Why do girls cling onto guys that cheat on them?

[Danny_dan92]

I see this way too often… girls asking if they should leave their boyfriends that cheated… as if they’re the last male human being on the planet.

[DishLady]

AAAAH! Ding, ding, ding! This is the billion dollar question.

Insecure (or very inexperienced) people allow abusive and toxic relationships into their lives, then when they realize the truth it's too late. Lying, cheating, physical/mental abuse... all of it is so bad and can really mess with a person, making them feel EVEN LOWER than they were when they went into the relationship, which causes a new level of dependency, mental weakness, and general lack of resolve to turn things around. I've seen this happen with guys and with girls... They just let go of their self-respect, self-worth, goals, etc. And for what? Some lying sack of ****. Hmm.

[RowenaRavenclaw]

Depends. The first and only time I did this was for a situationship. Everyone told me “he’s using you for sex!” He’s not. I’m using him for sex, and it was great, so staying with him even though he lied about being exclusive was worth it to me. In a relationship though, a real one, I wouldn’t have hesitated to immediately dump his sorry ass

[Danny_dan92]

Lol that sounds like what you want to do with me

[luvstoned4him]

I personally won't do it but from what I gathered from having conversations with other women who do is for the following reasons:

1. The already invested too much. Whether its emotionally (through sex) or money wise... and the amount of years

2. The guy is loaded... Money wise or D^^k wise and thats too much for them to give up so they just deal with it

3. he's abusive and they are trauma bonded