Why Some Women Cheat

• Too little sex—too often, work, kids, and other responsibilities of everyday life disrupt “us” time. Women want to feel desirable.
   
• Breaking the mold—some women tire of being “good” and want to play the “bad girl” for a change.
   
• Self-confidence—sex outside the marriage is a huge boost to the ego. Women want to feel appreciated and be told by their partner they are beautiful, sexy, and lovable.
   
• Vengeance—this may be for cheating, or may for something completely unrelated such as lying, under-appreciating, or otherwise causing hurt. The old adage, “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” holds true in this case.
   
• Intimacy insufficiency—on the outside, you have everything. But material things can’t make up for the intimate connections women most desire. Conversations revolve around the kids, the house, finances, and other mundane topics but you haven’t shared a real dialogue in a long time. If intimacy is missing in your relationship, she may look elsewhere.
   
• Lack of attention—in a relationship, women who feel neglected or underappreciated may turn outside of the relationship to satisfy their desire for attention, affection, and appreciation. Many women list feeling taken for granted as the reason they cheat. If she feels more like the help than a contributing partner, attention from another man can be hard to resist.
   
• Lack of emotional connection—similar to how men need a physical relationship, women need an emotional one. Without it, they feel that their spouse is not present. Communication is paramount to this. It aids in strengthening a woman’s feelings of satisfaction about her emotional and intimacy requirements.
   
• Same-old sex—contrary to popular belief, women do hold a good sex life in high regard. Change things up. Try talking about, and later acting out, fantasies.
   
• Escape route—cheating, and getting caught at it, is the seemingly easy way out of a bad marriage used by both men and women alike.