Cheating is a scam on your friends and loved ones, your competitors, and yourself. Cheaters usually convince themselves that they are justified in their actions. “Everybody does it,” “I need to make up unfairly lost ground,” “Just this once is okay,” etc.

When they hear the word “cheat,” people in shaky relationships think of infidelity. Students think of cheating on tests. Weight watchers think of cheating on their diets. The money-conscious think of cheating on their taxes. Gamers think in terms of cheat codes.

The following statements were culled (stolen) from Twitter responses to “Why do people cheat?”

For thrills…

madeinchina_ I thoroughly believe that people cheat because they can. Same reason why people kill, steal, fight, sell, etc. Psychologically thrilling
cocoachanel89 I don’t think people cheat, because they don’t love them; I think its the excitment and thrill of Having a secret lover that tempts us

Laziness…

shreddedwheat People that cheat off me really piss me off. Like I don’t want to get a referral just because youre too big of an idiot to study.
MzLexiBabi people cheat because their relationship gets boring.

Everybody does it…

c0l0rfullx3 Life isn’t fair, so why not cheat? It’s not like the successful people are going to stop cheating just because its against your morals.
lingeriepr People cheat because we r human beings. Its human nature 2 mix it up wit otha humans. Sum people just arent satisfied wit 1 luv.

Neediness…

immoralthings Talks at the office about relationships and cheating. I say people cheat because they are trying to fill a void…
emazingVFC3 its sad when you realize that some people cheat on others because they have others…… while i have none
wozaboy People don’t stray or cheat for the sex, they cheat and stray because they feel lonely and unloved

Satisfaction…

SaintBek I believe people mainly cheat because they just aren’t satisfied with what they have – so I go out of my way to make him happy
Vanessa4926 People cheat because maybe they don’t get the pleasure they want so they get it from someone else

People are bad…

BOSSIZM men cheat for sex, or rather people cheat because they are either greedy or selfish.
Yurrency Women cheat on good men because they are not honorable people themselves!

Fear…

kite1987 People cheat because they are scared to commiment. And they are afraid to fall in love deeply.
NMMNGFRANK “people” cheat because relationships are BULLSH*T!!! lol just saying…

Why do you think people cheat?

Scrud Kelley

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