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Despite to what some believe, being cheated on is something that happens to men, too, and it can be every bit as heart-shattering as it is for a woman. It can also be disheartening, as it’s not always easy to get one’s head around why someone they love would cheat.
When your sugar baby cheats on you, it can cause many harmful emotional effects. You may feel betrayed, humiliated, used, or unworthy. You may feel like you can’t trust your sugar baby again or that you’ll never be able to trust anyone again, which can lead to paranoia, anxiety, and depression. You may also start to doubt yourself and the sugar relationship and question why your sugar baby chose to cheat and if there was something wrong with you or the relationship, which can lead to low self-esteem and a loss of confidence.
It’s also standard for cheating to cause a lot of anger and resentment. You may feel like you want to get revenge on your sugar baby or the person they cheated with and may become withdrawn and isolate yourself from other people as a result. This usually isn’t the ideal response; reacting impulsively in anger is a surefire way to ruin anything salvageable you might have had with her. Instead, trying to understand why she cheated on you in the first place is a much better place to start.
It’s the most natural thing in the world to want to get to the bottom of why a sugar baby might cheat on a sugar daddy who’s genuinely trying his best – especially if you’re trying to repair that relationship after the cheating has already happened. Let’s unpack some of the more common reasons it might occur in the first place and what you can do to help things moving forward.
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Do Men and Women Cheat for Different Reasons?
The general belief is that even though men and women can cheat on their partners, they don’t do it for the same reasons. Men supposedly do it because they’re not getting the attention they want in their relationship, while women are allegedly after an emotional connection. But how true is this, really?
The truth is that both men and women cheat for many different reasons, but the underlying culprit in both instances is usually unhappiness. People don’t necessarily want to leave their primary relationships, but they do want to fill the void as far as whatever they think is missing. Cheating is the wrong way to do that, but it can and does happen.
Why Your Sugar Baby Might Cheat
Of course, saying people cheat because they’re unhappy is a pretty broad statement. There are lots of reasons why a sugar baby might not be happy. But it’s important to realize that not everyone who’s unhappy or frustrated with a relationship situation deals with it by cheating. Here’s a closer look at what might make a cheating sugar baby different.
She’s afraid of commitment
Granted, commitment is a big deal for anyone, even those who feel ready to be with someone for the rest of their lives. But people who cheat aren’t just anxious about commitment in a usual way.
Some are genuinely afraid of it or see it as a trap. Others just plain find it boring or see it as a bad fit for them. But instead of addressing those feelings in adult ways, they cheat.
She doesn’t believe in following the rules
When it comes to some people, it’s just in their nature not to follow the status quo. They don’t like rules and have tons of trouble following them, even when they were the ones who set them in the first place.
For a sugar baby who’s a natural rule-breaker, cheating can be a way to have her cake and eat it, too. She can go be free and reckless with other men but come home to a reliable sugar daddy who loves her at night when she’s finished.
She struggles with her self-esteem
There’s no set age limit on emotional maturity in either direction. Yes, the average sugar baby is still reasonably young, but many young people are self-aware, confident, and emotionally available. Unfortunately, though, there are also a lot of young women who are still finding themselves and struggling with their self-esteem as a result.
A sugar baby who hasn’t yet learned how to find her happiness and her center within herself often tries to find it in the sugar daddies she dates. But no man is so perfect that he can be everything to his partner. When a sugar baby with low self-esteem realizes this, she may seek the fill the void with attention from other men.
She feels like she’s a victim
This is actually one of the most common reasons a particular sugar baby might decide to cheat. Men and women alike sacrifice a lot when they enter into a committed relationship with someone else. If the going ever gets rough, either party might feel like they’re not being treated as well as they should be.
A sugar baby who’s convinced she’s a victim in her relationship and decided her sugar daddy isn’t treating her as well as she deserves may deal with that by cheating instead of communicating as she should.
At the end of the day, there’s no excuse for cheating – no mistake a sugar daddy can make that justifies the sugar baby he trusts stepping out on him. But the more you understand about why someone might do this in the first place, the easier it can be to decide what to do about it.
If you think you may have played some part in what’s happened to your relationship, trying to work things out may be a solid option. But breaking up with your sugar baby is a valid choice, as well. Ultimately, you deserve to be with someone you can trust with your heart.
