Why do lads cheat on their girlfriends? Wouldn't it be easier to just finish with them?
Would it though?
Have you ever tried finishing with a girl? Stringing them a pack of soppy half-truths while trying to dodge their slaps. Watching them wail like babies and swear like gangster rappers. All that guilt and regret and misery. If that's easy then I'm 50 Cent's tennis partner. Dumping is the messy aftermath of cheating, not the alternative.
Lads cheat because girls are brilliant and we want them all. We succumb to temptation because we are weak and greedy and we hate to waste opportunities. Cheating is easy, the hard part is admitting to it.
Boys justify this scandal by applying the 'what they don't know won't hurt them' rule. This ace rule makes 'bad' things - lying to your parents, copying a brainy kid's homework, farting into your brother's packed lunch* - suddenly seem acceptable. If no one knows, no one gets hurt.
Anyway, what makes you think cheating boys want to split up with their birds? Some lads like the idea of having more than one chick on the go. Or if they cheated once and regret it, they're probably just hoping the missus never finds out.
But these are all worst-case scenarios. Are all boys cheating cowards? No. Loads of lads never cheat and loads of girls often do. So it's not just us. Plus if a lad loves a girl, the chances of him straying are drastically reduced.
But when faced with the choice of dumping a girl or snogging one... it can be hard to do the right thing.
*I'd like to clarify that I have never personally farted into anyone's packed lunch.
Please remember: Kev is not an expert, he is just a boy and sometimes quite a silly boy. The main thing to remember when it comes to lads and relationships is to expect respect as the absolute minimum. Find out more about a Women's Aid campaign of the same name.
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