Infidelity is inexcusable, and the sad reality is that it’s way too common in relationships. But what’s even worse than cheating is the lame-ass excuses people often give to defend the act itself, instead of just acknowledging the problem. Not that accepting you f*cked up would make much of a difference, but it’s still better than leaving someone hanging or gaslighting them into believing they are the problem.
Redditor u/UsedCap6 asked people on the popular r/AskMen community to share the lamest excuses they’ve heard a cheater say, and the answers are nothing short of horrifying.
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1. “I thought you were having an affair.”
2. “‘It just happened.’ No. You made several decisions that led to this.”
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3. “I was drunk”
4. “It’s not the excuses, it’s trying to turn it back on me. “How dare you look through my phone, that’s a huge violation of trust!'”
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5. “‘I need time to work on myself’. Every time I have heard of someone saying that, there has been another person in the picture.”
– Gvaedyn
6. “If we were engaged it wouldn’t have happened”
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7. “It was dark, thought it was you.”
8. “Nudes aren’t cheating”
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9. “‘It wouldn’t have happened if you were there.’ What my EX said after she went to a party I couldn’t go to.”
10. “All men cheat.”
– Sisiutil
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