Knowing the answer to why men cheat is very important when you want to make things different in your relationship or marriage.

First of All, I would have to let you know that women are mostly the ones who work on these things - simply because men out there won't do it.

Men would rather think and work on other things - they do not see the need to boil down the reason why they cheat on their partner.

But solving the root cause is quite important and since you are now reading this article, it becomes your responsibility to prevent it from happening - keep him to yourself girl!

There are many reasons why men cheat, but today I'm going to cover the major four reasons - enough to get your busy mind working. Save yourself from possible heartbreak from the very beginning.

First one is the most common one in any course of relationship: The excitement seems to have left it dull.

When a relationship passes the initial stage where chemistry is high, it will go into a second stage where it is more 'real'. Most people would forget that in order to keep the relationship alive both parties should try new things together or make sure they still have quality time and conversation with each other. The last thing you want is for one party to look for excitement elsewhere.

Second is when a relationship is filled with many disagreements and fights. A rule of thumb for that is: A little is ok, too much is not.

Some men are very lazy to work on issues in relationship especially when the women bring them up in a super dramatic way. They would prefer go out with their friends, avoiding fights and arguments at home. This is exactly the time when an opportunity to cheat is there - and some men would very well take it.

No one tolerates when it comes to different wants and needs - 'I want to watch a movie and stay home on the weekend', 'I'd rather we spend the weekend bush walking' etc.

Two people with different needs and wants should add spice to the relationship. However, if no one bounds to tolerate with the other once in a while things can turn sour. It is true you can have other friends to fulfil your needs.

But if you need others to fulfil your needs every time… you can see why men cheat due to this very same reason.

Ok, one last reason is the simple human nature of wanting the greener grass on the other side.

Some men simply do not appreciate what they already have and start looking elsewhere. This particularly happens a lot when you start becoming a doormat in the relationship.

There is simply nothing else to explore. At the very least, it seems like there is just nothing else to explore. This makes the grass on the other side i.e. other woman seems more exciting.