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  • Posted By: chaz493 @ 10/07/2008 3:42:28 PM

    I have cheated before in a pas relationship and ill give you my reasoning. Many many women take everythign a man does for them for granted. If i make you breakfast, thank me. If i fix something in the house thats broken say "thanks for doing that honey, what would i do without you." Too often women act like all this is just expected of a man and that there is no need to show thanks or let them know that they care. We are men, and we are in general less emotional than women, but that doesnt mean we dont need any support. Relationships are two way streets. Seems all to often i give and give and give and give, and then get nothing in return because "im a guy, thats my job." I'm sick of all these double standards. But i guess thats what you get when you have generations of little girls raised to think of themselves and princesses.

    • Posted By: DiemTrang @ 10/08/2008 11:47:51 AM

      " We are men, and we are in general less emotional than women"....is this a double standard statement? I see men use this excuse quite a bit NOT to show their appreciation.......perhaps, if you try to show your emotions toward your wife, she might be more appreciated when you're doing somethng for her

    • Posted By: tallgrass @ 10/07/2008 4:00:38 PM

      It's unfortunate to be taken for granted, but I'll tell you what, yours is the same complaint of most women I know. You're right, it's a two-way street.

  • Posted By: DiemTrang @ 10/08/2008 11:40:27 AM

    I don't see the gender difference in these issues. Why can this topic be "how to keep people from cheating" instead?

  • Posted By: causwalt @ 10/06/2008 4:12:15 PM

    hey Finallyrealized. thats exactly the attitude that make men think all women are Friggin biotches. So frig off. if you would just suck it up and be the better person then you can talk. if your still with your husband and you think he's so worthless why are you still with him, you selfish biotch. i for one thing you are the pill of shid not being able to suck it up and be the better person instead of having a husband and kid and obviously regretting it the whole time. its women like you that make the world misserable.

    • Posted By: Kelli_Xiongstyle @ 10/06/2008 4:26:35 PM

      Hey causwalt,

      Why doesn't the guy suck it up and stop cheating? Your argument is undoubtedly flawed as it could go both ways. Please think before you speak.

      Anyways, the advice given leads me to believe that men are cowsand if you don't "steer" them in the right direction, they'll run to the slaughterhouse. I think men are smarter than that.

      • Posted By: causwalt @ 10/06/2008 4:32:56 PM

        dur. of course it could go both ways. never said it couldn't. its the fact that she think so less of her own husband yet is still with him. she never said he cheated. just that basically she doesn't like that man. it's ridiculous.
        so he kelli how bout you think before you speak

        • Posted By: Kelli_Xiongstyle @ 10/08/2008 1:24:30 AM

          It's not your concern whether she thinks lowly of her husband or not. I'm talking about the issue at hand. It's about cheating... not about how she feels towards her husband. This is the internet. What you interpret might not be what the original poster intended.

    • Posted By: Kelli_Xiongstyle @ 10/06/2008 4:28:54 PM

      Hey causwalt,

      Why doesn't the men suck it up and not cheat? Your argument is undoubtedly flawed as it could go both ways. Please think before you speak.

      And, the advice given leads me to think that men are cows and if they're not "steered" in the right direction, they'd head straight to the slaughterhouse. I think men are smarter than that. It becomes a question of resisting or giving into temptation.

  • Posted By: xchicagoan5 @ 10/06/2008 10:24:57 PM

    I am a man who has been married for almost 15 years I haven't even come close to cheating. I believe it is a choice. I earn well over $140K per year, pay the bills and get the kids to and from school on most days (I work from home) except when I travel. I also coach their sports teams. My experience? Being called a cheater all the time. My wife asked me one day if I was having an affair with an Elder of the church because she saw me laughing with her. Her dad, accused my mother-in-law and I of hooking up. My wife's initial statement to me? "Of all the people you could have picked, you picked my mom to have an affair." She didn't even believe her own mom that we did not have sex. The neighbor across the street had cancer - she was sure that we were hooking up. A single mom lives up the street has the biggest boobs for her little frame (ex-wife of a football player) and runs around the neighborhood in tight fitting t-shirts. I waved to her one day as we were leaving the house. My wife asked, "who is that?" I said the woman's name. She then asks, "is she home during the day?" I answered I don't know. I can go on and on and on - back to when we first got married.

    I like this article because of the percentages it speaks of. The low percentage of meeting for the first time and having sex is solid. The other is close proximity. It is rare that I work closely with another woman for an extended period of time. I gave a lady a ride one day because we were going to the same location and the weather was going to be bad for the next several days. I had met the lady just that day. My wife thought I was doing something with her. One day, the counselor asked her what she thought was going to happen. My wife said she feared that we would get caught in the snow storm, have to huddle together and end up screwing!

    She read this article, told me to read it and then got up at 5 AM in the morning to grill me, asking if I was cheating. I agree with something else I read on this blog. Over the past several years, all the questioning about cheating, the name calling in front of my kids, insinuations, and ungratefulness has worn me out. Although I am lonely, and long for someone to talk to about my dreams, wins, highs and lows, I am committed to not cheating on my wife. Why? It is a choice. No matter what she does to me, I still need to choose to faithfulness. I told my wife one day that I choose not to cheat because the Bible says so and she said it wasn???t a good reason. I told her some days, I choose not to cheat for love, others because it is wrong, some days because I just don't to want to give her the satisfaction. My dad hasn't helped my situation either. He cheated on my mom. My wife has told me that I am just like him. I told her, no matter what my dad has done, right or wrong, I still have a choice to what I do. She questions, calls, etc. I am worn out, but committed to my marriage.

    Keep your head up those who have been faithf

    • Posted By: sickofitall25 @ 10/07/2008 8:45:29 PM

      I so know what your saying...been married now for 3 years, got a son and a baby on the way, Granted I don't make the money you do but I do bring home most of the bacon. I work two jobs, 15.5 hours a day, 5 days a week and all the overtime I can handle on the weekends. I hardly ever see my son or my wife for that matter and when i do see her Its nothing but money this, you don't love me that, who are you f***ing and god forbid one of my friends who just happens to be a girl calls to chat. Currently the wife's theory is that I'm screwing around on her with my best friends wife, which a few years before I had even met my wife, when my best friend and his wife were married, something almost happened, me and them were room mates at the time, but I shot it down...they were married, thats just not right, and now its a big joke in-between us. When you get married you take a vow to hold that person in the highest regaurd, like them or not your obligated to keep the vow, and if its not working then leave. I have explained this to my wife and she just got more suspicious and angery. I don't understand it. I have never cheated on my wife, not even when we were dating. There were ample oppertunities, she is from canada and goes there for about 3 weeks out of the summer, we work oppisite schedules and have 2 totaly differant personalities, and differant groups of friends. Now I can't say that the thought never crossed my mind but I have enough respect for her as a human being and my wife and the mother of my kids, not to do that to her. Its' just wrong and I never could figure out why men do that to their women. And for those who would say "just leave her", what is that going to solve??? Just to be another statistic?? Just to be come "that guy" who just works to pay child support to a woman that never loved him in the first place and was with him just because she couldn't find any one else to be with?? To watch her family get to be "right" about me and talk smack in front of my kids?? That just dosen't sound like a situation I'd like to be in. I may be miserable but hey at least I never have to feel the guilty and cause the pain that goes along with cheating.

    • Posted By: candleinthewind @ 10/07/2008 2:10:31 AM

      Have you considered what you can do to make her feel more secure? Put yourself in her shoes and see if maybe there's something that might be the appearance of evil. If not, maybe she could use some proffessional help...

    • Posted By: KneeDeeSmit @ 10/07/2008 12:05:34 AM

      You should go see that movie THE WOMEN. Take a vacation and leave her azz in that house alone to ponder what the f--k she would do if you were to leave. Even if it's just for a week and don't let her know where you are. You have the $, I know you can afford a baby sitter. Tell her butt she needs to focus on you and her, not you and everyone else. Then after that week to yourself, you and her get you alls one on one time for a week, no kids. Even if you just get a hotel in the next state. God Bless YOu and best wishes.

  • Posted By: fulgoreslady @ 10/06/2008 10:35:10 PM

    I'm glad some women don't know how to take care of their men because that means that I get to take care of them no-strings-attatched. They take out their frustration during sex with me, and I love it. Please, get your man pissed off. Tell him he doesn't appreciate you. Tell him he can't do anything right. He'll just come show me what he can do.

    • Posted By: TRIPPIN @ 10/06/2008 10:57:31 PM

      THATS TO BAD YOU GET EVERYBDODYS SLOPPY SECONDS!! WHO'S THE FOOL! YOU NASTY

      • Posted By: urwhatuwant2b @ 10/07/2008 5:07:09 PM

        Unless you have sex w a virgin, everyone gets "sloppy seconds" as you call it

    • Posted By: Silly Sil @ 10/07/2008 11:31:52 AM

      The joke is on you!!!

    • Posted By: Sex_And_The_City @ 10/06/2008 10:43:54 PM

      SO HOW MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICES HUN????...... BEING THAT YOU ARE SO "SMART" I HOPE YOU ARE NOT TAKING CARE OF ALL THESE WOMEN'S MEN FOR FREE???? - ARE YOU????...... POST YOUR INFO SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE TO COME TO DROP THEIR LEFTOVERS OFF ON......... YOU PUZZY MUST BE VERY LARGE TO TAKE IN ALL THOSE INSECURE MEN AND YOU HAVE TO BE CHARGING BECAUSE I AM SURE YOU ARE IN DEMAND (*LOL*)...... DUMB BIAAATCH (*SMH*)

      • Posted By: fulgore7 @ 10/06/2008 10:53:55 PM

        sex and the city you should go away. You are very unclassy and use profanity. You are far to immature to post here and are probaly a big fat, lonely, bitter woman.

        • Posted By: TRIPPIN @ 10/06/2008 11:04:01 PM

          OH YEAH, YOUR SO CLASSY, PASS ALL YOUR MEN TO ME LADIES, GET THEM PISSED OFF LADIES!! YOU MUST LOOK LIKE **** GIVE IT A REST, YOUR A LOSER

          • Posted By: fulgoreslady @ 10/07/2008 12:33:12 AM

            looks like sex and the city came on with 2 screen names... how lonely you must be to have to make up imagionary ppl to agree with your comments

            • Posted By: urwhatuwant2b @ 10/07/2008 4:59:18 AM

              Thats funny... I looked her thread. That is funny. Are you serious? I guess you do have to be your own fan.

      • Posted By: fulgoreslady @ 10/06/2008 10:46:54 PM

        This is exactly the behavior that chases your men away. Act like a lady.

  • Posted By: nasolis @ 10/07/2008 12:37:17 AM

    When I found out my husband had cheated on me it was a total shock. Everyone always says there are signs, like the 3 mentioned above, my husband never showed any of those signs, in fact his behavior towards me never changed. Since we first started dating, he was always very attentive, called me at least twice a day or text just to tell me that he loved me, our sex life was great, he was away from home a lot but it was due to his job and his check prove that. When he was not at work he was always with me, hell all of my female friends always commented on how they wish their husbands/boyfriends could be like mine. I never saw it coming; to this day there are times when I think this didn't happen it was just a bad dream or something. The day I found out I asked him and of course he said that was not true, the simple fact that he didn't look me in the eyes let me know he had cheated. The day after I decided I would give him a second chance to confess, so I asked again, he denied it at first, but then broke down crying and admitted to cheating. My reaction was to ask questions like when did it happen? How did it happen? Why would you do something like this? Who is she?
    I couldn't even let him talk when I got in the car and left home to pack, of course he followed gave me a shower of tears, his only response was that He was stupid and he didn't know why he did it, that when he walked out of the room the day it happened, he knew he didn't want to lose me. He begged and cried that he was sorry and he wouldn't ever do this again, that if I left he wouldn???t know what to do; I am the world to him?????? Deep inside I believe him, that he won't do this again, and that he loves me as much as he claims; but I don't think there's anyway that I could stay with him. I have spoken to a couple of women I know that have had their husbands cheat, and most of them stayed for their children, we don't have any, 2 of the others say they stayed because they truly believed their husband when he said he would not do it again and the positive things in the marriage out weighed the one bad moment. For the moment I have left him, taking him back has crossed my mind but I am not sure if all the great moments that we have had and possibly will keep having are worth it, after making me feel like a total idiot with what he did.

    • Posted By: Kari123 @ 10/07/2008 4:37:05 PM

      Once a cheater, always a cheater. Don't take him back. He will repeat this learnt behavior and continue considering he gets a trill out of it and chances are he won't get caught - he will only get better at hiding it.

  • Posted By: carinah @ 10/06/2008 7:15:49 PM

    The real answer (if you don't want your man to cheat):
    1. Stop nagging.
    2. Put your fork down and get into the gym.
    3. Dress hot.
    4. Give him as much sex as he wants.

    Follow these rules. You'll never have a problem.

    • Posted By: urwhatuwant2b @ 10/06/2008 8:09:11 PM

      very true. My first girlfriends cheated on me. Tho I was 14, 17 & 19 in each instance. interestingly enough is tht I find many young couples that it is the women/girls who cheat and not the boy/man

      • Posted By: Sex_And_The_City @ 10/06/2008 10:12:01 PM

        Youu are a baby Hun and those were little girls cheating on you - Not a real woman Hun...... You can't base your experience n a 14, 17, and/or 19 year old girl...... Plus they probably was raised by a woman that either did it herself or watch their father doing to their mother........ It all is a chain reaction and everyone needs to start taking responsibility for their own actions - THE CYCLE NEEDS TO BE STOPPED!!!! PERIOD!

        • Posted By: urwhatuwant2b @ 10/07/2008 4:32:02 PM

          again, you don't read well. This comment just served topoint out a trend that girls and young women tend to do things to guys in their younger years which effects a young guys outlook on relationships. Taking responsibility is great advice but finding out why things happen will allow you to break the cycle.

      • Posted By: urwhatuwant2b @ 10/06/2008 8:31:54 PM

        oops, this reply was meant for "Dirkish" above/

    • Posted By: urwhatuwant2b @ 10/06/2008 8:34:06 PM

      oops this comment was meant to reply to "Dirkish" above.

  • Posted By: Kari123 @ 10/07/2008 4:29:36 PM

    Easy - Fear - men need to feel that no matter what they are stil attractive and can get some whenever they want to - and what about the cheating women having affairs with married men - pigs - both the men and women.

  • Posted By: Kari123 @ 10/07/2008 4:26:25 PM

    Easy - fear - men need to feel like they are forever the sexual being they were when they were young. Called the male ego - they never grow up - not inside - still looking for a woman to nuture them - sexually or whatever.

  • Posted By: C. MacLean @ 10/07/2008 12:38:27 PM

    Oh, please. Let's not make this more complicated than it is.

    It's about the sex.

    • Posted By: Amaria_L @ 10/07/2008 1:48:37 PM

      Sex plays a part, yes, but that's not all. A lot is about control, insecurity and being stuck in adolescent thinking.

  • Posted By: tallgrass @ 10/07/2008 12:53:36 PM

    People usually get married and have kids because they want something beyond the "madly in love" stage of a relationship, such as kids, a nice home--both of which require a lot of attention. To incorporate these additions to a relationship, something has to give. It's unrealistic to expect your spouse to be there for you just as much and just as intensely as s/he was before marriage. No, spouses should not take each other for granted or ignore each other, but each has to be willing to accept that things understandably change to some degree after marriage. I think they key is to order our lives to support our marriages. Choose careers that don't take you away from home and family for 12-14 hours a day or for days at a time. Live more simply, so that your life isn't controlled by things and money. Kids need their parents to have a strong marriage; they don't need umpteen extracurricular activities to be happy. Make a commitment to spend time together as a couple on a regular basis and with your kids--not just carting them to activities and pushing them to do homework.

    P.S. I seriously doubt that these overworked cheating men are giving their wives what they need either. Sorry, but I think a lot of this about the male ego that still wants to be mommied their entire lives. And why do men get a free pass in the looks/figure department? They let themselves slide as much or worse than women. And I'm sick of men seeing their wives and children as extensions of themselves. That's not only annoying but dysfunctional and dangerous.

    • Posted By: Amaria_L @ 10/07/2008 1:46:19 PM

      Well, it IS complicated and has more than one angle to it, to be fair. Even the "chase" is different: men have to flirt, spend money, chase, etc, etc....they have to work for it......ALL most of us women have to do is breathe and say "HI!". LOL

  • Posted By: Amaria_L @ 10/07/2008 11:49:01 AM

    This one is in response to carina:
    WRONG approach!
    This is what the MEN can do to keep WOMEN :
    1) Get rid of the beergut ( makes it hard to find your private parts)
    2) Find a decent surgeon who can remove the TV remote from your hand , then put your hand to better use.
    3) Remove the wax from your ears...you may actually hear what we are saying to you.
    4) "working late " is NO excuse not to be wide awake and ready to have swx with your wife when you get home ( that is right after you take out the trash, cut the lawn, finish all home repairs, tug in the kids and rub her feet.
    5) See a plastic surgeons for those bags under your eyes and get hair implants.
    6)Get rid of the STD's you got from your last affair.....total turn off for the wife to even CONSIDER having sex with you.
    To all the GUYS: don't you see how stupid and shallow most of you sound. The above is simply turning your "bright " ideas around and directing them at you. LMAO

  • Posted By: mjtag @ 10/06/2008 9:29:51 PM

    Boy, this is a lively discussion. I'm the guy that was married 16 years and stayed faithful. Well, someone referred to me as "Even the man who has not cheated has a desire for other women that he may or may not admit to." I wanted to let everyone know that YES that is absolutely true!!! I'm not dead!! Of course I desired to have other women, but it doesn't mean I should have acted on it. I have a MBA, make around $120k/year, still run 2 miles in 13 minutes and I don't have love handles. But I stay that way for ME, my 2 sons (who I must lead by example) and the person I love, not every woman that I desire. C'mon guys, the decision to cheat is yours and yours alone. You can blame your wife, your mother, your dog, your boss, the beautiful woman who wears the "right" shoes that makes you horny as a 6 point buck, but it is you and you alone who makes the decision to cross the line. Get some discipline and balls and either divorce your spouse or just say no! I'm sure your spouse doesn't like it either. If you are going to cheat then, tell your spouse and allow her to cheat too. If you can do that then more power to the both of you.

    • Posted By: Silly Sil @ 10/07/2008 11:38:55 AM

      Very well put, kudos to you...

    • Posted By: jamesmontie @ 10/06/2008 11:08:02 PM

      You sound like you want praise for staying faithful with your outstanding credentials, if I had a ribbon or trophy to spare, I would present it to you in grand fashion. How can a man of your standing not cheat, right? You make it should as though you are one of a kind, but unfortunately there are a lot more men like you out there, both cheaters and none cheaters. Don???t make women have to choose between the arrogant pr!ck and the guy who cheats. There are other choices out there women, every guy is different. Anyone who thinks that this guy has sense should try to find some for their own selves.

    • Posted By: Sex_And_The_City @ 10/06/2008 10:00:31 PM

      Thank you for taking ownership for your own actions...... I appreciate your comment and I'm glad to hear there is a man on here who is honest with himself, realistic, and has some God damn sense.

  • Posted By: deviousdave @ 10/06/2008 1:16:43 PM

    None of that is true or right. We cheat because of the feeling of being restricted. We're not meant to be faithful. It's not in our nature. It's that simple

    • Posted By: afrocouscous @ 10/06/2008 1:33:26 PM

      Meant to? This statement implies standards: what are the standards to which you refer? Evolutionary standards? If that's the premise then your statement is self-contradictory. Evolution would have that there are no absolutes and all outcomes are of equal value thereby nullifying standards which are the basis for your statement.

      If the standards to which you refer are Godly morals, then I would check out what God has to say bout faithfulness. I'll paraphrase here but I would suggest you check it out yourself in the Bible: faithfulness is imperative, necessary and valuable.

      • Posted By: TheGoodness @ 10/06/2008 1:52:10 PM

        Strange how all of God's morals appear in books written by people. Hmmm....

        • Posted By: afrocouscous @ 10/06/2008 2:15:50 PM

          Strange how your statement has a false assumption too....hmmmm. You speak from the illogical position that God can not speak through a person. An omnipotent God would certainly possess the ability to communicate with a human - let's be realistic, you and I have that ability and we're using it right now. There's nothing supernatural about that! Good-natured sarcasm aside, I know your argument and there are many many reasons to believe that the Bible is the true word of God. I would encourage anyone to do an honest search for the logical arguments both for and against the divine inspiration. I'm positive that God will win if one does an honest search. I don't believe, however, that this is really the place to write a book.

          What I would like to see is a decent, logical and amicable rebuttal to the self-contradictory nature of the original post.

      • Posted By: TheGoodness @ 10/06/2008 2:03:26 PM

        Strange how all of "God's Morals" appear in books written by people. Hmm...

        Nature is ambivalent to human well-being. Arsenic is natural. The value of a behavior should be judged based on how it impacts the parties involved. Not on if it is natural or not.

        It may be natural to propegate your genes with as many apparently healthy, attractive women as possible. That doesn't mean doing so would ultimately be in the best interest of the men and women involved, much less the bastard babies :)

        So, monogamy is a choice. Its something u discipline yourself to do because of the ultimate benefits.

        Goodday

    • Posted By: dreamlover17 @ 10/06/2008 2:48:44 PM

      I agree. Men by nature are non-monogamous. It's in their DNA to to have a different woman to have sex with. Even if the married man is having good sex at home, I think he still will look for a new woman to have sex with because it's new and different. It's the challenge, the game....to conquer. Once you have conquered her, you want to move on to the next woman. Sad, but true.

    • Posted By: Mstoughlove @ 10/06/2008 3:04:15 PM

      Agreed. Men will always be unfaithful because they operate of the primitive alpha male principle. Women seek the male that appears to be able to provide the best chance of survival for their offspring. Men who think they possess these qualities want to impregnate as many of these women as possible. Men also do not give two sh*ts about what women feel inside, this part of their brain is non-existent. Trying to understand why he behaves the way he does is an excercise in futility and trying to change the behaviour is even more futile. I always thought that marriage was a stupid idea because eventually you will become undesirable to your husband and he will want a younger sexier replacement over and over again until he or his his sperm is no longer desirable. Women are in their prime reproductive years between 18 and 35. men are in their prime from 18 to 60 (excluding the use of Viagra). This is why they cheat.

      • Posted By: vaynosvador @ 10/06/2008 5:15:05 PM

        then does that mean that men will devour the young of others in order to promote a higher percentage of their own offspring? and that they are justified in doing so? because, correct me if i am wrong, that seems to be the practice of male animals of other species. your logic is flawed. We all have instincts, but they are hardly justified in a modern day society. i hope that you can recognize that we are more than animals.

      • Posted By: PROTOTYPE_0 @ 10/06/2008 3:16:43 PM

        That is a negative generalization that can only be applied to men you have encountered who behave that way or men you've heard of who behave that way. I for one am not that way, so I can say for a fact that all men aren't that way. I have two children from ONE woman and they are the only children I have. While I am divorced from that woman, I have regular visitation with my children, and very involved with their lives (i.e. hobbies, school, friends, etc.), unlike the deadbeat dad's out there, I pay my $900 child support every single month. My kids are my top priority. Whatever negative experiences you've had with men may have been traumatic, but don't let that cause you to think all men are like whatever he was. They are not, anymore than all women are selfish, materialistic, vampire betches, just because the last two I was in relationships with were.

    • Posted By: PROTOTYPE_0 @ 10/06/2008 3:18:41 PM

      Who's not meant to be faithful? You? that's your excuse for cheating? Rationalize it all you want, but it's a choice. You choose to cheat and rationalize why. I choose not to cheat because I value my partners trust in me, I love her, and I refuse to betray her. We all have a choice. "The devil made me do it" is not an acceptable defense. Make the right choice and do the right thing. Don't do the wrong thing and excuse it with a weak allybi.

    • Posted By: TheGoodness @ 10/06/2008 2:04:49 PM

      Enter Your CommentStrange how all of "God's Morals" appear in books written by people. Hmm...

      Nature is ambivalent to human well-being. Arsenic is natural. The value of a behavior should be judged based on how it impacts the parties involved. Not on if it is natural or not.

      It may be natural to propegate your genes with as many apparently healthy, attractive women as possible. That doesn't mean doing so would ultimately be in the best interest of the men and women involved, much less the bastard babies :)

      So, monogamy is a choice. Its something u discipline yourself to do because of the ultimate benefits.

      Goodday

  • Posted By: *Angelica* @ 10/06/2008 3:22:46 PM

    Having previously worked as an escort for 8 years & been through a miserable, unloved 10 year marriage prior to that where cheated out of desperation for love & attention, I can fully understand both sides.

    I cheated, not for the sex but crying out for closeness, care and attention. I tried every way I could imagine for my marriage to work but he just wouldn't talk, listen or respond in any way. Clearly the marriage was a mistake & finally after 10 years & 2 children (from the rare sex) I ended it as a hopeless cause.

    I had a high-powered job but couldn't hold it down with childcare problems, so to keep a roof over I became an escort, where I learned what really goes on in mens heads. Some men are complete dogs; it's totally about getting one over on the partner - `You won't please me in this way so I'll find someone who will' or the ones who really sickened me, `My wife is pregnant/just had a baby & we've stopped having sex'.
    For these men it was simply about a physical release. Many men just craved love & attention as much as I had done in my disasterous marriage.

    The key to all however is communication. I counselled each in ways to change and improve their lives with their partner. For me & all of the women I have ever known, it's the little, thoughful things a man does which mean so much, from doing chores without fuss; giving a back rub after a long day then you want to reciprocate, you feel loving towards your man, closer, emotionally attached. It's so simple but so overlooked. From there it can lead on to talking about deeper emotional & physical needs; done calmly & rationally & acted upon improves both your lives.

    Men need to learn how to stimulate a womans' mind too, sex starts there. It's so far removed from neandathol mans perception of smash & grab. What turns her on, gently and slowly, work the imagination & then she'll respond & everyone gets what they want & need.

    The barriers built up within relationships over time through all the things said & done have to be chipped away at before you can trust & respect each other again. I again speak from experience. I am in a 5 yr + relationship where of course we have had our ups, downs & misunderstandings but I make sure things never build up to boiling point, issues are always discussed & dealt with & we are still so in love & excited to be in each others company like new lovers. We are both totally faithful and commited to each other like there is no one else in the room. This has only been achieved through good, honest communication & respecting each others needs.

    All relationships have to be worked at on a daily basis, however small a gesture from asking how their day went to putting away the dishes, Small & regular gestures of love help to soften anger & break down the barriers. It requires some effort & both sexes need to do these things then if you are also with the right perso

    • Posted By: afrocouscous @ 10/06/2008 4:27:39 PM

      That's a tough road my friend - I have a lot of respect for you. God's really blessed you with insight!

      "two are better than one ... and ... a cord of three is not easily broken..."
      ??? that's him & you and God
      (and God's way of doing things - like you figured out!)...

      • Posted By: *Angelica* @ 10/07/2008 8:18:46 AM

        Thank you so much. From the negative act of what I was doing, I always tried to bring about a positive in a persons attitude, outlook & self-esteem with ways to break out of their destructive cycles, yet I was in one myself with no way out at the time. I had low self-esteem prior to escorting, though I always projected total assured confidence. Despite the abuses suffered In the job, in a strange way it healed me, knowing people better and their inner psyche, I feel very normal and calm now; very little could be worse than some of the things I have heard or endured.

        I thought some angry posters who had been cheated on in this way may leave abusive comments. I'm not particularly religious (how could I be!) but your kindness has really touched me, thank you very very much x

  • Posted By: RickyApples @ 10/07/2008 4:53:11 AM

    Holy Crap Cheesy16. Is it Halloween b/c that is the scariest posting i have ever read. Some People look at porn? Oh Noes... And on the Internet... Oh Noes... Some people aren't relying on an fictitious being to guide their own judgments and personal choices... Oh Noes... I Still Can't Believe they actually advertise Condoms on public television, and homosexuals have their own sitcoms. Stop buying into over-reaching belief structures, and go walk a day without God and tell me if you actually nnotice a differeence other than your lack of an imaginary friend.

  • Posted By: DISCUSSED AND FEED UP WOMAN @ 10/06/2008 8:28:20 PM

    i have been in a relationship for 6years. We were engaged for less than a year and he cheated on me for the second time, and also had a child with this woman. He is a very outspoken, driven ,personnal trainer that let work get in the way. Just last weekend I found a hotel confirmation and confronted him. He admitted to his cheating, appologized the whole bit. I am now to the point where I always expect him to cheat. Before he went on his little weekend romance i didn't think he was really doing anything, but finding that confirmation was it. He states he doesn't have a problem when first confronted, but later appoligizes and admitts it is a problem and he doesn't know how to stop or even if he wants to. Im feed up and discussed. Oh and we have two girls also.

    • Posted By: urwhatuwant2b @ 10/06/2008 8:43:05 PM

      I assume that I am able to respond to your situation b/c you posted it. If I may; Women are very much attracted to "alpha" males. That is males that have a senxe of control over their surroundings, good providers and protectors with adequate or more ambition. There are elements within that type of man that desires and loves women. That DOES NOT mean that he doesn;t love you are hold you on a pedastle higher than his "mistresses." Honestly it means that he is not being honest with himself and therefor cannot possibly be honest with you. He is not a monogamist, at least not at this point. My suggestion to take control that is step out of the box and ask him if he'll compromise. Then talk with him about getting another woman that you approve of. That way it will be an amicable relationship and you're exercize more control. If not; get out ot the relationship b/c it's only a matter of time b4 he brings home something that j he didn;t leave with.

      • Posted By: Sex_And_The_City @ 10/06/2008 9:46:45 PM

        I'm sorry but your comment is the most stupidest thing I have ever heard......... COMPROMISE!!!!!! - You must be fooking kidding me with the load of bullshi+ you just spewed...... This woman should get out the relationship as soon as she possibly can before her two girls see the kind of way that they will soon grow up to think about the relationships between men & women - This woman could not obviously want her two girls to be treated this way so why would she allow this for herself...... She needs to realize that she is setting her girls up to be treated the same way by men in their futures just because they watched their mother get treated this way......... I am sure that him being a personal trainer puts him moore at risk to be susceptible to cheating, but I have to say his behavior is no excuse simply for the fact that he has not been caught once, but twice and now a third time...... If you marry a man such as this knowing the facts and his behavior you are just setting yourself up for a life of heartache and problems..... And simply for the fact that you decided to have not one but two kids by him lets us all know that he has no respect for you and for his two daughters - STOP THE CYCLE GIRL AND BE THE STRONG WOMAN THAT YOU KNOW YOU CAN BE... DON"T LET YOUR GIRLS SEE YOU BE TREATED IN THIS WAY - YOU KNOW, HE KNOWS, YOUR GIRLS KNOW, I KNOW, AND EVERYBODY THAT IS READING THIS KNOWS YOU DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS......... Drop the dead weight and work on building up your self esteem - You and your two girls are the only thing that is important right now...... There is a better man lout there for you, you just need to work on yourself first so you don't end up with the same kind of man again...... You need to be whole first before you seek a better half and I can see based on the decisions that you've made you need to seriously consider some counseling to try to find out what stems the reason as to why you are allowing yourself to be put in these kind of situations........ All I can do is offer some advice and hope you do the best thing for yourself first which then will translate into doing the best thing for your children...... And that whole "Alpha Male" bit is a bunch of bullshi+ - This man is insecure about himself has to seek validation from other women to feel good about himself at the cost of hurting his fiance' and his two little girls - I see no good in that at all......... I wish people (meaning women) and even alot of men would stop making excuses for men's actions.........

        • Posted By: urwhatuwant2b @ 10/07/2008 4:39:15 AM

          "most stupidest"... I'll leave ignorance to dwell in its darkness. You don't listen or read well. I see you on here spewing comments at people left and right. I know things in life can hurt but sometimes you gotta let 'em go. You see I don't judge anyone; not my job. My job is, though, to help people feel good about themselves to grow mentally and spiritually. We can't let small things defeat us with absolutes. Something may not be good for you but may be for someone else. This woman sounds torn about this situation and your hatin' darkness is dulling your brilliance.

          Discussed and feed up woman; I'm not telling you what to do or not to do, but we all seem to want happiness, though many of us are addicted to misery and it very much loves company. Be happy. Get on that road. If that means leaving this guy then make that choice. If it means contiuously putting up with this then make that choice but know the reprocussions. If that means giving him an ultimatum then make that choice and stick to it. Now if you really want him and your family together then you also have the choice to be apart of a polygynist relationship.
          Again I am not a monogamist and I do teach my three girls that this a reality in life. But that you have a choice on how you want to live. Never be anyones victim & keep you power b/c you are much more powerful than you know. bcoming a vctim gives that power to someone else.

          For any one in here to give you an absolute is an attempted insult at your free spirit given to you by your creator. I say attempted b/c a mentor of mine once asked me a question after receiving an insult. If you offer me a gift and I refuse it. Who then does the gift belong to? I reject your insult sex in the city so it belongs to you.
          Be honest with yourself and you will see that lying to anyone else is just not worth it.
          Peace and prosperity

      • Posted By: TRIPPIN @ 10/07/2008 12:45:32 AM

        HEY CAN YOU GET ME SOME OF THOSE DRUGS YOUR TAKIN

  • Posted By: boomboomlongtime @ 10/07/2008 3:11:50 AM

    81 perent of men who cheat will never admit it. So how did this guy find 100 men who he is certain did not cheat on their wives? According to research, only 19 of the 100 men were faithful. Critical reading is important.

  • Posted By: boomboomlongtime @ 10/07/2008 3:10:24 AM

    If "81 percent (of men) won't admit to it, how many of the "100 men who were faithful" were lying? Unreal.

  • Posted By: Shickadance @ 10/07/2008 3:03:56 AM

    I think the article on "How to Keep Men From Cheating" was very well written - what I think at the end of the day is if you (he or she) have a hard time keeping commitments or if the single life is what you crave don't get married and definitely don???t bring kids into the mix. Cheating stems from selfishness and lack of desire to repair a relationship. Desires to cheat and putting yourself in situations you should not be in will lead to hurt and pain and regret.

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