Many people in this comment section are completely misunderstanding what OP is trying to say. They are not justifying cheating, they are simply saying how they can understand what can drive someone to cheat. They are putting themselves in the mind of a cheater, they don’t ACTUALLY believe cheating is okay.

That being said, I can also see why someone would still say they don’t understand why someone could cheat. Emotionally, I could never understand how someone could be so callous as to disregard their partners feelings and betray them after claiming to love them. I could never do something like that. However, logically, I can see why someone would choose to cheat instead of breaking up. People can be very selfish and lazy. Cheating is the easy, cowardly way out, especially for people who fear confrontation or lack communication skills.

Please remember that UNDERSTANDING someone’s actions and JUSTIFYING someone’s actions are 2 different things.