By Jeanette Kwakye
Here I am 10 days into my Warm Weather training trip in Orlando and the heat is on, both on and off of the track. Today is 34 degress and I have been kissed by the sun, so much so that my make up shades are all wrong now. Nonetheless, lets start with some news on the track. I have currently been relegated to the pool for a couple of daysas I try and shake off a sore achillies tendon. I depsise pool work, because I hate getting my hair wet.
I have had problems with my achillies for years, so its just about managing them and getting the right amount of rest! So no need to worry about it hampering my preparation for the season!!
Now off the track…
Just like my achilles tendon, weaknesses in men and women are apparent in everything we do everyday. As a professional athlete my weaknesses come from what my body can and cannot take physically. However as human beings, we all seem to have one weakness that most of us cannot resist. Especially MEN.
I got into a conversation with my training partners that subsequently turned into a hot debate on why MEN CHEAT! I’m still confused, so maybe you can help shed some light on it.
Can I just run a quick disclaimer by you all:
I am going to try my best to not sound like a woman scorned.
The views in this blog are mine and probably will offend. Please note
men who read this and say ‘But women cheat too’…
This blog is about men and not women so just accept it for now.
Am I wrong in suggesting that most men who cheat are immature and lack respect for their partner? Or can I flip the script and say that men who cheat are not being looked after at home by their woman… Furthermore, what about the ones who actually have more than one long term relationship and a totally secret life?
That is the problem, there are so many branches of cheating that generalisation is almost impossible.
But surely there must be a common denominator that makes the practice of illicit rendezvous so common…?
So I asked the guys..‘Why do men cheat?‘ The answer: ‘Because they can’.
I believe that, infact I think its the best answer to give to a question that throws up so many different scenarios. I say this because when this answer is applied to each individual scenario, nine times out of ten it is easily applicable.
People write songs on it, God punished those in the bible for it and many divorces have occured because of it. Can I now be controversial and say that we as a species are actually meant to be that way, by having more than one partner? and that the social guidelines we have are a combination of religious practice and social environment?
Are we fighting our natural instinct, similar to animals in the wild. The difference between us and them is our ability to express higher levels of emotion for one another?
So many questions too many scenarios, now can you see why I am confused? So in my quest to enter the mind of the male, I put it out there to my Twitterers.. One response was this: ‘You will never understand, because you do not have a penis’. (Errrr.. Thanks)
Maybe, we females are just not meant to know…
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