Why does a person cheat in their relationship?

That totally depends on the personality of the person who is involved in the cheating but i think personally that should not be the case at all. we should all maintain a decent life and try not to harm any bod else

In my opinion, I think that person cheats for their own reasons. Some cheat for revenge because they have been hurt, some cheat because of their needs and as you said some just get a thrill out of doing it. Whatever the reasons may be, I don't think that it's right because you are getting all kinds of emotions caught up in the situation. Trust is already an issue in some reasonships and I think that cheating just makes it worse.

When i got married to my husband i think it was 6 months in to the married life i confessed to my husband that i had an affair with my co-worker when he was away. At first he really got mad at me i was so scared that he might leave me. Right after that i promised to be faithful to him and to our relationship, he forgave me. Temptation will always come in the way but its really up to both parties how strong their commitment is to the relationship and to each other. I can offer no excuses, cheating is cheating.

I think that alot of people cheat because they become bored or unattracted to they're current partner. Now don't get me wrong I don't condone such behaviors, however I think thats a common reason. Try eating the same food everyday for years, I think you'd begin to not like it. I've been happily married for a year and been with my husband before marriage for two years. I know that I will never cheat, I have no reason to become unattracted to my partner. I think that some people just get bored unlike us people that stick to the commitment, sometimes people are like children they have a short attention span.

You're right that relationship is always maintianed by trust from both parts. I also agree that a "third party" always appears if one of the couple tries to find something that can't be found fron the spouse. But this is not a good reason. Even the best couple can not find whatever he/she wants from the spouse and it can't become an excuse for him/her to find it in someone else. If such thing happens, it only means that he/she is a irresponsible person and can't be trusted. And the relationship is surely ruined.

Men in general one way or another cheat on their wife. Their sorry excuse is because they are a man they would loose nothing. But if the women cheat they've got everything to loose. So if the husband cheated on his wife basically because he is a man but if the wife cheated on her husband it's not because she is a woman. I think the reason is more complicated and it varies. But whether it's the boy or a girl who cheated if the partner finds out the TRUST will be forever lost.

Many reasons, one would be seeing something that looks better than what they have now. The appearance of something better.

there can be a lot of reasons but all of them would be excuses to me there is no reason to cheat on someone ... if you need "fresh air " well you need to put an end to the curren relationship first the main reason why people end up cheating would be because they thought they were in love when the actually only were in LUST ... so when routine and less excitement arrive the couple can no longer face and start getting apart I believe that true love can overcome any hardship

most people who cheat on their relationships are the insecure ones. they will feel that they are inadequate for their partner. so to prove that they are still attractive, they play around. there are others though, who are weak to resist temptations. once a woman or a man seduces them, they will easily fall and become easy victims to the preying animals. too bad, cheating can ruin relationships to the fullest. i hope taht those feelings of insecurities shall be put aside and love and trust shall prevail. for the weak ones, they'd better think about the consequences first. it can make them resist the temptation.

I think in a way you're right when you said that some people cheat because of the thrill. I just want to add some more...I think also one reason why people cheat is because of their lack of commitment. They are not really serious with their commitment to the other person.

I've never understood cheating. Why cheat? Why not just break up with the perrson?

i think the basic reasen for cheating is only 2, the first is that the cheater is a jerk because he/she doing that by fun.. the second is because there is problem in their relationship so the cheater looks the solution by cheating their spouse...

Well ya know what they say, the grass is always greener on the other side. In order for a relationship to be successful it must be built upon a firm foundation or Trust, Respect and communication. If any one of those are lacking then one could potentially stray. I think this is because they are out there subconsciously searching for something or someone to provide something that is missing in the realtionship. Others may not hold their relationship as a priority and cheat because they can get away with it.

cheat is a bad thing i hate it so , when i love some one seriously i want to do any thing for him so love is a good thing in our life so let your heart love seriously and becarful from cheat .