Why do women cheat instead of breaking up?

It can be difficult to accept that your relationship has come to an end, and instead, many individuals seek to find comfort and that missing "spark", or a distraction, with someone else to take their mind of the issue at hand, or to make themselves feel better by causing anger instead of dealing with the issue at hand. From here, many will choose to move forward with cheating, lying, or hiding with someone else in order to make their life seem more full. In short, there is no one reason for this behaviour, and no one type of person that can engage in it, but unfortunately, it is a coping mechanism.

Women cheat instead of breaking up because the affairs are not meant to last and when that affair ends they still have a man they can rely on for support. Or if their "steady relationship" disintegrates then they can rely on the man or woman they are having an affair with. No woman likes being alone. Having a relationship helps with that. However, everyone knows that sometimes relationships don't work out. Thus, women like to keep their options wide open. Another reason would be that women don't want to cause a fight with their boyfriend by breaking up with them. Or, they don't want the constant badgering from an ex that hasn't moved on from them. Having an affair is nonphysical slap in the face. And it serves to make the other person keep their distance.

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For the same reason men do: they are looking for something that their current relationship doesn't give them.

Women cheat instead of breaking up because they are still unsure if they want to leave the relationship due to a variety of reasons (love, habit, security etc) or not, but they already feel unhappy or incomplete.

It's easier to seek comfort and affirmation with someone else than facing the issues in a current relationship head on

Not all women do this and not only women do this. Some people of both genders cheat instead of breaking up because they are simply dishonest people. Perhaps they want to stay with their original partner but have the benefits of an extra relationship. If this is the case, they should have asked for a polyamorous or consensual non-monogamous relationship instead of lying to somebody and pretending to be faithful only to them. Some people view having multiple partners as an ego boost and don't care how it makes the people feel. Some people like the idea of having their partners fight each other for their attention, claiming that it means that they are highly desirable or that their partners are weak and needy - neither is true. They may have a sociopathic desire to see other people suffer, and cheat only for that reason, not out of attraction. Some people simply become attracted to - or even in love with - another person, and since our society only allows for monogamy, they don't know how to keep both these partners, whom they both love, in their lives, without being dishonest. They don't intend to hurt people, but they do, and the proper strategy would be to be honest about their feelings for the second person, and ask if their original partner is okay with it. Of course, they feel afraid to do this because their first partner, who they may still love, might leave them. Some women have abusive partners and are afraid to break up with them because the abusive partner may attack them for it, but want to have a healthy new relationship in the meantime, and so they feel they must cheat in order to get that. Also, some abusive men consider the relationship still on even though the woman officially ended it and moved away. They then accuse their ex wife or girlfriend of "cheating." For more information on polyamory, Google Franklin Veaux or the More Than Two blog. For more information on abuse, Google Lundy Bancroft or read Why Does He Do That.

Sometimes it's easier to find an excuse for ending the relationship, rather than just ending it. Bad choice though, since it's usually done without thinking of the harm it will bring to both people.

Act of cheating and reason behind it depens from a woman to a woman so that can not be fully correct answered. But most women cheat instead of breaking up for this reasons: 1) they don't want to hurt their boyfriend with breaking up but they want to be with that other guy too 2) if their boyfriend cheated on them first, they may be cheat him too - for revenage 3) sometimes they just want fun with other guy, but want to have stable relationship with their boyfriend 4) it can happen that woman cheated unintentionally (under the influence of alcohol etc.) but they countinue to cheat because that guy is threating to tell her boyfriend Whatever it is, cheating is WRONG!

I would like to rephrase your question..you should ask 'why do some people cheat instead of breaking up' .I know you might have had experiences that have led you to believe that most women do so..but the truth is its not about women .cheating can be done by person of both the genders.its related to what kind of a person they are..the answer to this question is that people who do so aren't very truthful to themselves and so they are the same way with others..also they are not very considerate about feelings of others and cannot easily understand the consequences of their actions..their motive is not to live a life based on truth..and so they do not give much emphasis to honesty and empathy .and cheating is not related to a particular gender..its related to the person's self.