The Importance Of Infidelity In A Monogamous Relationship

Think about a beautiful morning where you and your partner just woke up and are having a good time. Then suddenly your partner’s phone starts ringing and you pick up the phone just to find out that it’s the person whom your partner is cheating on you with. At this point, your love and feelings for this person come crashing down on you because you thought he or she was the one. However, could this situation be avoided? Infidelity in a monogamous relationship is a curse to both partners. Not only it ruins the relationship two partners shared, but it affects the individuals on a personal level. The topic of infidelity is very intriguing because it tells a lot about the person’s character. Curiosity behind the reasons why a person cheats on his …show more content…
Infidelity is strongly associated with both of the partners’ personality, and personality of a person is developed from early stages of their life through nature and nurture. Many factors influence a person’s character depending on their genetics and experience they may have encountered during their lives. If a child undergoes through imprudent experiences, it may affect their personality when they are older. Girls who go through unsuitable experiences, tend to dominate against men by being either very seductive or submissive, and boys usually turn out to be narcissistic and over-ambitious. Also, early events in children’s lives are critical because those are the time when they internalize morality, which reflects in their future decisions on how well they will comply with societal and personal rules. If they are not raised properly during the early portion of life, then they will lack virtue and more likely be involved in infidelity actions, because their imbalance between id and superego make them unconsciously more selfish. With that type of persona, factors such as troubled relationship, sexual dissatisfaction, and sex drive can trigger them one or even both members in a relationship to commit infidelity. Often the person who cheats on his or her partner regrets about their action. Others try to counteract the feeling of guilt by adding justification to their actions through cognitive dissonance because they think that it is …show more content…
Not only it breaks the trust of the significant other, but also everyone else in the society sees the person who cheats as a different person. People think that person as a bigot and not trustworthy. The fear of infidelity also shapes human behavior around the world. As time is progressing, people are becoming less committed to relationships because they are afraid that what if their partners cheat on them in a way setting their potential relationships up for failure before they even start. And individuals who are already in a relationship they have a hard time trusting their partners. Trust issues often result in a lack of freedom in relationships because both of the partners want to verify that the other partner is not doing anything wrong. During our current era, people seek their partners’ access to social medias, phones or emails just to monitor if there’s anything wrong. Individuals who have been exposed to infidelity may not get into a relationship and rely on others. They are unable to open up to others which may affect their workplaces, education or family relations negatively because they fail to express themselves. The fear of infidelity governs the majority of relationships which comes as in the form of jealousy, obsession, and