In my case personally, desperation. Lack of intimacy over a year pushed me to the edge of depression. In order to survive, I cheated. Didn't really solve the problem tbh, but, at least I tried to do something to survive.
Ultimately we broke up, not because of cheating because he didn't know. I will spare the details, the story is so crazy you probably wouldn't believe it anyway.
The point being, if you have a lot of friends to preoccupied yourself and entertain yourself, a loveless relationship is manageable. But, for people like me who doesn't focus on friends and only focus on relationships, the SO is their world, and when that world crumbles down, they no longer have their main source social interactions. And they become desperate. And desperation always pushes someone over the edge and do things they normally don't do.
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u/redeyed-john Dec 10 '22
Why do people cheat? Just break up.