Is Cheating Justified?

Why do people cheat on their lovers? A healthy relationship is when both the partners are faithful to each other, and they share every little secrets that they have, with each other. Communication is the crucial part of a relationship and if the partners communicate with each other without any worries, then there is a very bleak chance of cheating on their partners. If a partner can discuss anything and everything with his/her partner without any self-doubt and hesitation; without any fear of judgment, only then will they be able to speak out.

Fear of punishment is very common to everyone in this age and several 'what ifs' makes him uneasy. When a person does something wrong, he is fully aware of what he is doing, and what he has already done, and this puts him on the dock. However, cheating does not only mean sleeping with someone else,but fraud has various other aspects. Lying to your partner even for smaller things, keeping secrets is harmful and is a kind of emotional cheating. Relationships characterized by dissatisfactions and high conflict are more prone to face infidelity. Also, in that case, you are guilty, and your guilt hits your conscience every time and again.

People might cheat on their partners because they think that they have lost the connection which they once had shared, but then they are not courageous enough to admit it as they feel that this might hurt their partners and so one of them might go on pretending to love the other so that the other does not feel shattered. And when they find someone else, their affair becomes a secret but they forget that if this affair is disclosed, then it would hurt the other person very much.Sometimes lack of emotional satisfaction also causes people to cheat on their primary partners.

However, the important thing is if you are cheating on your partner, then the better option would be to talk and discuss with them their definition of infidelity. This is because people have different ideas about cheating, and any action performed may be considered as cheating by one but not the other. So please define the boundaries and have an open discussion as to what would hurt your partner. In that case, you will be able to know what your partner expects of you. Also, you will be able to acknowledge the needs of your partner without any doubt. When the partners in a relationship communicate, they are more likely to understand each other and less likely to commit infidelity.