There were 22 answers to my "IS IT OKAY TO CHEAT" question. Unfortunatley, only 2 were correct in answering all 20. However, none were correct as to why; not even close!\nThe reason that most think it is okay to cheat should be obvious. The CEO from ENRON is being tried criminally for lying and embezzelment. Martha Stewart served time for lying to the Grand Jury. The President and many within his administration have been caught in lies. OJ Simpson lied. Robert Blake lied. Barry Bonds lied in court about his use of steriods. President Clinton cheated ("I did not have sexual affairs with that women"). Need I say any more.\nTodays youth are exposed to a huge amount of dishonesty (lying, cheating, decieving, etc.). These occurrances cause many to feel that if they can do it, cheat, I can do it. If I don't get caught, nothing lost. If I do; Well, I'll just take that chance.\n\nHow many, after reading this, feel that this may be the reason. If not, why?
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Cheat is usaully associated in a bad way. I feel that we cheat becasue we want life to be easier. When your young, when you are renting an appartment, you will most likely have bills to pay. Like electricity, water, heat, and the most important, your rent. I think some people cheat because they get a thrill of it. To see if they can get away with it or not. It could also be a race to get bigger and better.
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I think that you should never have an affair, for whatever reason. There is a serious sense of mistrust, no loyalty or faithfulness and above all love. How can you say you love someone and be an infidel? Even if you weren't able to "you know", she shouldn't be running around in bed with someone else. That's like you dying and she's being intimate with someone else. You aren't even dead yet. No, I do NOT agree with this. Some woman would say but men do it....but that does not make it right or okay. Wrong is wrong. Cheating is cheating. Work out the problem. Best wishes and take care.
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Julie, \n\nThis question is as relevant to women as it is to men as they cheat on their husbands too.  For example, Clara Harris ran over her husband "accidental" 3 times for cheating on her.  What did not come out in the media, is that she had cheated on him too...but he did not think she deserved to be pavement for his car.  \n\nMany women look for married men because they do not want the commitment \n\nDid you know that at least a third of the children men are paying for in child support are not their children as proven by DNA?   \n\nSeems that it is more then men that like to play but then, shouldn't everyone know that that person they are about to go to bed with is NOT "THEIR" husband or wife?\n\nWhy do they not stop to think that if they will do this before marriage, what makes them think they will only be faithful to each other after marriage?\n\nThere is always a hidden cost to all of this...check the link below to find out more.
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Mainly people lie because they don't want to face the consequences of the truth.\nI think lying, in general, is wrong. However, in some cases, such as where someones feelings are saved by telling a small lie, it is acceptable.
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In other words, is dishonesty and mistrust  OK as long as you don't get caught?\n\nIt's your conscience, baby...
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Never!  Whether the drugs were banned or not, McGwire, Bonds, Sosa and all the others deliberately took chemically enhancing drugs to gain an unfair advantage over their peers.  That my friend is dishonest.  There is no justification for cheating.  Some people in here like to split hairs when it comes to the technicality of their actions.  I don't buy it!  It's like they're saying, " I did not have sex with that woman!"  Define sex, Define cheating!!  It's all the same.  The integrity of baseball is at stake here and the sports writers have an obligation to uphold it.  The fact is McGwire wasn't that good a player.  Check his stats.  Except for the chemically enhanced home runs, his numbers are very unremarkable.  He was not a very good hitter and was a below average defensive player.  Even if he didn't cheat, he does not belong in the HOF.
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I don't like it either. But lets cut out the once a cheater always a cheater. It's a bit childish don't you think. We all have done something unsavory in our lives. It would be unfair for someone to label us for that point in our lives or the rest of our lives.
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I asked my boyfriend the same thing.  We have mutual friends and one of our friends was cheated on by her boyfriend, and it brought up the conversation.  What he said was that men like the feeling of "getting away with it" and that they want their cake and eat it too... they want the best of both worlds.  It's not necessarily the fact that they don't tove their significant other anymore, they just want more out of the relationship, and their mate isn't providing it.\n\nMen are more prone to cheating, I think because they have a keen sense of keeping it on the down low, I think women are more afraid of getting caught adn risking it.  The difference between men and women is that men think short term, the now, while women think of down the road, the future, and what exactly they are risking...\n\nWhile this is only my opinion, I think you should ask people who've cheated.  And me being one in the past, I'll tell you, its just for the fun of the ride.  I loved my ex very much, why I cheated on him, I'm not sure...\n\nIt was myfault for getting caught though... lol. :)\n\nHope this helped!
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Im always a one woman-man...i never cheated in my life, because im always contented on what kind of love my man could give me...if you don't love the person anymore, we should be honest to that person...just don't use the reason that you have a bf/gf already...for those who are just fooling around, they'll soon find their match & they will end up in bad karma after all...good luck to them...
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People cheat because they are selfish and there are selfish partners who will cheat along with them.\n\nThis is not a man/woman thing, unless all of these men are cheating with other men.  They are cheating with women.  Therefore, there are as many women cheaters as men.\n\nNot everybody cheats on their partner, not everyone in an affair is married.  But both parties are guilty of violating YOUR vows (if you were married, I see this was "just" a boyfriend)\n\nIt's not a man/woman thing, it's a character issue, and the character of both cheaters is the problem, not gender.
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i don't agree with it... i never been cheated and i never cheated on sumone... but i do bliv that finding the ONE for us is very hard... we may think that we already find him/her but there is a continuous entering of people who might be the right one... coincidentally, the time that they arrive sumtimes overlaps... we cannot judge a person by committing a single mistake... he/she might cheat but it's not for the purpose of cheating... (well... there are sum cases in which this does not apply... it depends on the person...) but... always see the goodness of a person before judging him/her.... one can always change for the best... ;p
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nO, of course no, you should only tell me. ( I promise I will not tell anyone else)\n\nSeriously, they do this because they are idiots. There are some people who get married for money to sell the USA citizenship and this is their brilliant plan to Catch them.\nI guess they do not realize that  people who are trying to do this for illegal reason would not think to lie. maybe they interview each person separately and see if they name the same times. HMMMM?\nso you have to get your stories straight if you are going to cheat and lie.\nWhat if you are sincere but just cannot rememeber when you banged your old lady or accidentally give a date that was with your mistress. OOPS\nI guess you have to keep notes or put notches on the bedpost.\nsome guys may brag and say ten times when it was only one. Oops.\nwhat a silly world we live in!
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CHEATING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LOVE. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IF YOU LOVE YOUR MAN OR WOMAN. IT IS SELF CONTROL AND FIGHTING TEMPTATION
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If the truth were known with acuracy, I would estimate that over 90% of men cheat.  I have asked this question of men in chat rooms, etc.  Most admit that they cheated and their wife never knew.
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i think it is pretty close to even as far as men vs. women. however reasons are very different. women, assuming they aren't sluts for no reason, usually cheat cuz they dont' feel loved anymore or don't get enough attention/affection. men cheat cuz they either aren't getting any with the girlfriend/wife, or they cheat cuz they have to prove that they can still get hot chicks.
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I have never cheated. I have had three opportunities but turned them all down. I don't like being dishonest.
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Sex and life - too complicated. I am now running out of answers.  Can we ever stand on judgement? Many of us have cheated, in our minds at least, some carry it through  a bit more. You know what, let it be. Que sara sara, it is not your conscience, it is hers.  Things happen and life is so weird