the driving forces behind false commitments. In order to be able to comprehend the impact that these commitments can have, we must be able to look back and understand our

Cheating has become a worldwide epidemic in education, politics, and entertainment even though, it is publicly judged and convicted by society. So why do we do cheat you might ask? Although, I don’t have a precise answer I do have an

Data published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology suggests some 25% of men and 15% of women will be unfaithful to their partner at some point in their relationship. This data reveals that affairs can and do occur even in what many would consider a happy relationship. The statistical data fails to do justice to the emotional trauma that is caused by infidelity. Thankfully, there is hope for affair recovery Little Rock, AR through focused therapy.

(Hatfield)  Infidelity can cause anger, doubt, and a lack of trust for whichever sex did the cheating in the relationship.  "Nothing rocks a person's sense of self, trust, and marriage more than infidelity," says Weiner-Davis, author of The Sex-Starved Marriage.  Infidelity leaves people questioning their sanity, as well as everything they believe to be true about their spouse, and about the viability of their marriage.  Infidelity is crippling.  “People find themselves crying a lot, not being able to concentrate, being upset, and feeling depressed.”

I think this way of being happens when you’re in a long term relationship. Commitment, in my opinion, isn’t just something you find in a spousal type relationship but also in friendships, working relationships, business ventures, etc. A person can be committed to any numbers of things.

Keep your word because even if you forget, chances are that your partner will not. Remember the phrase, “a person’s word is their bond.” Do not lie, no matter the cost. Chances are high that your lies will come back to bite you in the butt (EZ Love Solutions, 2011, p.2). Trust is found in a relationship where couples are able to communicate openly about their needs and wants (Warta, 2008, p. 2).

In the article, “How Can You Resist? Executive Control Helps Romantically Involved Individuals to Stay Faithful” by Tila M. Pronk and other researchers, was done to test why do some individuals have trouble staying faithful to their significant other and why there are some individuals who do not have a problem staying faithful to their significant other. Being unfaithful/faithful and the reasons of why are such a broad topic. This article and research conducted narrowed it down to the factor of whether being unfaithful or faithful has anything to do with the levels of executive control the male participants felt. In this article, there was three studies that were done to prove their hypothesis. In study number one it showed that participants with a higher level of executive control had less difficulty in staying faithful to their significant other. Those with lower levels of executive control did not have a difficulty staying faithful to their significant other.

When two people walk down the aisle and make a promise to love one another “till death do us part,” they are proclaiming that for the rest of their lives they will only love their spouse and never wander from their loved one. If they stray from their loved one; having sexual intercourse with someone other than their spouse. They are committing adultery. Adulterous behavior can be seen to fall with the domain of morality.

Commitment follows when the two parties know enough about each other to develop the ability to predict each others’ behaviour and therefore elicit reward/pleasure/satisfaction from each other.

Some people cheat with the hope of never being caught. Another reason why relationships fail are because of children, some people having children will help in reality it only makes worse. On the other hand, if a person may bring their child or children into the relationship, and the child and the other partner does not get along that usually cause a big problem.

This type of cheating is devastating to both the people in the relationship The person cheating may believe that no one will find out, however, that is usually not the case. Especially since they know what they did. Cheating has long term affects on trust and communication in all future relationships. Other people can be affected by the cheating, friends, family members and coworkers.