What Cheaters Are Really After

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🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:15.6	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7 at Dr. Laura.com.
0:25.4	What cheaters are really after when they have an affair?
0:32.2	And most importantly, do they find whatever they're searching for?
0:39.9	The answer is, not really.
0:43.5	Article today that appeared, I love this site,
0:49.5	Good Menproject.com, written by Tim Dahl.
0:54.0	So I'm going to use his article as a springboard.
0:58.7	It's well done.
1:00.5	I like that it comes from a guy.
1:05.3	Because it's mostly guys, not totally, but mostly guys who fool around.
1:11.6	Okay. Want to to uncover why people do such risky things outside their committed relationship
1:21.6	in spite of what the consequences are likely going to be.
1:26.6	Why do they risk it?
1:28.5	What is worth the risk?
1:32.3	Evidently, there are about a handful of things
1:34.7	to make it worth the risk.
1:37.9	There's a thrill.
1:40.9	You don't even have to like the other birds.
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