Why do women cheat on their partners?

I can't explain why people do these things either. I often wonder about it myself! I have a friend who is sleeping with a married man...it really bothers me too. I am a happily married woman ~ she often tells me she is jealous of me because we have what she wants ... it makes no sense to me why she sleeps with a married man does she think she will someday have a wonderful relationship with him too? I think people that cheat like the drama and the danger of getting caught. When they are caught and the cheater is taken back I think it makes them feel more wanted or needed. As for your sister and her situation...I would stay as far away from that as possible...like my situation with my friend...I tell her I love you but please don't involve me in that...don't even talk to me about it cause it makes me sick. She respects my feelings and doesn't even mention it anymore. We can have a normal conversation without talking about it. I pray that it passes and she can seek a normal healthy relationship with a unmarried man.

Wow... that's very messed up. You should take your sister and her husband to a counselling session or something...

Strange. Well, to be obvious, people are very strange. Why people risk relationships is a complete mistery to me, I had my relationships, was betrayed, and it is hard , it is a very, very bad thing. Naturally I ended the relationship as soon as I discovered and she had tons of trouble. I hope that life, somehow, teaches your syster, she may be about learning it the hard way that life sometimes teaches us.

You sister sounds very immature and very insecure, in my opinion. I cannot understand people who are not faithful to just one person. That just seems like the right thing to do and people who don't have a very different lifestyle and very different values than I do. Is there anyway that you can see your neices without seeing your sister and her "family"? Can you take them to a movie or bowling or even to a park for an afternoon once in a while. Your sister may even enjoy the break. But, other than that, I can understand why you would want to stay away from her and the others. This sounds like a crazy situation to me.

Low self esteem, your sister does this to feel wanted to feel that she is still attractive in some way to men. Unfortunately their a lot of women like that but also men too...i know of a guy that does that to his girl friend not with family members though...but he sleeps around and she keeps taking him back...yet i know she only takes him back because she has low self esteem, she thinks that having a child ect that no one will want her....its really quite sad.

Really dont have an eact answer to your question...but i guess your sister is really not happy with her husband and it seems tat only she has no other way she is stayin with him....As far as your brother in law goes... i GUESS HE HAS EXCEPTED THE FACT bout his wife and he loves her so much that cant let her go...or the other reason may be that they are together only because of their kids

Sounds like some Jerry Springer stuff! Well anyway like you said maybe they deserve eachother! I've cheated on my first bf but really learned my lesson I couldn't hurt someone like that again and not to mention that I was hurt too. I don't see why women with children would cheat in the first place you know your sister is really hurting her family. She has children to think about! Going by what you wrote I don't believe that your sister will ever stop because her husband keeps taking her back! He has to put an end to it if he really cares for her and his family.

some of them are insecure and want to test the relationship to see if he still loves them by cheating and getting caught and having him take them back over and over again.

LOL she is pregnate again, does the hudband realize that the chances of any of these kids being his are not 100%? Lol I find this hilarious. Stay away you are doing the right thing, you are who you hang out with right, isnt that the saying?

it's really amzing how other people can do that and still face everybody with a smile. but i have learned to realize that we have our own reasons why we do things. maybe she was feeling empty about the marriage, maybe she's doing it because she's craving for attention. there are lots of maybe's and even if we know which one was it, we still can't comprehend why. i think it's really best to have a long talk, wherein you get to listen-only. let her vent out her feelings and emotions and when words stop coming out from her mouth, hug her and let her feel that you are there to help. good luck!

i think there is a something really wrong with their relationship. it might be that your sister no longer loves her husband. if you love your husband you won't cheat on him.

She probably lacks self esteem and continues to basically punish herself over and over again. Why else would anybody continue to be humilated like that. I would also stay away from her. What kind of example does she think that she is setting for her children. Your sister needs a lot of help.

Me two, I don't understand the mind of these people, Why do they do it. Is it for more excitement in their lives even though it could cost them so much more. And anyways i think that woman your talking about is just crazy doing these things. The husband should be getting rid of her! (Seriously and no offense) I mean what kind of woman is that who sleeps with others while her husband takes her side, she is taking advantage of him i do not consider this love...

By nature, the husband of a woman is the man who breaks her virginity. it is very difficult to stay away from that person especially when the subsequent ones are not performing better than the one who breaks your virginity. Your sister needs that person or someone who can perform better than the person who break her virginity.

Well for one it's not only women that cheat, men do it too. I guess the people who cheat on their partners just aren't happy with them and need to learn how to leave instead of keep cheating.

Wow. My first question would have to be .....who is the real father of the children? Sounds like your sister has some emotional problems and control issues. She seems to be seeking something that is lacking (even if only lacking in her own mind) in her relationship with her husband. My exhusband was a cheater so I don't know what really drives a person to cheat. I would say to stay away from the situation. Tell her you love her and her children but you cannot involve yourself with her self destructive behavior. Hopefully you will be able to build a relationship with your nieces at some point.

the people do such things over and over and over again must have some psycho problems. these things should be deal with great sensitivity. if possible do consult any psyciatrist in this regard.

Why anyone cheats on their partner/spouse and than that partner/spouse takes them back is beyond me. Really makes me wonder what is going on inside those people's minds. I have gone through three relationship where my partner cheated on me and as soon as I found out about it the relationship was over. At times it hurt so bad to be alone that I was close to taking that person back, but I held strong and made myself move on with my life. Sounds like that is what is wrong with her husband. He doesn't want to move on, but this is a really unhealthy relationship ecspecially for the children to grow up in. I hope he figures out his life before he somehow messes with the children's lives.

I feel that men that cheat are more unhappy with the physical side of their relationship, whilst women who cheat are more unhappy emotionally in their relationship. I am sure that there are exceptions to this, though. I can't imagine why your sister would do this and also agree with you that I cannot imagine facing that family if I were in her place. I wish for her that she finds some means to change her ways, and I wish that you didn't have to miss out on your nieces growing up in order to stay away from her and the mess surrounding her.

Is she from Russia? or the Soviet union cos they do that more i also can't understand why they cheat?