As a recently cheating wife these are the reasons the married men gave for why they were cheating. I can't try to put myself on higher ground, but in my case I was cheating for reasons beyond just lousy sex (that I didn't realize was lousy as I was young and naive) . I did year after year (15 total) try to tell him what I wanted. I do have other extenuating circumstances like children, economics, his very likely infidelity, his extremely rare yet emotionally damaging moments of physically going too far etc... (I remember the exact moment I snapped in my head that changed me forever.) Why not leave? My 1 broken heart and him being disrespected is still better than breaking the hearts of children and damaging them forever.
Anyway,
For the men, they gave these reasons why they cheated and many fall under "lousy in bed"- the thread topic. (I'm sure they had more, but wouldn't say.)
I'm trying to list them in order of most common reasons given to lesser common ones.
1) Bored- no passion. Wanted to feel the flames that light with someone new.
2) Life is too short to not enjoy, but can't/won't leave their marriages (usually kids involved).
3) Wife doesn't want sex much and to her sex is like a "chore". &/or Wife is neglecting him in other ways.
4) Wife doesn't want sex/can't have sex at all.
5) He wants to sow more wild oats and settle back down again. (loves wife)
6) Wife is too conservative such as -
-wife won't go down on him (doesn't know how to please in general)
-wife won't let him go down on her
- wife will only do much beyond missionary
7) Wife wouldn't do anal and they've always wanted to try.
8) Has various fantasies to act out that boring/conservative wife won't do.
Example fantasies: -Lingerie ones are almost universal (Having a woman show up in garter belts and no panty or just a lace thong etc...)
-Getting rimmed
-Having prostate stimulated by dildo (strap on fantasy)
-More dirty/wild sex than what's at home
etc...
9) They're are traveling through another town and so they simply can.
10) Looking to satisfy something missing/unfulfilled.
11) Wife has let herself go.
etc... Have any to add? What are some pitfalls men/women need to be aware of as far as what men/women want to help a relationship? Do you have unfulfilled wishes and fantasies?