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"There are some questions about men that only a guy can answer. We asked the dudes at guyspeak.com (read more about them here), for their take on this dating conundrum: Q: What makes a guy cheat? If my boyfriend and I argue a lot, do you think that will make him cheat? A: No, unless he was thinking of cheating anyway, or a series of unlikely circumstances provides an opportunity to cheat that, at the time, seems &amp;quot;too perfect&amp;quot; to pass up (which is a sham, because the emotional fallout is never worth it, unless you&amp;#x27;re literally a sociopath and have no functioning guilt gland). Most people will tell you that the reason guys cheat is because they like sex. And while it&amp;#x27;s true that I would soberly consider jamming my hand into a wood chipper if it meant I could press a button and get laid whenever I want (it&amp;#x27;d have to be my off-hand, so I could still masturbate), I&amp;#x27;m going to dissent. Men don&amp;#x27;t cheat because they love sex so much. They cheat because they don&amp;#x27;t like the relationship they&amp;#x27;re in AS MUCH AS they like having sex. That might seem like splitting hairs, but it makes a big difference. Say your guy is a sex-crazed wild man. That&amp;#x27;s fine. If he&amp;#x27;s happy with the thing you&amp;#x27;ve got going, and his needs are fairly met, he&amp;#x27;s unlikely to stray. There are exceptions, of course--I mean, it&amp;#x27;s hard to define &amp;quot;happy in a relationship&amp;quot; very concretely--but there&amp;#x27;s no reason a guy who is bananas about sex can&amp;#x27;t carry on a full, loving, committed relationship. On the other hand, I&amp;#x27;ve known of plenty of dudes who aren&amp;#x27;t particularly ladies&amp;#x27; men that cheat as a way to end a current relationship they aren&amp;#x27;t happy with, or to feel like they&amp;#x27;ve got power in the relationship, or because they were too boneheaded or cowardly to get themselves out of a flirtatious situation. There&amp;#x27;s no way to guarantee your significant other&amp;#x27;s going to behave themselves (although shock collars are somewhat effective). But your best bet is by being open with him, communicating your needs and maintaining a genuine interest in his, and making sure you&amp;#x27;re both getting what you need out of this relationship. Arguing is fine, as long as it&amp;#x27;s mostly the result of working through issues together, and not just childish bickering about who called who what or who ran over whose mother with the riding mower. That way he doesn&amp;#x27;t &amp;quot;need&amp;quot; to go outside the relationship for sex, and if he does, you know fer damn sure he just did it because he&amp;#x27;s an a**hole (or has weird Mommy issues, and either way you need to book it). Do you think guys cheat to get out of relationships? Or is it purely for the sex? Has a guy ever cheated on you? Do you know why? Would you ever cheat on your man? If so, why? --Written by Michael Swaim for guyspeak.com More from guyspeak.com: * I accidentally slept with both of my husband&amp;#x27;s twin brothers (they are identical triplets). Does this count as cheating? * I&amp;#x27;m getting married soon but I found out my fiance was cheating on me. I think he&amp;#x27;s still cheating on me, what should I do? * My boyfriend acts shady around me when he gets a phone call or a text message. Do I have the right to feel like he&amp;#x27;s hiding another girl from me? * Friend Guyspeak on Facebook and follow them on Twitter. More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow Glamour on Twitter. Photo: Thinkstock Photos "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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