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  • Posted By: mehlix @ 10/04/2008 9:23:36 AM

    The same is true for women. Straying is really a search for connection. Men and women need to feel intimately connected with each other the same way we need water, food, and air to live. It is the next rung up the "hierarchy of needs" ladder. If it is missing for too long we WILL search for it. If you cannot give it, then either you are not in love or don't know HOW to love. Make sure your spouse (either gender) does not have to search for the basic human need of closeness.

  • Posted By: boogalou @ 10/04/2008 9:22:05 AM

    People cheat because they want to cheat - period. None of us are perfect and each of us could use our spouse's inperfections as an excuse to cheat if we wanted. I had to laugh when I read that men he interviewed cheated because they didn't feel appreciated - I dont know many women who feel appreciated in thier marriage, but that is no excuse to cheat.

    We as humans cannot be all things to our partner, each of us needs to find what we are looking for inside ourselves and its immature and unhealthy to think we can find outside ourselves with another person.

  • Posted By: skrapsd @ 10/04/2008 8:28:59 AM

    As hard as it is for most men to admit, yes we are vulnerable to emotional issues also. For us though, when we are supposed to be the "man" and be almost invulnerable, impervious to the world, have a hard time admitting to our "weaknesses". Let alone discussing them with our loved ones, who we never want to appear weak in front of.
    Now some men will cheat, just like I've found that some women will cheat. However, just because SOME don't care what pain they cause, does not mean that ALL are so callous.
    I do admit to "revenge" cheating in the past, but I have never been inclined to do so just for the heck of it. It was never what I wanted, and not how I viewed that things should be. I will also admit, that doing as I did, was still no excuse, because two wrongs do not make a right. What I will say, without a doubt, is that men can be almost as emotional as women, and we need to know we are there because you WANT us there, and care about US. We do not expect to be the "center" of your world, and if you have children, we all know who SHOULD be the center of BOTH your worlds. Yet most men do feel that their mates are incredibly special, and we sometimes need assurance that you feel we are special too, and that we are not just "lucky" to have you around. For if it is just by "luck", than what if our luck runs out?
    So yes, for some it can become an insecurity, and feeling "connected" to the one we love, is VERY much important to us.

    • Posted By: Nyarlathotep @ 10/04/2008 9:05:22 AM

      I'll even go as far as to say that no one should even WANT to be the center of someone's world. I don't want to be the be-all-end-all of my wife's world - all I want is for her to be glad that I'm in her life, just as I am extremely glad that she's in mine. I do agree, though, that once children enter into the equation, that the priorities for all partners involved should shift to what's best for the children.

      Where I agree 100% is the occasional need for assurance. There are moments when even the most centered of individuals will feel a bit down, and for them to hear their spouse say something to the effect of "I'm glad you're in my life" will be a great help.

    • Posted By: nej810 @ 10/04/2008 8:54:04 AM

      That was really well articulated. My husband says the same thing about feeling that connection. Sometimes it's hard not to take for granted the other person in the relationship. And life gets so darn busy that to even take a moment to hug can be overlooked so easily! Your post is a good reminder about what is so essential in any relationship. Thank you!

  • Posted By: brokenhearted @ 10/04/2008 8:49:54 AM

    In this day of overwhelming cheating going on, EVER MARRIAGE IS AT RISK! I believe people cheat solely for
    the EXCITEMENT, TO MAKE THEMSELVES FEEL EXTRA SPECIAL, a spouse is just beating themselves up
    to TRY "TO KEEP HIM FROM CHEATING", I never cheated on my spouse but had alot of invitations, just like
    everybody does, we had 4 kids, alot of fun with our kids and did alot of fun things together, I thought we had
    a good marriage. My husband told the other women he would never leave me ever, he was just looking for
    SOMETHING ELSE. I am just one woman, he wanted to be with a blond and a red head, If only I would have
    known to buy a few different colored wigs, I guess he would not have cheated----NOT!!! POINT IS - THERE
    ARE ALWAYS CHEATERS ON THE PROWL FOR YOUR SPOUSE, ANY MARRIED PERSON IS AT RISK

  • Posted By: cpthealer @ 10/04/2008 5:40:28 AM

    By the way, I know far more women (FAR MORE) that have cheated on their spouses than men!

    • Posted By: juliep17536 @ 10/04/2008 8:42:38 AM

      geez, you best get a new set of friends!

  • Posted By: anchorew @ 10/04/2008 8:40:56 AM

    I have a question, how do you check the e-mail or phone records when you don't know the password? I found my husband and neighbor had been e-mailing and texting each other everyday and even when we were on vacation and I had no clue. After confronting them i was told it was just innocent friendship. My husban has since them changed his password to his phone records and I have become so suspicious of him I am not sure if I can trust him or what to do. Am i to believe them?

  • Posted By: bftgrtyrdther @ 09/28/2008 2:13:33 PM

    Most men who would cheat , will cheat no mater how much their wives appreciate them.

    For them the wife is yesterdays newspaper.

    They need something new , they need the excitement of chase, they need different touch, different sound......

    • Posted By: brokenhearted @ 10/04/2008 8:40:21 AM

      I AGREE 100 PERCENT After 15 years of marriage I believe my husband cheated for a new experience,
      excitement, to see if he could get away with it, to make himself feel special, it doesn't matter that I doted
      on him and tried to keep our marriage fun. I can only be myself, he wanted to treat himself to someone
      new, the EXCITEMENT OF AN AFFAIR! DON'T KID YOURSELFS, IT DOES N'T MATTER IF YOU BEND
      OVER BACKWARDS FOR YOU SPOUSE. THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE OUT THERE WHO WILL TRY
      REALLY HARD TO STEAL WHAT YOU HAVE, EVEN IF ITS FOR ONLY THE CHALLENGE!

  • Posted By: nej810 @ 10/04/2008 8:06:32 AM

    Everyone wants variety in their life and as someone else commented it, seems unrealistic to expect one person be the be all and end all for your life especially given that we live into our eightys now. Getting married in your twentys and then remaining monogamous for 60 years seems virtually impossible and almost unfair! We should all accept this as true and allow each other to enjoy the wonders of each other sexually. We should all just become swingers!! Then both partners are in agreement and and having the same fun! It seems to me that there is a difference between falling in love with some one and just having some fun with somene. Just check out some of the alternative lifestyle websites!! There are hundreds of thousand of people on them.

  • Posted By: chubsoda @ 09/28/2008 10:24:06 AM

    For women; pick better men if they're like grown children. As for me? I quit dating American women in 2001 and I couldn't be happier. I've dated Bosnian, French, and Chaldean women and the positive attitude that they have is incredible. They're respectful, kind, love sex, and cook and do things for me with appreciation. This in turn strengthens my friendship. These women know and to treat men with respect. I will never date American women ever again.

    • Posted By: juliep17536 @ 10/04/2008 8:06:15 AM

      is this a self-esteem issue commented on by hboogy! oops, he was talkng about women, ;) seems the women you are interested in are ones that wait on you hand and foot and make you the center of their world.

    • Posted By: rfk1967 @ 09/29/2008 10:43:39 AM

      On behalf of American women everywhere, I thank you. For no longer being willing to date us, that is.

    • Posted By: BitingMyTongue @ 09/28/2008 9:46:43 PM

      The real question is do you know how to treat women? Sounds like strong, educated women intimidate you! I hate to tell you CHUB, but it's not all about YOU!

  • Posted By: hboogy @ 09/28/2008 11:02:49 AM

    And as we men are much more visually stimulated than are women, this is why the lingerie industry has been around and will continue to be for years and years. When a woman puts something sexy on for her man, the message we receive is "you are worth me adorning myself in clothing that i know you like to see me in" Again, the message is "you are worthy" This is what men fight for in our marriages/relationships and why males of virtually every species in the animal kingdom fight during mating season.

    I certanly hope some women can learn something from what I wrote here. It really does disappoint me that there is so much resistance to what I believe is helpful information. I mean seriously, If someone wrote a book called "how to make your wife horny for you 24 hours a day", if that book was written by a woman and had testimony from yet more women, I wouldn't care if they all said the key is to dress up in a gorilla suit sporting a muu-muu while holding a cactus up in the air like the statue of liberty and clucking the "Star Spangled Banner", If all the women surveyed in that book say the same thing, well, i don't care how ridiculous it sounds, I'm doing it, no questions asked.

    And this points out a fundamental difference between men and women. When we men find out that something works, we don't ask why, we don't need to know why, we don't even need it to make sense, if it works, we're going with it. Women on the other hand have to write themselves a mental term paper to try and rationalize nearly everything. And I honestly think this gets in the way sometimes.

    Hope this helps

    • Posted By: BitingMyTongue @ 09/28/2008 9:55:22 PM

      You're an absolute idiot!

      • Posted By: hboogy @ 09/29/2008 11:59:55 AM

        If that is what you believe then you are more than welcome to point out where I am wrong. I welcome your criticism.

        • Posted By: thewritersays @ 10/01/2008 2:31:06 PM

          hahaha thanks for the entertainment hboogy

          • Posted By: juliep17536 @ 10/04/2008 7:56:12 AM

            how old are you anyway? your comments sound as if you are in your horny 30's !!!

      • Posted By: juliep17536 @ 10/04/2008 7:27:19 AM

        i starting laughing when i saw your reply, you go girl! ;)

  • Posted By: meandmrjones @ 10/04/2008 7:29:08 AM

    I don't care how many articles you read on how to keep your significant other from cheating on you, you just can't. Unless you can read his or her mind you will never know what is going on there. Do I believe it is because of an emotional disconnect primarily - No. Do I believe that stalking your significant other by searching their cell phone or putting a tracking device on their car will help you - are you serious? If anything, these sorts of insecure behavior will drive a person further away from you, literally.

    Let???s be realistic for a moment, it is virtually impossible to believe that one person no matter how wonderful they are can be all that any one given person will need for life. It just does not work like that. As sure as you have more than one friend, each who you go to for different things, your relationship with your significant other is twice as complicated as any of those relationships and there is just no way you???re ever going to be everything someone needs all the time. Do you realize just how exhausting that would be? Does that mean they don???t love you? No, it means they???re human.

    • Posted By: LadyWolf713 @ 10/04/2008 7:55:53 AM

      Exhausitng is putting it mildly. It completely wears you out....and they will never admit to it....it is always the other persons fault. But if you leave him and find another......they will have something else that you will have to worryy about. Never enough for the human mind!!

  • Posted By: hboogy @ 09/28/2008 11:03:28 AM

    I swear I can't believe how difficult this seems to be from some women to understand this. Ok, I'll try again.

    #1 - Let's make this clear - By stating that a woman can by her own actions reduce the odds that her husband will cheat, it DOES NOT MEAN that if it does that it is her fault it happened. However, let's try to use another scenario for the women who just still refuse to get it.

    Say you find a restaurant that serves your favorite food and just happens to make it better than you've ever had it. Let's also say that the food there overall is so good that you enter into a contract with the restaurant owner that you will only eat at his restaurant for the rest of your life. Shortly thereafter, the owner and chef starts to give you all kinds of reasons why they can't feed you today such as:

    Chef is tired
    Chef isn't in the mood to cook
    Restaurant is closed - come back tomorrow
    We don't have time to feed you right now.

    Now, after days and days of this you're going to get pretty hungry. One day a new restaurant opens up across the street, but the food is average at best. BUT, they say to you, "Hey, you look hungry and malnourished, come on over, we'll feed you" Tell me ladies, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? And before you answer me, remember that "contract" you have with the first restaurant.

    I think that the reason so many women are in denial about the accuracy of this is because they can't make sense of it because they don't understand it. And they don't understand it because they are not men. The sexes are wired differently and thus we respond in different ways to different stimuli, whether verbal, physical, and emotional.

    • Posted By: rfk1967 @ 09/29/2008 10:41:27 AM

      Ah, but a contract is a two way street. If you just say, "I promise to eat only in this restaurant for the rest of my life," it's not a contract, it's just a promise that can be broken. So, assuming it's a real contract, you have obligations to the restaurant. Say that you have to wash all the pots and sweep the dining room at closing time. If you don't do that, then, yeah, the chef may very well be unable to meet her obligation to you, because now she's got to pick up the slack. She's exhausted, and she doesn't have time to cook your meal.

      That said, it's a ridiculous analogy. A marriage is a much more complex relationship and contract. And it will run into trouble if BOTH parties don't make it a priority. Everyone needs care and appreciation. And I'm sorry, if you're not getting that, then having an affair is not an appropriate response. Either cut your spouse loose so you can look for the attention you crave, or TALK to your spouse about what you need.

      • Posted By: hboogy @ 09/29/2008 11:56:42 AM

        While I certainly understand your point, which is a valid one, the purpose of the analogy was to point out that if I promise to only have sex with my wife for the rest of our lives and there's always a reason or an excuse for her not doing so, then although yes, it's wrong, but at some point we will look elsewhere. And cleaning pots and pans is part of running a restaurant, last I checked I never heard a restaurant owner or chef telling a customer that they can't serve them because they're to tired doing other restaurant related stuff. And here's a few things that any decent man will never use tiredness or preoccupation with other things as an excuse not to do for a woman he loves.

        Automotive stuff - Oil changes, tire changes/rotation, maintenance
        Furniture moving
        trash hauling
        yard work
        painting
        housing upgrades - building or repairing decks, etc
        fixing busted or leaky pipes (if he's handy at those things)
        providing discipline to children who won't respond to mommy's methods (and don't any of you dare lie on this one, Everyone knows the sure fire way to stop a kid dead in his or her tracks is "i'm gonna tell your daddy")
        hauling in the groceries from the car

        Just to name a few
        but we never let anything be an excuse to stop us from doing those things. And I'm tired of women using business or tiredness as an excuse to withhold sex from their husbands, because in most cases, if the same woman using that excuse gets a phone call from one of her girlfriends or her mother who needs her to do anything, she'll come a running, and I challenge any women who doensn't believe me to answer the following two questions:

        1. How many times have you told your husband/mate that you are too tired or busy to do something he asks you for, be it sex or anything else?

        2. How many times have you told your parents, relatives, friends, co-workers, or any stranger in the street for that manner the same? If you have done it more times to your mate than the other people, you have proven my point.

        • Posted By: juliep17536 @ 10/04/2008 7:21:09 AM

          here I am! i even cut visits short with my Grandmother who was ill to get home to receive a phone call from my husband, whom, by the way, "forgot" to call at the time HE told me he would call.
          believe what you will, but there ARE men out there who feel intitled to be treated as if they are God. i have always put him first, even before my child, before anything, because i loved him that much. he was always thee most important person in my life, i did anything and everything for him, and he *** on me for it. including trivializing my upsets, and turning them around on me and blaming me, then i would appologize to HIM. i learned alot about him and myself when in counceling, he actually sat there laughing as he told the councelor that he did this, this is a game with men, to be in charge, on top and right all the time. my problem? too trusting, my mantra today is, TRUST NO ONE!!! this is thanks to the male race! sorry i offended any of you, but it is the truth.

    • Posted By: Akmatic @ 09/29/2008 9:10:23 AM

      This is kind of a 'punch in the face' explanation,...although certainly worthy of merit.

      • Posted By: JayInDallas @ 10/01/2008 9:56:56 AM

        As you young folks say "I feel you". As a married man I read your post and was pleased to find that I'm not the only guy who feels as though he's being taken for granted. Like you, I don't have the luxury of bowing out on what I need to do, regardless of how I feel at the time. I suspect that it's something in the testosterone. I also noticed the contrast in how she'll drop everything for a friend or family member, but not me. Thanks for the post.

  • Posted By: EE7011 @ 10/01/2008 11:27:16 AM

    So, a man decides to cook 1 meal during the course of a seven day week and he happens to burn it and the wife is supposed to say "Oh that's ok honey, it's the effort that counts." While she is most likely responsible for cooking the remaining six dinners during the course of the week?! It's like if a man does anything domestic a woman is supposed to bring home a trophy and congratulate him. The point is this is 2008 and chores should be shared equally, cooking should be shared etc. All the women in my family do the cooking, planning, time managing, finances etc. Many women are too tired to think about how they phrase things to their husbands. It is not a woman's responsibility to filter everything she says or does to please the male psyche. There is no mention of what a man can do to help his wife or prevent her from straying in their marriage as well. I'm not completely satisfied with the content of this article, although I can appreciate some of the suggestions.

    • Posted By: Nyarlathotep @ 10/04/2008 7:18:42 AM

      I think it's saying that when the husband tries to take some of the household burdens onto his shoulders to make your life easier, don't come down on him hard if it blows up in his face. Because in the end, he'll likely not want to bother in the future. "Why do anything if all she's going to do is yell at me?" is the mindset at work here. Instead of pinning gold stars and saying "Well, you tried and that's what matters", express appreciation for his effort and then offer suggestions in order to ensure future success. Heck, offer some assistance, but DO NOT DO IT FOR HIM. It can become something the two of you do together and this can offer an opportunity to reconnect.

      I've been on both sides of the cheating coin. I've been the "cheater" and the "cheatee". To this day, I don't know 100% what caused me to stray - all I do know is that it was a mistake that was beyond foolish and something that I don't care to repeat. While I feel that some of the advice offered in this article is flawed (it doesn't cover all the reasons why men stray), the reasoning is sound.

  • Posted By: Abu Bilal @ 10/04/2008 6:49:47 AM

    I think the main reason for cheating is SATISFACTION in everything. No one comes perfect men and women make mistake, but men should believe when he get married that this lady will be his life and forever.
    and ladies always try to be in good looking and good shape as he want.
    and give him the best.

  • Posted By: bukwyld24 @ 10/04/2008 6:34:08 AM

    I think the article is spot-on and it can also be applied to in the oppostie manner (women cheating on men). We as humans want feel appreciated and noticed even when we make a mistake. What makes a relationship hard to deal with is when you approached with criticism instead of understanding. And I don't mean 'giving a gold star and praising him/her' solely to appease, but understanding the gesture and moving forward from there. If we can do this I believe our marriages will be more fruitful. Excellent article, Newsweek!

  • Posted By: bukwyld24 @ 10/04/2008 6:32:35 AM

    I think the article is spot-on and it can also be applied to in the oppostie manner (women cheating on men). We as humans want feel appreciated and noticed even when we make a mistake. What makes a relationship hard to deal with is when you approached with criticism instead of understanding. And I don't mean 'giving a gold star and praising him/her' solely to appease, but understanding the gesture and moving forward from there. If we can do this I believe our marriages will be more fruitful. Excellent article, Newsweek!

  • Posted By: edlonewsweek @ 10/04/2008 6:06:08 AM

    i think if a man vcheats there is also a woman in it so woman cheat just as much !! and man soemtime have a harder time telling if she does or not

  • Posted By: cpthealer @ 10/04/2008 5:37:19 AM

    I'm soooo sick of America's so called "experts" in just about every friggin field there is! "my studies show......What a joke!

  • Posted By: hboogy @ 09/28/2008 11:03:09 AM

    And yes, ladies, you can spend the rest of your lives trying to deny the truth, but it won't change, for us it's all about sex. But not in the way many of you think. Allow me to explain. First of all, it's not all about wanting to "relieve" ourselves. If it was that simple then the human race would be extinct due to masturbation. The issue here is that women and men are mentally prompted into feeling "connected" to their mates in different ways. For women, having deep conversations and emotional interations with her mate creates that connected feeling, for men, physical acceptance and interaction creates the same feeling. So we have the same result but differing ways of achieving it based on our differing makeup. And remember ladies it comes down to an expression of desirability toward us that goes with it. So there may be some women reading this who are saying, but I give him sex whenever he wants it but he's still seeming to look elsewhere. The reason for this is that you are probably just "tolerating" him and allowing him to "relieve" himself with your assistance. What many women don't understand is that this is sometimes even worse than flat out rejecting us. And it is heavily damagine to our emotional stability. Receiving "pity sex" from your wife makes a man feel about 3 inches tall. So even in some cases when a man is receiving sex he may still look for a woman so genuinely seems to "want" him physically instead of looking at sex with him as another chore akin to laundry. The message here is that when my wife takes the time to come after ME for sex, that is ALL the appreciation I need and more, because that sends my brain a very important message, "Hey, i still think you're sexy, desirable, and top dog" And at that point this "top dog" is more than willing to learn all the tricks she wants me to learn. (Wink)

    • Posted By: Jenniemay @ 10/04/2008 5:28:19 AM

      I think you make quite an assumption about women "just tolerating" men during sex. Maybe you just weren't with the right woman.

  • Posted By: Jenniemay @ 10/04/2008 5:23:55 AM

    Did the "person" who wrote the comment about women getting fat even read the article above? Perhaps they were just looking for an outlet for their own emotional crap. Anyway, it seems to me that the article was all about why the common phenomenon of men cheating or not is about "emotional disconnect", and not as our sick culture would have us believe, dependent on women maintaining the appearance of 15 year-old girls. As for the lady below, I hate to say it, but that sounds like verbal abuse to me. I know because I've experienced it. The say that when women cheat, its because they want to leave. My suggestion is to read some stuff about verbal abuse, and see if you feel that your relationship falls into that category. category.
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