Despite what you might think, cheating (for guys) has less to do with opportunity or the relative “hotness” of the female they are cheating with and more to do with their woeful lack of communication skills and utter lack of respect for you.  

The truth is, many guys lack the intestinal fortitude to go toe to toe with the average female, especially those females with male energy. 

Interestingly, this has little to do with the amount of testosterone in their bloodstream, because if challenged by another male, those same guys would probably defend themselves quite well, physically speaking, but in a verbal fight, they simply lack the Emotional IQ of many women.   

The second part of the equation is respect, and face it, most people either have it for you or they don’t.  Men are born with a certain tolerance for arguing/emotionally charged discussions, and when it is reached, many shut down and withdraw…but I don’t want you to think because most men have low Emotional IQ’s, they are prone to cheating.  The main culprit is respect.  When a person cheats, they are basically saying, “I don’t respect you” (and probably haven’t for some time).  Again, you either have it or you don’t.  

The toughest thing for many females to understand is, “why they don’t just break-up if they are unhappy?  Why do they have to do this while I am in a relationship with them”?

Answer: They don’t have the guts to break-up in a civilized fashion, and in some sick, and ultimately self-serving fashion, they say to themselves, “if I break-up she’ll explode.  I can’t deal with that.  She’ll beg me to stay.  She’ll cry.  She’ll physically hurt me.  She’ll destroy my ________________.  She told me if we ever broke up she would _________________, etc.”  So what they decide to do instead, is do the one thing they know will make you so mad and hurt you so badly that you’ll never want to have anything to do with them again…and that is to cheat.  

Never mind the fact that you have (probably) been feeling the relationship is on the rocks and (probably) have confronted them on it.  Never mind that you have given them ample opportunity to end the relationship in a peaceful manner and they chosen instead to gloss things over.  

People that cheat are cowards.