i might regret sticking in my ten penneth...but its a subject i used to have strong feelings on... used to!
i always hated anyone who cheated on their partners... i always hated the thought of lying and deceiving...and felt that honesty was the more difficult but correct course of action. I even fell out with my best mate becuase she cheated on my other best mate (her very long term man). I was horrifed. But, having been stuck in a crap relationship for seven years myself I got to a point where I could understand cheating. It wasn't that I wanted to be cold or calculating about it... it was just that i felt stuck, trapped...and my ability to muster any courage to confront the situation was gone, my self esteem had been chpped away... i was just on this awful treadmill. So.. if some man had come along and offered me some spark.. and maybe even the strenghth and reason to leave... i might have taken it. As it was, i didnt, and went on to be miserable for a good while longer.
All i'm saying is that there are many different circumstances in relationships... and cheating isn't always as clear cut as it looks... it's not always a case of the poor man/woman at home being lied to by her partner. Having said that... the peoples that are happy with their partners and are being pretty calculating about their extra relationships... i'm not too sympathetic with... although lets face it... the relationship isnt right in the first place if this is happening. It doesn't excuse the behaviour... but i'm not judge and jury... i did the whole sanctimonius thing years ago and cost me my best mate... at least now we speak and i told her i understood more about her situation...
every person is different and cant generalise about cheating men or women