Infidelity
Essay title: Infidelity
Cheating
Do you ever wonder when you see a couple going about their business in the world? Wonder about their lives, their dreams, and their relationship? Are they really as happy as they seem, laughing and holding hands and moving through their lives, or is there a more deeply rooted problem, hidden from the worlds eyes with their relationship? Something no one knows about. There may be several problems with any given relationship, and one of them is what will be discussed in this paper. What is it? Cheating.
Infidelity is a growing problem in todays society, and the repercussions of it usually are adverse effects on the relationship. It would probably have to be, hands down, the most devastating problem involved in a relationship, in that the hurt and pain it inflicts is much more difficult to recover from or get over. Left unchecked its enough to tear a family apart, whether the family structure is just a husband and wife, or a husband, wife, and children.
Why do some people cheat? There are probably a hundred reasons that cheaters would give you. They are 1)lonely, 2)out for revenge, 3)bored with their current partner, 4)an ex suddenly jumps back into the picture, or 5) they just give into that moment of temptation and weakness on an evening out. It is never a good thing to cheat and almost always ends up with one or both people being hurt.
In the case of Jane perhaps its the fact that shes lonely. Her husband is rarely around, always busy on business elsewhere, and shes seeking companionship. Wanting to feel needed and loved is a powerful drive felt by humans, and at times itll drive people to do something theyll regret later on, such as cheating on a significant other. As Leon Saul stated in his book Fidelity and Infidelity: What Makes Or Breaks A Marriage, some women “feel deprived and unloved at home and strongly desire from another what they feel the spouse does not provide”. It may lead to her hanging around with other people, then another guy more and more, until they become close