According to studies, women are statistically more likely to cheat than men.

But what are the motives for an affair?

Here three women tell their story.

The protagonist of this text is 44 years old, lives with her husband in Bavaria and works in a hospital.

The secrecy often annoyed me. He constantly had to look at the clock, canceled our meetings at short notice because there were complications with the children. Still, our relationship was relatively public. Together we visited wellness oases, I drove it almost to my own front door, there were no limits in public. We held hands, smooched, and hugged like any other couple. Maybe he also wanted the affair to be exposed and his wife to take the first step in the separation.