The Other Woman

This is an excerpt taken from Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen:

Reasons for Extramarital Affairs

* Inability to cope with cultural or ethnic differences.
* Disappointment that one partner hasn’t grown in the same ways.
* Unrealistic expectations about marriage.
* Sexual curiosity.
* Lost sense of fun and excitement in the marriage.
* Sexual addiction.
* Inability to accommodate a partner’s needs, interests or expectations.
* Inability to communicate one’s own interests, needs or desires.
* Boredom with the marriage, work, life, the relationship, or the routine.
* Lack of verbal skills or motivation to solve marriage problems together.

Do Men and Women Have Different Reasons for Extramarital Affairs?

Women may look for more emotional involvement when they’re involved in marital infidelity. Emotional cheating may be more likely for women. “Men and women often seek different things when they become involved in extramarital activity,” writes Dr Lusterman in Infidelity: A Survival Guide. “…women are more likely to link sex with love, while men’s involvements are more often primarily sexual.” Why men cheat may involve more physical reasons (not emotional cheating).

Dr Lusterman points out that this isn’t true for all men and women. In other words, not all women are looking for emotional attachments as part of their reason for extramarital affairs. Similarly, not all men are looking to satisfy a physical need as part of their reasons for extramarital affairs.

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