2006-07-09 03:37:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
It's a slippery slope, and once you try it, you think, "What the hell? I've already done it...."
2006-07-09 03:42:20 · answer #1 · answered by oldsoul 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually for the thrill of it. Sort of like cleptomania, they may not even need the advantage of cheating but if it is a habit, probably because there's a mental "high" associated with it. I'm assuming you mean cheating like on tests. If you mean cheating as in having sex with other than your significant other, as a habit, similar reasons could apply. I would say cheating is kind of a bad habit and probably arises out of an emotional need.
2006-07-09 10:41:39 · answer #2 · answered by BonesofaTeacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the time cheating occurs when people are put under pressure to meet either unreasonable or unrealistic expectations, and where it is implied that failure isn't an option, mostly under the example of business or academics.
While cheating shouldn't be condoned on principle, the cheater shouldn't automatically be blamed alone, but circumstances should be considered all the way around.
2006-07-09 10:42:52 · answer #3 · answered by imagineworldwide 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Starts out little, no one notices, you try something bigger. Lying goes along with it. You end up a cheat, a thief and a liar. Bet you STILL expect others to be honest with you don't you? You'd let your own brother get blamed and pay for your cheating? I've seen this first hand. Watched one brother totally ruin a younger brother. Now their 45 and 33. The older one can no longer discriminate between a lie and the truth. Very sad, you need to get a grip.
2006-07-09 10:45:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're referring to 'cheating on your lover/partner/spouse etc' I have a theory, for what it's worth. Some people have/had such deprived childhoods that they will always feel as if they did not get their full measure out of life...ie...they feel as if they've been 'cheated' out of pleasures that they deserved. So, even when they find someone who's perfectly suited to them, someone who loves them and cares about them and would give their life for them, once the gratitude for this God-given find wears off, once again, they feel like it isn't enough, as if they're being deprived of something better. The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence again, so they start mentally criticizing their lover, and looking at everybody else and wishing they had her or him or whatever....they start flirting and sneaking and eventually cheating on their partner...all the time rationalizing that they deserve better, because they were denied in the past. So, when they tell you, "it's not YOU, it's ME", they're not kidding!
2006-07-09 10:51:41 · answer #5 · answered by mcgillger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people cant commit to just one person, they are insecure and feel they have something to prove all the time, that they are desirable to more than one person, this is a boost to their ego, or it's a fact that some people just like sleeping with different people, because some people cant resist an attractive person, it works both ways for men and women.
2006-07-09 13:08:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because that type of individual realises cheating is the easiest way around an obsticle..
2006-07-09 10:40:20 · answer #7 · answered by Sorcha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many reasons i think, one can be being cheated before, second seeing successful big cheaters around, third losing the spirituality of the societies and...
2006-07-09 10:46:32 · answer #8 · answered by Mohsen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's easy. They're lazy and don't give a ____ about others. In today's permissive society, it seems there is an epidemic of cheating.
2006-07-09 10:41:34 · answer #9 · answered by Mr. Peachy® 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋