“You can feel deep attachment to a long-term partner while you feel intense romantic love for somebody else, while you feel the sex drive for people unrelated to these other partners. In short, we're capable of loving more than one person at a time.”— Helen Fisher, ted.com
“These three brain systems -- lust, romantic love and attachment -- don't always go together.”— Helen Fisher, ted.com
“Nowadays, your partner not only has to be the love of your life and your best friend, but also an equal economic partner, co-parent, and passionate lover.”— Megan Friedman, goodhousekeeping.com
“The very structure of an affair: the secrecy, the ambiguity, the fact that you have to go days or weeks without seeing each other, that you can never have your lover — these things keep you hungry, they keep you wanting.”— Winifred Reilly, goodmenproject.com
“Men want it all and have the skewed notion that another woman will make the longing for something more disappear.”— Jenna Birch, womansday.com
“Partners can and will cheat if they have fallen out of love or feel like their relationship has died.”— Renee Slansky, huffingtonpost.com.au
“Cheating is a symptom of an already failing/failed relationship. Communication has broken down and a disconnect already exists.”— Charles J. Orlando, theproblemismen.com
“Research by evolutionary biologists indicate that both men and women resist their biological programming when they try to be monogamous — something that must be learned, not something that comes natural.”— Anonymous, singularcity.com
“It’s not always a lust-filled, sordid affair or because someone doesn’t love you.”— Samantha Antrum, blavity.com
“He needs sex – he is driven by hormonal desire to have sex and he starts to look elsewhere. Porn, Strip Clubs, The girl in the office. He fantasises and eventually may start to live out those fantasies.”— Jasmin, relatingtomen.com
“Bored: He doesn't spray on that good smelling cologne anymore, his clothing is wrinkled, stained or way out-of- date.”— Dr. Janne Lomasky, divorcedmoms.com
“Men who earn considerably more than their partner are reportedly more likely to cheat, but similar results were demonstrated by stay at home dads.”— Keiron Curtis, unilad.co.uk
“Some men cheat because they want to look better than other men because having more women makes them look and feel strong and powerful.”— Anonymous, thelovequeen.com
“The explanation that, ‘If someone loves you, they wouldn’t cheat,’ is biologically false. Someone can have all these chemicals and still feel the urge to be with someone else mainly because that is what we are; we’re mammals like all others.”— Xin Yue (Laurie) Yuan, theodysseyonline.com
“The hormone involved with fidelity is called vasopressin. More is released in women than men, though during sex, this hormone is released in large amounts in both men and women.”— Xin Yue (Laurie) Yuan, theodysseyonline.com
“Research shows that cheating serves an important purpose: It’s part of a clever reproductive strategy nature devised to guarantee that humans keep procreating.”— Cris Gladly, yourtango.com
“IF IT’S THE YEAR BEFORE A DECADE BIRTHDAY, SUCH AS AGE 29, 39, 49, 59, ETC. YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN INFIDELITY.”— Samantha Burns, lovesuccessfully.com
“Sometimes it really is all about the sex. It doesn't mean the relationship was bad. It just means that this person is currently too sexually adventurous to be limited to one person.”— Phoebe J. Mikneah, puckermob.com
“Yes, happy relationships are still brimming with romance. But if someone comes along and makes you feel hotter and more passionate than the way you do with your current partner, cheating suddenly becomes an option.”— Danielle Anne Suleik, lovepanky.com