I give you "The Truth About Why Men Cheat" from msn.com. Here are a few reasons why I love this article: 1) It lists the following behaviors as if they are unique to men. 2) It offers the poor wives tips on how to prevent the cheating behavior. 3) It offers a universal truth broken down into 6 easy statistics so that you too can have a healthy, happy marriage.

First let's look at the reasons men cheat--the truth, if you will.

Emotional Dissatisfaction--now there's a surprise. Can you believe that men are capable of being emotionally dissatisfied and will cheat because of it? I was shocked. The point of the article was that cheating is rarely about sex because apparently the authors missed Psych 101 or a really helpful girl power website. Men are people. I never knew. My favorite part is that all I, as a (figurative) wife, have to do to keep my man happy is create an air "of thoughtfulness and appreciation and he will reciprocate." Obviously all emotional issues can be dealt with this way. Thank you msn.com

Cheating men report feeling guilt during the affair--I'm not sure how this plays into the "why" part of the title. The author is mostly informing the readers, again, that men are *gasp* people and you can't expect cheating only from the scumbags. But you can be a proactive wife and help him deal with the feelings he compartmentalized so that your husband, who is such a good man, doesn't stray.

77% of men who cheat have a friend who cheated--this one's a shocker folks! It's a good thing people never engage in morally reprehensible behaviors their friends do because the friends normalize it. I mean, can you imagine what our world would be like if this behavioral pattern existed outside of cheating? There could racism and sexism and bullying and gang rapes and lynch mobs and...wait a minute. And wifies, you aren't allowed to simply ban your husband from hanging out with his friend but you can build your social live around happily married couples--cause Mr. and Mrs. Suzie Sunshine don't make anyone feel the need to stab their eye out with a nearby utensil. I really feel like my marriage is going to be in better shape because of this advice.

Cheating men met the other woman at work--oh my gosh. Men cheat with people they work with?! Did you know this? I had no idea. Did you know that sometimes women *shh don't tell* cheat with men they work with too? But I mean, now that I know I can just ride my Harley into his work and pistol-whip the bitch. Oh, that's not an appropriate solution. I'm sorry.

Only 12% of men reported that their mistress was more attractive than their wife--well I don't know about you, but I know that would make me feel so much better if I was one of those wives. Because it's all about competition right ladies? Of course, if you fill his emotional needs but get ugly then he'll be one of the 12% instead of the eighty-eight. You just can't win.

Men rarely have sex with women the first night they meet them--so your husband takes the time to get to know this woman, to really understand her and share what he's feeling, and then he boffs her socks off. You, therefore, have time. Watch for the signs. You can see him sharing emotionally with a woman long before he shares his penis with her vagina. (I'm sorry, that was wholly inappropriate.)

So here's what we've learned ladies, ready? Men are people. Men have emotions. If your husband finds you cold, unsupportive, ugly, distracted, hurtful, mean, too tough, too needy, too anything or not enough of something he will cheat on you. You won't be able to tell if he's a cheater because cheaters are good people too. Wait, that means men AND people that cheat are actually people? With all the depth and character and complication of real people? It's just too much. I need to lie down.

Okay, I'm back. Thankfully, we have learned through msn.com that there are ways to cut the cheating off at the pass. Buy this book and follow these simple steps because obviously if your marriage is rocky enough for cheating to be a possibility you'll be totally capable and willing to genuinely adapt and make use of the advice this book offers.

I don't know why I do this to myself. Probably because I was sick of talking about politics and I thought for sure a little harmless fluff article would get my mind off of bigger issues. Now I'm just more pissed off. Why are all the dumb people relationship advice columnists?

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