What Leads Someone to Cheat on Their Partner?
This is an extract from my free Mending Hearts eBook.
Taking a closer look at the contributing factors can help you better understand what leads someone to infidelity.
Lack of communication: Poor communication between partners can lead to a breakdown in the relationship, causing a lack of trust and connection. This can make one partner feel the need to seek validation from someone else.
Disconnection: Poor communication and a lack of interest in each other weaken the connection, lowering the level of fondness and admiration between partners.
Boredom: A lack of excitement and fun can lead a partner to search for fulfilment with someone else who shares the same energy, drive, and zest for life.
Unresolved issues: Partners bring their baggage, past hurts, and life experiences into their current relationship. Unresolved issues and learned behaviours, even from childhood, can contribute to the state of the relationship.
Loneliness and isolation: Feeling lonely or isolated creates a burning desire for belonging and connection, which can lead one partner to seek validation and belonging outside the relationship.
Unmet needs: Emotional or sexual needs that go unmet can cause frustration and resentment, leading a partner to seek warmth, comfort, security, fulfilment, and release with someone else.
These are just a few of the many contributing factors to infidelity and affairs, and it’s important to remember there is no single solution to prevent them from occurring in a relationship. The best way to prevent infidelity is to ensure open and honest communication, and to address any underlying issues that may be contributing to tension or breakdown.
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